Devin Booker came out injured, which is enough to see how much the Suns don't want the Pelicans to drag the series into a tie-7. However, Booker was still affected by the injury, and had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 5 of 12 shooting, including 6 three-pointers and 2 free throws, which was not Booker's normal level. Fortunately, the Suns eventually won the game and advanced. In addition to Booker's 13 points, the Suns also had Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton, Mikaar Bridges and Cameron Johnson scored in double figures, which was a multi-point blossoming game.
The brightest player is Paul, who made 33 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal on 14-of-14 shooting, including 1 three-pointer and 4 free throws. Yes, Paul didn't miss a hand on this night. How exaggerated is it to play such a performance in the playoffs? We might as well go back in history, from the '83-84 season to the end of this game, there were three players in the league who had double-doubled single-game shots and shot 100 percent in the playoffs: Scott Wiedeman's 11-of-11 shooting in 1985, Sergi Ibaka's 11-of-11 shooting in 2012, and Neinai Hilario's 12-of-12 shooting in 2017. Today, Paul has raised that statistic to 14 of 14 shots.
So, when Paul used a game like this to help the Suns complete the promotion, they had to sigh that he was really too good. Moreover, Paul's 14-of-14 shooting was almost done in one way, that is, the mid-range emergency stop jumper. Throughout the game, 10 of Paul's 14 shots were mid-range shots, and 10 were shots in the form of emergency stop jump shots. Then Paul's key to victory becomes very simple, the stop jump shot, the stop jump shot and the fast stop jump shot. He had been repeating the action all night, and it worked.
Admittedly, this victory only helped the Suns eliminate the Pelicans in the first round, and there was not much improvement for Paul's hard honor, but Paul's way of playing should be remembered and imitated by more people, and the mid-range stop jump shot will never disappear. In fact, the Pelicans are not without hope of winning, they once established a 10-point lead in the first half, but in the second half, the young Pelicans collapsed, and the old Paul helped the Suns win with a steady attack.
Speaking of which, the Pelicans have been able to win a playoff ticket through the playoffs this season with a bad start, and they can also create some trouble for the Suns, which is already a good performance, and if they can maintain their progress in the future, it is definitely worth looking forward to, Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum are also players who often use the mid-range emergency stop jump shot to end, in this crucial game, these two mid-range emergency jump shots are not better performance. Ingram shot 1 of 5 from mid-range, 5 from the emergency jump shot and 2 of 5 from the stop jumper, and there is no mid-range stop jump shot; McCollum's mid-range 4 shots and 2 of the emergency stop jump shot 5 shots are not bad, but the output is somewhat low. In terms of the rhythm and grasp of the ball, McCollum still has a lot of gaps with Paul.
The first round out is not an unacceptable result for the Pelicans, the Suns are the leaders of the regular season after all, the lack of Booker does give the Pelicans hope, and the Pelicans' interior advantage is indeed more obvious. Unfortunately, Paul Sr. has had a lot of brilliant performances, and the sixth game of the series has played an anti-heavenly performance of 14 of 14 shots. Speaking of which, Ingram and McCollum still have to learn a little, their future will be better, but not really yet.
Text/Duncan's laugh