On April 20, Beijing time, the NBA ushered in three weighty games, these three sets of duels are: Eagles vs Heat, Timberwolves vs Grizzlies and Pelicans vs Suns. In the end, only the Suns overturned in these three games, the Heat completed the task 2-0 at home, and the Grizzlies completed the redemption 1-1 at home.
The Suns, on the other hand, lost 114-125 to the Pelicans, who made it to the playoffs in the playoffs, stole a win on the road. Their opponent is none other than the Phoenix Suns, who have the highest winning percentage this season and are considered favourites to win the title!
In the last game, the Suns relied on Paul's play in key moments, scoring 17 consecutive points to help the team stabilize the situation, and a wave of streams took away the game. However, the Suns weren't so lucky in this game.
Although from the beginning, the Suns' young leader Booker showed super talent, helping the team quickly establish a lead. But the Pelicans pulled back the score under ingramm and McCollum. In the first half, Booker took advantage of his super play, scored 31 points without free throws, and 2 rebounds and 1 assist, shooting 12 of 19 and 7 of 11 three-pointers.
In the second half, the two teams entered an unusually fierce tug-of-war, with Paul and Ingram both becoming the brains of their respective teams. However, as if the heavens were clearly determined to oppose the Suns, who were determined to win the championship, Booker withdrew from the game because of a tight left hamstring in the last quarter.
In contrast, the Pelicans, Alvarado and McCollum all became Ingram's helpers, and they took advantage of the opportunity to establish a stable advantage after Booker left the field. Although the Suns had Paul struggling to support them, they had no choice but to fight with two fists and four hands, and finally the Suns lost the victory at home 125-114.
In this game, Paul still had a good performance, scoring 17 points, 14 assists, 1 rebound and 1 steal. Originally he had the opportunity to lead the sun to continue to create miracles. But helplessly, in the face of the injury of his teammates and the magic "Foster's law", Paul once again missed the victory.
Statistically, this is Paul's 14th consecutive defeat in the playoffs against a Foster referee. Even foreign netizens can't help but sigh, "Paul is really too tragic, the real enemy of Paul's career may be hamstring injuries, himself, Harden, Griffin, now Booker, and Foster." ”
It is worth mentioning that after winning this game, the Pelicans will return to new Orleans home with a big score of 1-1. Pelicans owner Ingram scored a game-high 37 points in this game, with 11 rebounds, nine assists, one steal and one block.
Among them, he fully exploded in the second half, incarnating as KD, the league's super scorer, and personally scored 26 points, 7 of which came from the key moment of the last 2 points. It can be said that he single-handedly withdrew from the away game and wrote a colorful stroke for the first playoff victory of his career!
Combined with Ingram's previous play-offs with the Clippers, as well as the last two games against regular season champion Suns (in the first game Ingram 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists), the young player modeled on Durant has completely ushered in his own glory era.
And amazingly, such a player has never been officially selected as an All-Star, and he was only selected as a substitute in the 19-20 season. What's even more incredible is that Ingram has responded positively that he doesn't care at all about whether he enters the All-Star team.
Today, Ingram is leading the Pelicans' young people to write their own history. If they can hold on to this hard-won victory at home, then they may have a chance to become the next team to create the "Black Eight Miracle". Moreover, on their bench, there is also a draft winner!
If the Suns have no one else to stand up and take on more scoring tasks for Paul, then Booker's injury will become an eternal pain for the team, and it will also be the official declaration that Paul will not win the championship!