Beijing time on April 29, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Suns away challenge the Pelicans, the first 5 games, the two sides fought 3-2, this game, Booker returned. In the first quarter, the two teams played a difficult score, the score was 28-28; in the second quarter, the Pelicans blossomed more, widening the point difference to 10 points; Easy Side fought again, and the Suns narrowed the point difference to 3 points under Paul's excellent play. In the final quarter, the two teams played in the first seven minutes or so, and the Suns trailed by just one point to make it 99-100.
After that, Paul completed the rebound with a mid-range throw, and then Bridges completed the steal, but the Suns offense did not, and back, Alvarado was completed by Crowder, however, Crowder did not seize the empty three-point opportunity, and the three-pointer was deflected. Ingram also didn't have mid-range, Booker singles CJ also deflected a lot, Alvarado free throws reversed, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Paul assisted Ayton to complete the air-to-air dunk, but Ingram looked back at the moon and there was a rebound.
At the critical moment, Booker's three-point attacked a cold arrow, three points and one arrow pierced the heart, and after only one round, Bridges completed the steal, counterattacked a dragon storm dunk, and the point difference was stretched to 4 points. In the decisive moment, Ingram singled Outbook, Paul caused Alvarado to foul, two free throws, but Nance was bold, immediately returned a 2+1, the point difference is only 3 points. In the last 50 seconds, Paul firmly controlled the time, a fatal mid-range blow, and the two sides came and went, and in the end, the Suns narrowly defeated the Pelicans 115-109 and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with an aggregate score of 4-2.
In this game, Paul played 36 minutes, 14 of 14, slashed 33 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, made 3 turnovers, and had a plus-minus of +17. Paul's shooting rate is staggeringly high at 100%, and people who don't know may think that this is James's data; the outstanding performance also allowed Paul to set two major records, the first record, Paul surpassed Rondo in the playoffs and rose to the sixth place in history; the second record, Paul's consecutive scoring was the highest since 1997, setting a 25-year record.
Ayton also played well in this game, he was 10 of 12, with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists; Bridges 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists; Booker 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Ingram cut 21 points, five rebounds and 11 assists; Varan had 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists; CJ had 16 points, three rebounds; and Jones had 16 points, four rebounds and four assists. In this battle, the Pelicans will lose to Paul, Paul is like a god, no one can prevent it today, worthy of the title of the god of point guards.