After losing G3 at home, the Pelicans, who were 1-2 in the playoffs, were put to a passive 1-2 draw, and this campaign will be revived to compete with the Suns in the series G4.
On the Pelicans side, Varan is not in good shape, and whether the Pelicans can defend the home game to win the G4, Ingram + CJ McCollum obviously need to play.
On the other hand, on the Side of the Suns, Booker is absent, Cameron Johnson continues to start, and whether the Suns can win the match point away from home will undoubtedly be caught in a bitter battle!
However, after four quarters of competition, with a wave of 20-10 small climaxes, the suns dominated by the guests, although in the first half, once suppressed the Pelicans and occupied the initiative on the court.
But after returning from the second half, Ingram + Herbert Jones felt hot in the third quarter, leading the Pelicans to constantly play counter-attacks and successfully turned the situation on the court.
Coupled with the final showdown moment, CJ McCollum + Varan successively powered, the Pelicans took advantage of the momentum, in one fell swoop to establish a 15-point lead, and the Suns repeatedly failed to hit, only to lose!
In the end, the Pelicans also beat the Suns 118-103 at home, winning the G4 strongly, and also tied the Suns 2-2 in the series!
Playing at home in this game, the Pelicans swept away the downturn of the G3 loss, and the whole team played a team performance of 4 people scoring in double figures, winning a 15-point victory.
In the case of CJ McCollum + Nance Jr. + Alvarado and other main players, each performing their duties, the two aces Ingram + Varan, and the play of the main player Herbert Jones, is particularly critical!
Ingram continued the fiery feel of G3 in this game, starting 35 minutes, shooting a game-high 30 points on 11-of-23 shooting, plus 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
Among them, in the third quarter, his brave performance of scoring 16 points in a single quarter not only helped the Pelicans quickly open the score gap, but also laid a solid foundation for the team to win a big victory!
More importantly, G4 scored 30+4+5 in the first game, and Ingram has scored 30 points in three consecutive playoff games, and Ingram has also set a new record in pelican history!
In addition, as the team's inner tower, the play of Varan in this game also played a crucial role.
In this campaign, Varan dominated the interior line, shooting 9-of-15 from the field, and delivered a large double-double performance of 26 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.
And his key play in the final quarter, a single quarter of 11 points, is also almost single-handed, to end the Suns try to fight back!
Of course, the Pelicans were able to beat the Suns in this game, and the performance of the team's youngster Herbert Jones was also indispensable.
Herbert Jones was well-defended in this game, starting 33 minutes and contributing 13 points, 2 rebounds + 3 assists + 2 steals + 3 blocks on 3-of-7 shooting.
Not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, constantly destroying the Suns' offensive rhythm and deployment, successfully influencing the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense!
On the other hand, on the side of the Suns, the team's performance in this game collapsed in the second half and finally swallowed a 15-point defeat, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, under the full performance of Ayton playing well, scoring 23 points, 8 rebounds+ 1 assist + 1 block on 11-of-14 shooting, Bridges + Cameron Johnson + Penn shot only 11 of 33 shots, and Paul's sluggish performance, it is indeed a bit unsatisfactory!
In this game, Paul failed to continue his previous state of bravery, starting 33 minutes, only 2 of 8 shots were not good, and the outside three-point shot was 3 shots and 0 shots completely lost the crosshairs.
Rationally speaking, for Booker, who was absent due to injury, after the Suns were tied 2-2 by the Pelicans, in the next G5 key game, Booker, who returned to the home court, faced the battle of Tianwangshan, and obviously could not sit still!