In the second game between the Suns and pelicans, the Suns not only regretted losing the game and losing their home advantage, but also damaged Booker's core backcourt in this game, and earlier today, according to ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst, Booker suffered a grade 1 hamstring strain and may miss 2-3 weeks, which is undoubtedly a severe test for the Suns, on the contrary, for the Pelicans, it is a "black eight" opportunity.
Pelicans home G3G4 tickets are sold out, and morale is high when the team returns home is high
According to the Pelicans official media earlier today, G3 and G4 tickets have been officially sold out, which is not ideal for a team with a regular season attendance, it is indeed emotional to wait until the tickets are sold out, because the playoff format is 22111, that is to say, G3 and G4, the Sun and pelicans This round of the series will be moved to the Pelicans home of the Sand King Center, although this round of the series was once optimistic that the Suns can easily win, and even directly swept the Pelicans to advance to the semifinals. But in the first game, if it were not for Paul's sudden outburst, the suspense of the game could have been maintained until the last moment, and in the end, the Pelicans only lost 11 points, and did not suffer the massacre of 2 or 30 points.
Stealing a win away from home + Booker's injury, the Pelicans have a certain upper hand
In the second meeting between the two sides, even if the Pelicans continue to fight on the road, even if Booker slashed 31 points in the first half, even if the Pelicans fell behind by 5 points in the first half, but in the second half Of Booker's injury, the Pelicans did not intend to give up this counterattack opportunity, played a 69-53 shock wave, and finally won 125-114 against the Suns, equalizing the total score. And this second game, Paul, who had an excellent performance in the first game, was also completely locked by the Pelicans on the offensive end, only hitting 5 goals in 16 shots, only scoring 17 points, although he also sent the team's highest 14 assists, but it was really difficult to make up for the gap in the offensive end, and the Suns could only suffer defeats.
The time is right for people and all the occupancy, and the pelicans will sit and wait for the black eight
And if it is true that according to the windhorst report, Booker will be absent for at least 2-3 weeks, then this round and the Pelicans series, Booker can be said to be completely unable to play, so in terms of "time of day", the Pelicans have the upper hand, and in the "geographical advantage", the Pelicans Tickets for these two home stadiums have been sold out, then the home stadium will definitely be full, in the cheers of the home fans, the Sun will definitely encounter a great test, on the contrary, the Pelicans sitting on their home are morale, on the contrary, the morale of the Pelicans, who sit on their home field, is high morale. With the psychological advantage of beating their opponents in the second game, coupled with the cheers of the home fans, they really should seize this opportunity and try their best to get two consecutive cities at their home home and hold the match point. In terms of "people", the Pelicans are currently fully organized, the starting Ingram and CJ can stably hand over 20+, while the inner line has Varan, Nance Jr., plus the front position has Herbert Jones, Murphy, who can attack and defend the vitality of the player, really want to play the state, the sun really may not be able to stop.
So in the case that "the time and place are favorable and the people" have been occupied, the Pelicans have a good chance to stage the miracle of the Black Eight this year, if they can really work together and pull down the powerful sun in the first round, whether they can continue to go far in the semifinals, I believe the Pelicans fans will also be very satisfied.