On April 23, Beijing time, the Pelicans played at home against the Suns, and the Pelicans lost to the Suns 111-114 at the end of the game. This game is crucial for the Suns, after all, the G2 game the Suns lost to the Pelicans, not to mention, more importantly, Booker also suffered an injury, so the Suns must win the Pelicans, so the Suns need to find a way to win this game. In this game, the Suns once took the lead, but in this game the Pelicans also played very hard, the Pelicans once completed the rebound in the fourth quarter, but the Suns still stabilized the situation to maintain the lead, and finally the Suns refused to upset and successfully defeated the Pelicans.
The two teams fought fiercely in the first quarter, relying on Paul and Ayton Suns to gradually open up the score, but then Ingram played a number of people to achieve a rebound, and the Pelicans led by one point at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the two teams still played hard to score, but as the game progressed, the Pelicans' offensive state was sluggish, and the Suns relied on the play of Ayton and others to play an offensive climax to open the score, and the Suns led by 11 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, McCollum and others helped the Pelicans chase points, but Ayton and Bridges responded in the later games, and then the two teams played separately, and the Suns led by two points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, McCollum helped the Pelicans tie the score, and then the two teams attacked each to alternate the score, paul's outburst helped the Suns take the lead at key moments, and Paul and Crowder helped the Suns open the score in the later game, and finally the Pelicans chased the score and lost the game without success.
When the Suns lack Booker, the Pelicans must be trying to win, after all, this is the Pelicans' chance, so in this game the Pelicans also played very hard, especially when the team is in difficulty, the Pelicans still played the momentum in the game, Alvarado and other character players still played well to help the team, but unfortunately the Pelicans did not resist the Sun's offense here at the fourth quarter, and the Pelicans' offensive choices in the key moments of the fourth quarter were really bad. After all, Ingram performed well in this game, but Ingram did not get too many offensive opportunities in the fourth quarter, although Ingram helped the team chase points in the final moment, but it was really too late at this time, and the Pelicans should have given Ingram more ball rights earlier.
At the end of the game, Ingram had 34 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, and McCollum had 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. After the end of the game, Ingram was also unwilling to leave the game, after all, Ingram performed well in key moments, but unfortunately the Pelicans were too far behind. And Ayton has a very good performance in this game, his play in the first half of the game is a key to the Suns to be able to occupy the lead, although the fourth quarter of the game Ayton offensive feel declined, but his protection for rebounds is still very important, it can be said that such Ayton really deserves the Suns to give him a maximum salary contract, the end of the game Ayton got 28 points, 17 rebounds and 1 assist data.
And the reason why the sun can win the game, Paul's play in the game is more critical, and in the fourth quarter of the game Paul is once again played the performance of the gods under the gods, at the critical moment Paul is to open his own mid-range feel, his performance of such an outbreak is also directly helped the sun to open the score, so the sun can finally win the game, the end of the game Paul also got 28 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists data, Paul had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 7-of-10 in the fourth quarter. However, although Paul performed well, it was indeed a little difficult for the Suns to expect Paul to erupt on the field, so in the next game, the Suns still needed more people to stand up.