Booker 33+9 Paul 11+5+15 Varan 25+16 Sun Rick Pelicans

Live Bar Jan. 5 News The Pelicans are at home today to meet the challenge of the Suns, who recently lost the initiative in a 4-3 wave, but they won the last 34-point win over the Hornets to find the feeling of winning. The Pelicans scored 31 points in the first quarter to be good enough, but the opposite attack was even hotter, Booker scored 13+5+4 in the first quarter to show all-round performance, and the Suns led by him showed powerful firepower in the single quarter to bomb 42 points and establish a double-digit lead early, the Pelicans opened with a 9-0 offensive wave once caught up with the score, but the Suns locked the opponent directly with an airtight defense in the first quarter, and re-opened the score with a 14-2 offensive point in the middle of the quarter and entered the second half with a 10-point advantage. In the second half, although the Sun dominated the game, but never could shake off the opponent, the tenacious Pelicans repeatedly caught up with the score and broke out of the Sun in a cold sweat, especially in the early fourth quarter, the Pelicans' wave of 15-6 attack chased the point difference to 2 points, but the key moment Than Yongbo became a savior, the firefighter even took the key 7 points, plus Booker also stood up to contribute 5 points, the Suns re-established a double-digit lead to lay the victory. In the end, the Suns won two consecutive games with the Pelicans.

The First Quarter Battle The Suns continued the momentum of the previous game, with the recently outstanding Jaylen Smith opening five points in a row, and then Bridges and Paul both hit three points, and the Suns opened with a strong offensive and 16-5 offensive climax. The Pelicans, who played at home, were clearly out of the way, scoring only Graham and Valanciunas in the opening three minutes, but fortunately they adjusted in time, and then Varan and Hart teamed up to score eight points to stop the bleeding. The Suns' offensive end is not just as simple as a three-plate axe, In the middle of the quarter, Booker took over the attack to score 6 points in a row, the Pelicans defensive end could not stop the opponent at all, although they found the offensive feeling after they were able to bite the score, especially in this quarter, the 31-point table was not bad, but the opposite side of the fire was more fierce, the last section Booker added 4 points, the Suns are relying on Booker's comprehensive performance of 13 + 5 + 4 in the single quarter, the first quarter bombed 42 points and achieved an 11-point lead.

The Pelicans took the lead at the start of the second quarter, starting with Temple's three-pointers, supplemented by consecutive foul free throws by Hart and Graham, and the Pelicans sent a 9-0 offensive to narrow the double-digit deficit to four points. The Suns scored only 2 points in the opening 4 minutes and 20 seconds, but when the timeout came back they quickly regained their form, Paul's key ball was not in the question, plus the subsequent assist Bridges hit a three-pointer to stabilize the situation, and soon after Johnson hit two three-pointers, the Suns sent a 14-2 offensive attack to re-open the score, and during this time their defensive end was even more terrible, they only let the opponent get 3 points in 6 minutes of free throws. In the final segment, the Pelicans relied on Varan and Hart to constantly chisel the inside line to break the scoring drought, coupled with Hart's outside line also had three points in the account, the Pelicans once chased to single digits at the end of the quarter, but Booker shot at a critical moment, two consecutive long-range shots in the last moment, the half-time battle, the Suns led the Pelicans 64-54.

The tenacious Pelicans returned from the break to grab the start again, except for Varland, who still had a steady output, Graham scored 5 points inside and out to lead the team to a 9-2 start, and the point difference once again reached 6 points. The key moment was Booker again, and it was he who took points with accurate mid-range shots to stabilize the situation, but his teammates failed to step forward to make the scene still passive, and the Pelicans hit the snake seven inches, Varan played an advantage on the inside line to continuously impact the basket, and the mid-quarter point difference once again came to 5 points. However, the Suns always had a time to pick up, and Paul scored a series of key goals with two shots and one pass, coupled with Bridges and Johnson's stable three-pointers, the Suns sent a 12-4 offensive to re-open the score. Although the Pelicans failed to re-close the score in the final stage, they continued to eat into the point gap after regaining their feelings to retain hope, Ingram made consecutive fouls in the last minute to hit free throws, and the Pelicans ended the third quarter with an 11-point disadvantage.

The final quarter began with a big surprise, the Suns were once again dumbfounded, the powerful offensive team scored only 6 points in the first 6 minutes of the quarter, and the defensive end also let the Pelicans completely penetrate, Ingram stepped up and scored a good start with 6 in a row, plus the Miracle Graham soared three three-pointers, and the Pelicans opened with a wave of 15-6 attack to chase the difference to 2 points. Biyombo became the savior at the crucial moment, he scored 5 points in a row to survive the most dangerous moments of the team, and then Booker also stepped up to score 5 points in a row, and the Suns re-opened the double-digit lead to establish the victory. In the end, the Suns won two consecutive games with the Pelicans.

Both sides started

Suns: Booker, Paul, Johnson, Bridges, Smith

Pelicans: Hart, Graham, Jones, Ingram, Valanciunas

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