Beijing time on January 5, today, the Phoenix Suns away to challenge the New Orleans Pelicans, this game the strength gap between the two sides is huge, before that, the Suns ranked second in the West, pelicans ranked fourteenth in the West. Despite the road battle, the Suns came up with a counter-attack, and in the final moments, Varan and Graham chased points in a row, but Paul, Booker and Billombo stepped forward, and in the end, the Suns beat the Pelicans 123-110. After this game, the Suns won two straight games with a record of 29 wins and 8 losses, ranking second in the West, while the Pelicans suffered three consecutive losses with a record of 13 wins and 25 losses, ranking second from the bottom in the West.
Booker did well on the offensive end, going completely insane on the offensive end, scoring three shots in a row in the final moments, including two mid-range and one three-point long-range shot. In the whole game, Booker only played 32 minutes, shooting 12 of 24, 3 of 6 from three points, bombing a comprehensive statistic of 33 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and only 2 turnovers, plus or minus as high as +15. Booker's performance on the field was in stark contrast to Ingram's, when he was caught in the bag, he chose to pass the ball, and when Ingram was caught in the bag, he resolutely broke through the kill, and the result was to hit the iron again and again.
In this campaign, Paul played 35 minutes, 5 of 11, contributed 11 points, 5 rebounds and 15 assists, although not many points, but Paul used a pass to break through the opponent's defense line, so that Byongbo experienced the fun of playing with a real top guard. In the final moments, Paul gave Binombo three times to eat cake, the latter ravaged the basket, played very well, Paul's plus-minus +23 all-game first, it has to be said that Paul is really getting older and more demon, he also ushered in a milestone, according to statistics, Paul has contributed 9.4 assists per game in his career so far, ranking fourth in history, second only to Magic Johnson (11.2 times), Stockton (10.5 times) and Robertson (9.5 times), the 5th in history is the "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas's 9.3 times. Under Paul's pass, Biyongbo scored a big game tonight, 6-of-6, creating big surprises, contributing 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
You know, at the beginning of the season, Bi Yongbo was still a player who didn't care, and he didn't expect to be alive in an instant after partnering with Paul. For the Suns, Bridges had 23 points and 2 rebounds, Johnson had 18 points and 6 rebounds, Smith had 12 points and 5 rebounds, and Payne had 4 points and 5 assists. For the Pelicans, Valanciunas played 35 minutes, 10-of-18, 25 points and 16 rebounds, and Valan only received three balls in the last quarter, scoring one goal, Ingram took the ball and played, did not take Varan in the eyes at all, and so did Graham. Such a large killer as Varan has become the leader of the empty slash group in the Pelicans.
Graham contributed 28 points and 6 assists on 9-of-18 shooting, Ingram played 33 minutes, played crazy, shot only 5 of 18, had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, plus-minus -10, Hart 15 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Jones 9 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, Walker 5 points and 3 assists, Hayes 5 points and 2 rebounds. Facts have proved that Ingram and Booker still have a certain gap, Booker plays smart, not greedy, will pass the ball by the bag clip, Ingram rushes with the ball, the temper is not small, it is difficult to become a superstar. For the Pelicans, Ingram's ability to lead the team is poor, and they desperately need Zion back.