新奥尔良鹈鹕今晚主场迎战灰熊 NBA杯小组赛力争止住四连败
路易斯安那州新奥尔良鹈鹕队今晚将在主场 Smoothie King Center（冰沙国王中心）迎战孟菲斯灰熊队，打响 NBA 杯西部 B 组的关键一战。两队目前小组赛均已输球，本场胜者才能保留晋级淘汰赛的希望。
鹈鹕队近期状态低迷，已经遭遇四连败：本周一以87比138惨败给金州勇士队，创下队史常规赛最惨痛失利；周三又以111比145不敌布鲁克林篮网队。最近三场比赛，鹈鹕队一共丢了422分。主教练 Jamahl Mosley 公开批评球队防守毫无执行力，球星 Zion Williamson 也直言队友投入不足。
不过值得一提的是，11天前两队首次交手时，鹈鹕队曾在加时赛以135比134险胜灰熊队。
灰熊队本赛季开局六连胜，但最近五场输了四场，周三主场以118比123不敌丹佛掘金队，目前战绩7胜4负。两队今晚的对决将于当地时间晚8时开球。
Pelicans Host Grizzlies Tonight in NBA Cup Group Play, Looking to End a Four-Game Skid
The New Orleans Pelicans of Louisiana will host the Memphis Grizzlies tonight at the Smoothie King Center in a key NBA Cup West Group B game. Both teams have already lost in group play, and only the winner will keep its hopes of reaching the knockout rounds alive.
The Pelicans are in poor form and have lost four straight: on Monday they fell 87-138 to the Golden State Warriors, the worst regular-season defeat in franchise history, and on Wednesday they lost 111-145 to the Brooklyn Nets. Over their last three games the Pelicans have given up 422 points. Head coach Jamahl Mosley has publicly criticized the team's defensive execution, and star Zion Williamson has said his teammates are not putting in enough effort.
Eleven days ago, however, the Pelicans won the teams' first meeting this season, edging the Grizzlies 135-134 in overtime.
The Grizzlies opened the season with six straight wins but have lost four of their last five, falling 118-123 at home to the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, for a 7-4 record. Tip-off tonight is at 8 p.m. local time.
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图片来源：新奥尔良 Smoothie King Center 外景。Infrogmation 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Exterior of the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Photo by Infrogmation, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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