On April 27, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Suns and Pelicans ushered in the battle of Tianwangshan, and finally the three-pointer recovered Suns defeated the Pelicans at home 112-97, with the help of teammates such as Bridges and Payne who scored 31 points, Paul and the Suns won a key victory. The Suns' winning stats in the third quarter of the season improved to 50-0.
The first four games were played 2-2 by two teams, and after Booker's absence, the Pelicans were very adamant about Paul's restrictions, especially Alvarado's stalking that made Paul a little physically and mentally exhausted, and another problem for the Suns was the rebounding disadvantage that was difficult to change. G4 battle after Paul only scored 4 points After the G5 battle Monty design was a little different from before, Holliday outside of Payne also got some opportunities to play, and the 2 substitutes played well, especially Payne in the first four three-pointers 12 shots 0 finally broke the deadlock, the Suns opened the point difference early, Paul although he also played for a long time in the first half and got 16 points, but the physical consumption was actually not large.
In terms of rebounding, the Suns were 2 ahead, and even though the Pelicans grabbed a few more rebounds in the second quarter, the Suns only lost 1 rebound in the first half. After paul and Ayton's scoring impact, the Pelicans, who were somewhat underpowered on the road, did not play fiercely and inefficiently enough, trailing by 12 points in the first quarter, and seizing on the Suns' mistakes in the final moments of the second quarter narrowed the half-time point gap to 13 points.
In the third quarter, the two teams played a tug-of-war, the Pelicans played hard after regaining control of the rebounding advantage, and The Big Varan and Ingram played well in this quarter, but the Suns did not have a continuous power outage, the point difference continued to swing around 10 points, and the scores of the three-point Bridges and Penn in the connection section were more critical. The fourth quarter once again entered the star performance moment, and although Paul was once snatched by Alvarado for an 8-second embarrassment, Bridges helped Paul control the game.
After winning this game, the Suns continued their record of leading all three quarters this season, and have reached 50 wins. With the three-point shooting percentage returning to normal levels in this game and the rebounding rate not particularly inferior, the Suns finally played their own style of game. In an advertising phrase, the waist is not sore, the legs are not sore, and Bridges, who scored 31 points in 46 minutes and 54 seconds (three-pointers and 4 shots), did not have to work hard to go up to the sixth floor in one breath.