On April 18, Beijing time, the league overlord Suns ushered in the first round of opponent Pelicans, after four quarters of competition, the Suns 110-99 force to capture the Pelicans, Sao Paulo 30 + 10 perfect control, Booker McCollum soared, Ingram slumped.
In the first quarter, the Suns suffocated the attack and defense to suppress the opponent, the Pelicans scored only 6 points in 7 minutes, and Booker led the team to an early double-digit lead. In the second quarter, the two sides performed the same as in the first quarter, the Pelicans once again appeared in an embarrassing situation of only 5 points in 7 minutes, the Suns used a 14-5 offensive attack to extend the point difference to 21 points, after which the Pelicans improved slightly but did not create too much threat, the Suns 16 assists and led with 19 points into the second half.
The Suns had the upper hand in the first half of the third quarter to achieve a maximum 22-point advantage, but the Pelicans staged a Jedi counterattack in the second half of the push, and they blasted 22-9 to narrow the disadvantage to 7 points to ignite hope. However, in the last quarter, Paul controlled the game perfectly, and the opening was unpretentious to cut 17 points, with his excellent performance, the Suns withstood the Pelicans offensive wave, and the Suns, who regained the double-digit advantage, did not make mistakes and defended the advantage to the end.
There is an old treasure in the family, St. Paul's master control field is extremely silky, he only scored 11 points in the first three quarters, and scored 17 points in the last quarter when the Pelicans were close to the score, almost single-handedly extinguishing the Pelicans' small flame of reversal, and blasted down 19 points in a single quarter. The whole game exploded 30 points, 7 boards, 10 assists, 3 breaks and 1 cap, only 2 mistakes, plus-minus +20. Booker was brash, contributing 25 points and eight boards on 4-of-8 three-pointers, handing the stage to teammates and Paul at key moments.
The Pelicans double-gun dudded, CJ McCollum scored 25 points, 8 boards and 6 assists on 9-of-25 shooting, Ingram scored 18 points, 5 boards, 4 assists and 1 loss on 6-of-17 shooting, and Nance Jr., who came off the bench, played efficiently, scoring 14 points, 6 boards, 3 assists and 1 block in 19 minutes.