Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum have emerged as one of the best duos since the All-Star break, which can be trouble for contending teams.
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The New Orleans Pelicans rarely had anything to celebrate for this season. While they traded Lonzo Ball and Steven Adams at the start of the season and didn’t get the results that they hoped for, Zion Williamson staying out because of injury hasn’t helped their cause either.
But their mid-season trade of CJ McCollum trade which cost them Josh Hart is doing them some wonders at least since the All-Star break. They have blown away 4 opponents on a trot including the Suns, the Lakers, the Kings, and now the Jazz.
Yes, the Pels are not the team to get blown away anymore. They are the ones who have delivered losses to their last 4 victims by an average of more than 27 points a game.
They are 10th in the West with the same number of wins as the Lakers but 1 more loss. And the way their star duo of BI and CJ is playing currently, they look like a problem for the Playoffs.
Brandon Ingram-CJ McCollum is the second-best duo behind Harden-Embiid: NBA Twitter
In a 34-point thrashing of the 4th placed Utah Jazz, Brandon Ingram went for 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists while CJ McCollum went 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.
And with that left Twitter wondering are they really McCollum and Ingram?
The duo is averaging a combined 51 points per game since the All-Star break and has looked pretty much unstoppable in the 4-games. They make the Pelicans a big threat for the Playoffs with the form with which they are playing right now.
