An NBA regular season focus battle, the Phoenix Suns took on the New Orleans Pelicans on the road. In the end, the Suns won 123-110. In this game, the Suns had six players scored in double figures, Devin Booker blasted 33+9, and Chris Paul delivered 15 assists, and they continued to chase the Warriors in the ranking.
Both teams played fiercely, both focusing more on the offense, with a slight lack of defensive ends. In the first quarter, the Suns exploded, scoring 42 points in a single quarter, while the Pelicans weren't bad, scoring 31 points, but still losing double digits. Entering the second quarter, both teams were down in efficiency, with the Suns returning a point at 22-23. The half-time difference was just 10 points.
Yi Bian fought again, and the efficiency of both teams improved at the same time in the third quarter, and the Suns narrowly won a point 31-30. In the final quarter of the showdown, the Pelicans had recently chased only 2 points, but unfortunately collapsed again, and finally the Suns won 28-26 in this section. From the whole process, it can be seen that the Suns often have a lax situation, the Pelicans can always close the point difference, but the hard power of the Suns is too strong, a little serious and can be pulled back, although in the end "only" won 13 points, but it is not too much to describe it as "crushing".
In the whole game, the Suns had six players scored in double figures. Top attacker Devin Booker played best, shooting 12-of-24 from the field in 32 minutes and having 33 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Chris Paul, on the other hand, scored only 11 points, but delivered 15 assists, plus-minus +23 is also excellent. In addition, Bridges contributed 23 points, 16 points and 6 rebounds than Yongbo, C-Johnson 18 points, plus-minus +35 too amazing, and Jaylen Smith 12 points and 5 rebounds.
On the Pelicans side, the scoring points were too concentrated, only 4 people were in double-doubles, Valanciunas scored 25 points and 16 rebounds, Graham had 28 points and 6 assists, Ingram had only 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 5 of 18 shooting, and Hart had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. After the game, the Suns trailed the Warriors by just 0.5 wins with 29 wins and 8 losses, while the Pelicans were 13 wins and 25 losses, still in second-to-last place in the West.