On April 29, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the Suns and the Pelicans' G6 competition was staged, Booker returned from this campaign, the two teams in the whole game clenched the score, the fierce battle to the last moment, the Sun seized the opportunity, and finally won 115-109 against the Pelicans, eliminating the opponent with a big score of 4-2 and advancing to the top 4 in the West. The 37-year-old Paul scored 33 points on 14-on-the-field shooting, breaking a series of records.
The Suns are the first in the league, the Pelicans only ranked 9th in the regular season, relying on the playoffs to fall into the 8th place in the West, the two teams' records in the regular season are very different, because of Booker's injury, the strength of the Suns was affected, the first 5 games the Suns led 3-2 to get the match point.
Booker returned with an injury, but he was not in good shape, Paul carried the team's attack, and Ayton's shooting rate was also good, and the two teams tied 28 in the first quarter. The Suns' rebounds were terrible today, with the Pelicans seizing in the second quarter and almost pulling the gap away, leading by up to 12 points at most, with the Pelicans leading 58-48 at halftime. Paul scored 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting in the half, Ayton was 5-of-5, and The comeback Booker felt average, scoring only 2 points on 1-of-4.
The sun bit the score in the third quarter, Paul's state today is like a god, no false hair, almost single-handedly, helped the sun to complete the rebound, but in addition to Paul, the other scoring points did not stand out, Paul rested, the Pelicans immediately overtook the score, the sun was still behind by 3 points at the end of the third quarter, and the suspense was left to the last quarter.
In the final quarter, Paul was still unstoppable, leading the Suns to bite the score, his first 13 shots were all hit, and when there were 2 minutes left in the game, Booker hit the key three points in the whole poor performance, Bridges scored quickly, the Suns led 108-104, and there were only 87 seconds left in the game. Paul's 14th shot still hit, killing the game, the Suns defeated the Pelicans, eliminating the Pelicans 4-2 in a big score to advance to the next round. Pelicans coach Willie Green burst into tears after the game, which was moving.
Paul shot all 14 shots in this campaign, bombed 33 points and 8 assists, the highest positive or negative value of the team, the 37-year-old Paul played the peak of his career, worthy of the god of point guards. The comeback Booker felt average, scoring only 11 points, but the cold-blooded three-pointers in the key moments were very important, Ayton, Bridges, johnson also scored in double figures, and the Suns advanced dangerously.