The Suns lost to the Pelicans 103-118 on the road today, and the series score was rewritten to 2-2.
Booker continued to be absent from injury today, and Ayton played well, playing 32 minutes, shooting 11-of-14 and 1-of-2 from the free throw line, with 23 points and eight rebounds. But Valanciunas, who was helpless to play with him, was more powerful, shooting 9 of 15 from the field, including 1 of 1 from three-point range, and had 26 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.
Paul, who scored 19 points in the last quarter, is not in shape today, shooting 2-of-8 and 3-of-0 three-pointers, scoring only 4 points, but with 3 rebounds and 11 assists. It is worth mentioning that Paul scored all 4 points from the first 6 minutes of the game, and in the remaining 42 minutes of the game, Paul shot 0 of 6 and did not score.
Paul scored just four points, equaling his single-game record for a playoff score. Paul scored just four points in the playoffs last time, dating back to the famous 58 massacre. In the fourth game of the first round of 2009, the Hornets (Pelicans) played against the Nuggets, and finally lost 58 points, and Paul scored only four points.
It is worth mentioning that Paul played for the Pelicans' predecessor Hornets at the time, and today's opponent is also the Pelicans, and it is also in the same venue, which may also be a providence in the dark.
In addition to scoring only four points in a single game, Paul shot only 25% of the time, and three points and free throws were not collected, which set or equaled Paul's career record in the playoffs. It can be seen that Paul's performance today is indeed very bad, but this is only one game, from the perspective of the whole series, Paul is still good, especially in the first and third final quarters, there were 19 points alone.
Ingram did very well today, starting 36 minutes, shooting 11-of-23, 1-of-5 from three-point range and 7-of-10 from the free throw line for 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. It was Ingram's third consecutive game to score at least 30 points, setting a new pelicans record. In his last three playoff games, Ingram has averaged 33.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, shooting 55.9 percent from the field. You know, Before this season, Ingram had never played the playoffs.
McCollum was decent today, shooting 8-of-21 from the field and 2-of-9 from three-point range, with 18 points, nine rebounds and two assists.