Beijing time on April 23, today, the Pelicans and Suns' G3 came to an end, and finally with Paul's performance in the last quarter, the Suns defeated the opponent by 3 points, taking a 2-1 overall lead and regaining home advantage. In this game, the Suns lost Booker, the strength was greatly reduced, coupled with the return to the home court, the Pelicans saw hope for victory. Sure enough, in the first quarter, the Pelicans did not lose and won, leading their opponents by one point at 29-28. Entering the second quarter, Ayton led the team to a wave of streaming, and the Suns surpassed the Pelicans by 11 points.
However, the Pelicans showed their strength to make the playoffs, and in the third quarter, Ingram and CJ broke out in succession, and the Pelicans quickly narrowed the gap to 2 points. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Alvarado made a series of shots to help the Pelicans successfully rebound, but Ginger was still old and spicy, and Paul was like a god in the last quarter, cutting 19 points in a single quarter, making the efforts of several people in vain, and in the end, Paul made 10 of 18, 6 of 3 points, and cut down 28 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists. How accurate is Paul's mid-range in this game? 9 goals in 12 shots are worthy of being the representative of today's mid-range, and it was Paul's mid-range that allowed the Suns to win this victory.
In fact, ingram and CJ's performance is also very exciting. The former was 11 of 19 and shot down 34 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, while the latter was 11 of 23, contributing 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, and the two slashed 64 + 11 + 9 to force the strongest Paul. Ingram hit mid-range when the team needed it in the fourth quarter, then pulled out a three-pointer, and soon after, he caused Craig's three-point defensive foul; CJ scored two points on a layup and hit a three-pointer before the end of the game. Unfortunately, in Paul's presence, none of this data worked in the end.
Paul's outstanding performance not only subdued the Pelicans' players and fans, but also made him a hot search in the United States. In this game, Paul delivered 14 assists while not making a mistake, so that Paul's seventh playoff 10+ assists and 0 turnovers in a single game continued to break the NBA record, equalizing the big bird & Magic combined, and the number of times the two were 3 and 4 times respectively. In the first three games of this round of playoffs, Paul averaged 25 points, 12.7 assists, 1.7 breaks and 0.7 turnovers per game, and the true shooting rate was 66.3%, which is quite amazing, and people who don't know may think that this is James' data.
In addition, Paul sent a total of 38 assists in 3 games of the series, only 2 mistakes, the assist error ratio is 19-1, that is to say, Paul has to send 19 assists, there will be a mistake, such a feat can only be achieved by CP3, Harden Although he usually plays 25 + 10 assists data, but the playoff performance and Paul's performance, there is still some gap, especially in the control of mistakes. Thank you Ingram, thank you McCollum, you forced an NBA miracle.