The average of Brandon Ingram in their last 10 games? 27.7 points. And cThis night he therefore put the lid back on the Magic with 31 pawns in a logical victory for the Pels, 111-97. Be careful, this man is on fire and the fire extinguisher at the entrance to the building will not be enough to calm him down.
Zion Williamson’s situation in New Orleans remains unclear but no worries for a few weeks, Brandon Ingram knows how to provide powerful performances worthy of a star who has known the All-Star Game. This night against the Magic, the stick split from a statistical line of 31 points to 12/23 shooting, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, he was solid from one end of the court to the other and of entry into the game by taking quite a load in the first minute. BI did not especially show his qualities behind the arc with a single failed attempt, but the former Lakers rather did in the vintage by feeding the boxscore exclusively with his mid-range game and by playing the smooth operator in the Orlando snowshoe. Willie Green can be proud of his strong man at the end of this meeting because with this victory the Pelicans are getting closer and closer to the play-in places, certainly pointing to thirteenth place in the West (12-21) but coming behind. very closely (1 victory) the Kings but also the Blazers which they also managed to defeat this week.
Brandon Ingram over his last 10 games:
27.3 PPG
6.1 RPG
5.9 APG
50.5% FG pic.twitter.com/tlgJtxdCNF— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) December 22, 2021
“Everyone brought something different to the team,” is what Brandon Ingram said at the exit of the game against Magic, and Brand ‘is not entirely wrong, except that this which he brings remains much more valuable for his team, because an Ingram who evolves again to an All-Star caliber simply means more win for a team which until then was rather moribund. Indeed, while the Pelicans have won nine of their last fourteen games, including a running streak of four, and only the Suns, Cavaliers, Warriors, Grizzlies, Bucks and Jazz have recorded more wins since November 24 … this is clearly no accident. Brandon Ingram is in excellent shape with, over the last ten games, averages of 27.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists, all complemented by a good skill to the tune of 50.5% in the shoot. . We will now have to hope for the Pels that the second choice of the 2016 Draft is not stingy with this kind of performance during the next two meetings against OKC and the Cavaliers, if they want to aspire to a place that will not include them in end of season in the first wave of teams starting early on vacation.
With Zion Williamson gathering dust on the shelf and Lonzo Ball joining the Windy City, Brandon Ingram shows off his game-changing abilities when he’s at his best. The former Duke winger is back in the standards of his All-Star season with a more than respectable average of 23.5 points at 45.2%, and it will take that to make the Pels competitive on a lasting basis.
