Hill's hurried three-point attempt on the Jazz's final possession missed, officially ending the game.
The Pelicans ultimately defeated the Jazz 98-93 at home!
Hayward put up an empty 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hill had 16 points and 6 assists, while Gobert posted 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
For the Pelicans, Davis led the team with 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tang Tian had 24 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals, and 3 blocks. Holiday scored 17 points with 3 assists, Jokic had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists, and Williams added 15 points.
After the game, Tang Tian and Davis attended the postgame press conference.
Tang Tian became the target of a barrage of questions from reporters.
Putting up consecutive quadruple-doubles while Playing with injury was something that would go down in history by the old standards.
At a postgame press conference like this, it would have been strange not to ask about it!
However, compared to his attitude after the previous game, Tang Tian was much calmer in both mindset and tone this time.
"I could have played better. I missed too many shots, and I need to get my touch back as soon as possible. Winning a game like this helps us a lot, but we need to avoid getting into situations like this as much as possible going forward."
Setting aside the quadruple-double, his performance on the offensive end in this game had clearly been below par.
What he said was indeed right. The Pelicans were aiming to defend their title, and if every game against every opponent came down to the wire, that definitely would not be a good thing.
But the reporters felt completely differently after hearing that. He had already achieved consecutive quadruple-doubles, yet his