In the Suns and Pelicans series G4, everyone is looking forward to Paul's reappearance of the "King of the Last Quarter" and lead the Suns to win the match point, unfortunately, in this battle, Paul's performance is hot, even with Ayton's excellent play, it is still difficult to beat the Pelicans, and finally lost 103-118, and the big score was pulled to a 2-2 draw.
In this game, Ayton's performance is quite good, after no Booker, Ayton got enough offensive opportunities, after cutting 28 points in the last game, Ayton cut 23 points, shooting 14 of 11, shooting a staggering 78.6%, and 8 rebounds, unfortunately, relying on Ayton alone to defeat the Pelicans is obviously far from enough, the Suns still need other people to play, especially Paul, but Paul, who handed over 28 points and 14 assists in the last game, seems to consume all his energy. In this battle, Paul did not become the "savior" of the sun, but the existence of the sun dragging its legs.
Compared with the bravery of the last battle, Paul in this battle is a little afraid to admit it, in the last battle, Paul cut 28 points out of 10 out of 18, which is another offensive point for the Sun after the lack of Booker, especially in the last quarter, Paul is even more courageous, and it is the key to the Sun's narrow victory over the Pelicans by 3 points, but what about this battle? Paul's performance is really surprising, in terms of offense, Paul obviously does not have much desire, in the 35 minutes he only shot 8 times, hit 2 goals, did not get any free throws, got only 4 points, although there are 11 assists, but he sent 3 mistakes, you know, this is Paul's most mistakes in the playoffs.
Of course, some people will say that Paul is old and cannot expect him to always have the courage to play, but in the author's opinion, this is not the case, this battle, Paul's mentality has changed, the mentality is unbalanced, everyone knows, Paul has always been known for his composure, but what about this battle? Paul was obviously in a hurry, especially in the most critical quarter 4, Paul handed over the data of 0 points in the last quarter, not to mention, there were 8 seconds before half-time low-level mistakes, the most important thing is that Paul was forced to be anxious when the sun was behind, and a defense directly reached Jones's face, which made Paul eat a first-level malicious foul, and then because of dissatisfaction with the penalty, he ate a technical foul again, which was really surprising.
Of course, in addition to Paul's performance of crotch, the Pelicans' performance in this battle is really outstanding, especially Ingram, he is the absolute hero of the Pelicans reversal, at the critical moment, it is Ingram's wave of attack led by the game, breaking the Suns' mentality, the whole game, Ingram scored 30 points on 1 of 23 shots, and valanciunas' performance hit the Suns hard, he scored 26 points on 9 of 15 shooting, especially a wave of 10 consecutive performances. This was also the trigger for Paul's imbalance, while CJ McCollum scored 18 points and Jones scored 13 points.
I have to say that Paul's sudden downturn made the Suns lose another game, the big score is already 2-2 draw, coupled with Booker's return for a while, the fate of the Suns is worrying, and the Pelicans are more and more courageous under the leadership of Ingram and others, and there is a sense of wanting to stage a black eight. 0 points in the last quarter! Paul's 4 points of mental imbalance, first-class evil offender + technical offender, Ingram 30 points
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