On April 25, Beijing time, the Suns without Booker lost to the Pelicans by 15 points, and Paul's slump of only 4 points was one of the reasons for the Suns' loss, but their lack of aggressiveness was the root cause. The Suns made 2-17 free throws in the first half and lost 27 free throws 15-42 in the whole game, and Coach Monti shelled after the game to complain about such a free throw count comparison, and expressed the hope that he would not be fined for telling the truth.
The Suns only briefly led by three points, and they were suppressed by the Pelicans for most of the time, trailing by 18 points at most and losing 15 points. In addition to the Suns' poor performance of 7 of 27 three-pointers, the Pelicans only had 6 of 24 three-pointers, and the Inside Score suns scored 56-54 and 2 more points.
The Suns' crux of the matter was that they only hit 10 of 10 from 15 free throws, including 4 of 6 from Crowder, 2 from 2 from Payne and Johnson, 2 from Ayton and Clegg, and 1 of 0 from Holliday.
In contrast, the Pelicans frantically won 42 free throws, including 7 of 10 free throws in Ingram, 7 of 11 free throws of Valanciunas, plus 7 of 8 free throws of The Youth, and 7 players on the Pelicans team had free throws. The Pelicans made 27 more free throws than the Suns, and the free throws scored 32-10 to 22 more points.
Suns coach Monty was extremely unhappy about this, "We only had 15 free throws in today's game, and they have 42 free throws, which is unimaginable in the playoffs. In the first half we only got 2 free throws and the opponents got 17 free throws. As a manager, I came into the microphone after the game to tell the truth, and I hope I don't get fined for telling the truth. ”
Monti further revealed, "During the game, I was also blown up for a technical foul because I talked to the referee about the penalty. But I would say that the Pelicans do deserve the win, they play harder than we do, but the gap in the number of free throws does exist. Whether Monty will be fined for such words is unknown.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)