On February 26, Beijing time, the Suns played at home against the Pelicans, and the Suns lost to the Pelicans 102-117 at the end of the game. Although the current Suns are missing Paul, the Suns still beat the Thunder in the last game, so from the current point of view, the Suns still have a good strength, and now against the Pelicans Suns, there is undoubtedly no small chance of winning. However, after the start of this game, the Pelicans quickly took the lead, and although the Suns chased the score closely, the Pelicans quickly stabilized the situation and opened the score in the following game, and finally the Suns lost the game.
In the first quarter, the Suns relied on Booker and Ayton to dominate, but in the following game, McCollum and others helped the team complete the rebound, and in the final stage, the Suns were in a sluggish offensive state, and the Pelicans played a wave of 10-2, and the Pelicans led by 9 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Suns relied on Shamet and Johnson to gradually catch up with the score, and Booker and Crowder's three-point explosion helped the team complete the rebound, but then Ingram and McCollum helped the team stabilize the situation, and the Pelicans still led by 3 points at the end of the half. Valanciunas and others continued to help the Pelicans extend their lead in the third quarter, and although Ayton hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, in the third quarter, ingram's personal play gradually extended the lead, and the Pelicans led by 14 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Shamet scored a layup, although McCollum scored 2+1, then Crowder and Ayton helped the team chase points, but McCollum helped the team stabilize the situation, and the following game Sun chased the score without success, and finally the Pelicans won the game.
Although the Suns worked very hard in this game, but without Paul really became different, at least the Suns were most proud of the fourth quarter game in the past, at this time without Paul they seemed to be a little sluggish, so watching the Pelicans occupy the lead Booker but could not lead the team to chase the score, and finally the First Suns in the West lost the game and collapsed, Booker here is also empty cut 30 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists data. Among the other Suns players, Ayton had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Johnson had 15 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and Shamet had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
In fact, when the Suns lose the game, the real challenge for them is also coming, after all, Paul will miss a long time, and then the Suns will face some strong teams, then whether the Suns can win is really difficult to say, but fortunately the Suns have accumulated enough victories for themselves before, so the Position of the Suns is still safe. On the other hand, it is crucial that the Pelicans can win this game, even if they beat the Suns without Paul, which is an encouragement to them, after all, the Pelicans this season still want to impact the playoffs, so it is very crucial to be able to beat a team like the Suns.
And the pelicans can win the game, ingram and McCollum's performance is very critical, especially McCollum has a high offensive state in the game, and finally Ingram and McCollum will bomb 60 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and their performance is also a threat to the Lakers, after all, the current Lakers lack thick eyebrows, more importantly, their next schedule is difficult, in this case, the Pelicans are likely to catch up with the Lakers, To know that the current Pelicans are only 4 wins behind the Lakers, more importantly, in the lakers' current state, if the two teams meet in the playoffs, it is really difficult to say who can win.