In the second game of the Suns and Pelicans series, the young Pelicans changed the strategy of the first game and achieved very good results, but unfortunately they met the fiery Booker, who scored 31 points efficiently throughout the first half, and saw that it was the same drama, Booker played well in the first half, and Paul harvested the game in the last quarter.
The same is true of most of the Suns' games, and Paul's key moments can really make a big difference to a young team, and his calmness on the field and the execution of tactics are the role of a needle in the field. Unfortunately, all of this became confusing with Booker's injury in the third quarter, and even James's steel and iron bones could not withstand the ravages of time, not to mention Paul, who was prone to illness as soon as the playoffs arrived, without Booker's strong teammate to share the pressure for him, Paul became unstable under the rotational consumption of the Pelicans' young forward group.
In particular, the Foster referee, who also has his own nemesis in this game, has blown off Paul in a total of 18 playoff games, during which Paul has a dismal record of 2 wins and 16 losses. Pelicans core Ingram also played well in this game, under Such a wonderful performance of Booker, the Pelicans were not pulled apart, to a large extent, Ingram used scoring to support, the entire second half of Ingram is like durant possession, especially in the final quarter of the decisive moment, hard to shoot the Suns down, if Jones is more determined in the last moment, maybe Ingram can get his first triple-double.
One is his nemesis referee, the other is Ingram, who punched himself on the field that year, in the face of these two creditors, Paul is helpless and powerless to return to heaven. What's worse is that Booker was diagnosed with a hamstring strain, this kind of injury will take a break of about 7 to 10 days at the earliest, and it is not a month's recuperation time, this is not the first time Booker has encountered this kind of injury, forced comeback will still be greatly affected, and it will affect the future career. I have to say that Paul is really too sad, and he is very cautious during the playoffs regular season and has been maintaining his body.
His body finally withstood, and as a result, his teammate's body suffered an injury again, without Booker's sun, he couldn't find too much cheap here in the talented Pelicans, as long as he consumed Paul alone, he could basically win the whole game.