After swallowing two consecutive defeats, the Pelicans, who are in desperate need of a victory, sit back-to-back at home and usher in the challenge of the powerful Suns.
On the Pelicans side, although Ingram is back in the line of fire, its state obviously needs to be adjusted, and whether the Pelicans can defend the home court, Varan + Graham undoubtedly needs to stand up.
On the other hand, on the side of the Suns, although Ayton is absent, it is fortunate that Booker + Paul + Bridges are ready to go, and the Suns are also ready to take advantage of the chase and win 2 consecutive wins on the road!
Finally, after 4 quarters of competition, with the excellent play of Booker + Jaylen Smith, the Suns, who were the main guests, took the lead in the first half to suppress the Pelicans and achieved a 10-point advantage.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Bridges + Cameron Johnson felt hot in the third quarter, leading the Suns to become more and more courageous, and constantly expanding the score gap on the court.
And despite the final showdown, led by Ingram + Graham, the Pelicans played a 15-6 counterattack frenzy, successfully narrowing the point difference to single digits.
But in desperation, Booker + Biyong Bori's sudden outside shots continued to attack, once again pulling the point difference to 13 points, completely ending the suspense of the game.
In the end, the Suns also won 123-110 on the road to the Pelicans, which was worth the trip to win 2 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the opponent Pelicans 3 consecutive losses!
Rushing to the away game in this game, the Suns will continue the fiery state of the previous game, playing a team attack with 6 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of Bridges + Cameron Johnson + Jaylen Smith and other main players, each performing their duties, the two core Booker + Paul, and the tiger on the bench will play more than Yongbo, it is particularly critical!
Booker exploded in the game, starting 31 minutes, shooting 3 three-pointers on 12 of 24 shooting, scoring a game-high 33 points, plus 9 rebounds and 4 assists.
Among them, he scored 13 points in the first quarter, and then single-handedly rode through the level to blast down 11 points in the last quarter, which not only provided a powerful firepower for the Suns, but also once became the existence of the Pelicans team's "headache"!
In addition, as the commander of the team, Paul's play in this game is also indispensable.
In this campaign, Paul played steadily, scoring a double-double performance of 11 points + 5 rebounds + 15 assists, successfully connecting the suns' entire team attack, with experience and personal strength, affecting the trend of the game!
Of course, the Suns were able to win this game, and the performance of Tigers on the bench played a crucial role.
This campaign is very efficient than Yongbo, the bench debuted for 28 minutes, 6 shots and 6 shots, not to mention, the whole game contributed 16 points + 6 rebounds + 3 assists + 2 steals + 3 blocks of all-round performance.
More importantly, this game has not made a mistake than Yongbo personally, and it can be said that at both ends of the attack and defense, it completely disrupted the deployment of the Pelicans, and won 2 consecutive wins for the Suns, making a great contribution!
Rationally speaking, if the offensive end is blessed by Paul, Biyongbo has played an excellent personal performance, but on the defensive end, the tall and arm-length Biyongbo is definitely a big gain for the Suns!
On the other hand, on the Pelicans' side, the team failed to withstand the pressure in this game, and the performance of the game of 13 points and 3 consecutive losses at home is obviously still to be examined.
After all, in the case of Varan playing well, scoring 25 points+ 16 rebounds + 2 assists, Graham bombed 28 + 1 + 6 + 1.
In this game, Ingram shot only 5 of 18 shots, and his personal performance of 5 mistakes was still a bit unsatisfactory!
As for whether Ingram, who has returned from injury in the next schedule, can get back to form in time and lead the Pelicans to end the losing streak, we seem to have to wait and see.