BI also said going back to his time with Team USA thru this year's playoffs, he considered it his 'worst year in a Pelicans uniform.'

Said he'll head into the summer with a lot of motivation to learn from this experience and come back better.

Brandon Ingram had an extended answer on how he plans to deal with the scrutiny that'll come from his performance in this year's playoffs. Some insightful stuff.

(Via New Orleans Pelicans)

Final: Thunder 97, Pelicans 89

McCollum 20 pts
Valanciunas 19 pts, 13 rebs
Ingram 8 pts (2-14 FG)

Pels have their season come to an end with a first-round sweep by OKC. They failed to score more than 92 points in any of the 4 games. Ugly way to end this year for NOLA and Ingram

My goodness, what a nightmare game for BI

Third straight game with 18+ turnovers for the Pels. Just horrendous execution. That doesn't even count some of the transition opportunities they've blown.

What a huge bounce back game from Jonas Valanciunas.

Got benched in the second half in game 3. Has 18 points, 9 rebounds tonight. Pels wouldn't be in this game without him.

Has there been two Pelicans players better than Naji Marshall this series?

End of 3rd: Pelicans 71, Thunder 70

Valanciunas 14 pts, 8 rebs
McCollum 14 pts
Marshall 13 pts (3-5 3PT)

Pels still have a chance to keep their season alive despite some ugly looking offense all night. BI is 1-10 from the field. Trey Murphy is 1-6 on 3s. Just gotta get stops.

CJ just made his way back to the bench.

Looks like something happened to CJ McCollum on that last possession and he immediately ran to the locker room. Not sure if he took a shot to the face or what. But he immediately went to the back.

BI just can't get to the basket with the same burst. OKC has been able to cut off his drives all series. Frustration is building for him after back-to-back ugly possessions for him.

He's got 4 points on 1-10 FG.

Herb Jones just picked up back-to-back fouls. He's got 4 and he'll take a seat along with JV, who also has 4.

Jonas Valanciunas will take a seat after picking up his 4th foul. Tough break bc he's been productive tonight. Also takes some pressure off Chet, who has 3 fouls of his own.

Brandon Ingram's 1st half production in this series:

Game 1: 8 pts, 3-10 FG, 1 asst
Game 2: 4 pts, 1-2 FG, 2 assts
Game 3: 5 pts, 2-7 FG, 1 asst
Game 4: 4 pts, 1-7 FG, 1 asst

End of 1st half: Thunder 44, Pelicans 43

Valanciunas 8 pts, 7 rebs
Murphy 7 pts, 6 rebs
McCollum 7 pts

Pels are playing with good effort, but scoring has been a major struggle once again. BI is 1-7 on FGs, They're shooting 34.1 percent as a team, 3-19 on 3s. Also 9 turnovers.

Once again, the Pels are struggling to take care of the ball. With 2:45 left in the first half, they already have 8 turnovers. Fortunately, those 8 giveaways have only resulted in 6 OKC points.

Gotta think the Thunder will start punishing them if the sloppiness continues.

SGA is also at the scorer's table after rolling his ankle earlier in the game.

Jordan Hawkins is about to check in

End of 1st: Pelicans 21, Thunder 21

Marshall 5 pts
Valanciunas 4 pts, 3 rebs
Ingram 3 pts, 3 rebs

Pels scuffle thru another rough offensive quarter but manage to come away with the score tied. Naji Marshall is already making an impact again early. I'm expecting him to play alot

Call stands. No basket, CJ picks up his 2nd foul and Pels can't challenge the rest of the night.