Beijing time on April 18, today, the Sun and pelicans' G1 came to an end, and in the end, the Suns, who played at home, had no danger, defeating the opponent 110-99 and making a good start. In this game, the Suns were playing completely according to the opponent in the first half, the Pelicans did not have the strength to fight back, and by the end of the half, the Pelicans were already 19 points behind the opponent. In the first half of the third quarter, the Pelicans' offense still did not improve much, and due to too much lead, Paul, Booker and Ayton also came off the field to rest, but unexpectedly, a dramatic scene suddenly occurred.
At the beginning of the second half of the third quarter, Nance's inside line frequently won, playing a sense of hand Nance, completely ignoring the defense, the outside line suddenly applied cold arrows, three points of rain, followed by the forehead, CJ continued to stop bleeding from mid-range, Varan also decisively attacked the penalty area to score points, and the Pelicans once narrowed the point difference to single digits. Payne forced consecutive hits under the basket, and the Suns fell into a scoring drought. Monty saw that the situation was not good, and re-sent Paul, who came up to show the true nature of the point guard, hitting three three-pointers in a row and slashing 17 points in a row.
The Pelicans did not intend to surrender, CJ won the three-pointer again, Varan first dunked, and then made a foul to go to the free throw line, however, the Suns were still skilled, after the starting five Tigers all returned, Paul stabilized the hearts of the army, Bridges scored 4 points in a row, completely extinguishing the Pelicans' hope of counterattack, and the Suns won the game as they wished. In this game, if it were not for the play of Nance, Varan and CJ in the second half (the two combined to cut 43+33+9), the game would have entered garbage time long ago, and Paul might have clocked in three quarters.
But the Pelicans had a hard time getting into the playoffs, they definitely did not give up lightly, forced, Paul could only put on the team again, the whole game cut 30 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists. In this way, under the pressure of these players, Paul also created an NBA miracle, he surpassed Nash to cut 30 points and 10 assists in the history of the playoffs with the age of 36 years and 347 days, setting an NBA record of 75 years. I have to say that St. Paul is really older and more demon, saying that James is very good, but in fact Paul is also very good.
After the Suns had Paul, the hope of winning the championship was greatly increased. So far, there are only two teams that can pose a threat to them in the playoffs, the first is last year's defending champion Bucks, and the second is the Warriors in the West. Whether Paul wins the title or not, this season, he has performed well enough, the first game of the playoffs, Paul played epic statistics, the future Hall of Fame must have a place for him.