Beijing time on April 18, today, the Suns at home to meet the Pelicans. In the first quarter, the Suns did not give their opponents any chance, they led the opponent by 12 points at 28-16; in the second quarter, the Suns became more and more courageous, more and more blossoming, and at halftime, they stretched the point difference to 19 points, and Paul contributed 7 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block of 5 of 5 in the half. Easy side to fight again, Booker made three fouls all in the middle, Varan continued the feel of the first half, the basket returned a 2+1, back, Paul blossomed in mid-range, and the game was suspended. The timeout came back, Ingram scored from mid-range and CJ hit a three-pointer.
Booker is bold, three points and one arrow through the heart, and then hit the middle distance, the Pelicans side, Murphy rained three points, however, Booker played a feeling, assist Ayton air dunk points, CJ feel warm, join hands with Marshall to score 4 points, however, the Suns everyone can play, Payne left hand layup and then enter, Marshall is not willing to show weakness, strong kill the basket to shoot peach in return, the point difference narrowed to 16 points. Soon, Nance scored 2 points and the game was suspended. After the timeout, Nance hooked up to the basket, and then hit two more goals, Marshall also made a basket, and on the Suns side, Johnson grabbed an offensive rebound under the basket and played 2+1.
Nance steals and scores with an easy layup, and the third quarter ends, the Suns lead their opponents by 8 points at 79-71, and Paul has 11 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists in the third quarter. In the final quarter, CJ took 2 points from mid-range first, Paul hit two free throws, CJ felt warm, and the mid-range hand knife fell, but Paul immediately arced back to salute three points. Immediately after, CJ soared cold-blooded three-pointers, Paul did not hesitate to let go, assist McGee dunk also had, Nance felt bursting, the outside line rained three points, however, Paul was like a god help, the arc top three points splashed ripples, Nance state was hot, the dunk was won again, Paul seemed to be possessed by Curry, three points killed the heart, and then killed under the basket, the Pelicans were stopped.
Timeout back, Paul hit the mid-range again, CJ made a layup to stop the bleeding, Paul was unstoppable, teamed up with the bridge to score 4 points, and Ayton also scored 2 points for self-shooting. At the moment of the decisive battle, CJ threw a strong shot to stop the bleeding, the bridge hit two free throws, Varan first dunked, and then, then played 2+1 under the basket. In the final 2 minutes, the Pelicans had no intention of surrendering, the Murphysians split the three, the bridge forced the basket to hit a fatal blow, and in the end, the Suns defeated the Pelicans 110-99. In this game, Paul was a god, scoring 17 points in the last quarter, 12 of 16 in the whole game, 4 of 6 three-pointers, 30 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, plus or minus +20 the highest in the game.
Booker was 8-of-19 and contributed 25 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists; Ayton had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists on 10-of-15; Bridges had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists; Johnson had 13 points; McGee had 7 points and 7 rebounds; on the Pelican side, Varland had 18 points, 25 rebounds and 3 assists on 7-of-21 shooting; Ingram had 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-17 shooting; CJ was not feeling good, 9 of 25, with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists; Nance had 14 points and 6 rebounds, becoming the team's fig leaf. Paul is a god of point guards, and in the fourth quarter he scored 17 consecutive points when the team needed it most, which was the key to the Suns' victory in this game.
Paul's performance today is too explosive, not to mention 30 million, it is 40 million, and someone will give it. Paul today is incomprehensible, he is the absolute hero of the team's victory. However, the Suns' protection for offensive rebounds in this game is not good, the Pelicans have great confidence in entering the playoffs, the Suns must not be careless, with Varan, the Pelicans' rebounds are too strong.