With 6-man scoring in double figures, multi-point blossoming team offensive, the Western Conference semifinals home team of the Suns, G1 finally beat the Lone Ranger 121-114, the series scored 1-0 to win the opening red!
And although the G1 Lone Rangers played a 20-7 counterattack frenzy in the final quarter and once saw the hope of a reversal, under the command of head coach Monti, the Suns, who changed into the starting lineup in time, still withstood the pressure.
Of course, the G1 First Game Suns can beat the lone rangers, in addition to the lack of head coach Monty's platoon deployment, the play of the big three Booker + Ayton + Paul, who jointly cut 67 points, also played a crucial leading role!
Booker performed comprehensively, starting 37 minutes, shooting 7 of 20 three-pointers and shooting 1 of 5, but he delivered a quasi-triple-double performance of 23 points, 9 rebounds , 8 assists + 1 block.
And his heroic performance of cutting 13 points in the first quarter not only helped the Suns to open the situation smoothly, but also highlighted his title of "King of the First Quarter"!
In addition, as the team's starting center, G1's play against Ayton is also a miracle.
Facing the lone rangers who do not have the advantage in the height of the lineup, Ayton G1 can be said to have fully played its own advantage, cutting the team's high 25 points, plus 8 rebounds and 1 block of offensive and defensive performance!
Although Ayton didn't get much chance to play against the Lone Rangers' small lineup in the final quarter, rationally speaking, his outstanding performance in the first three quarters did lay a solid foundation for the Suns to win!
And G1 against the Lone Rangers, the performance of the Suns' core defender Chris Paul is also remarkable.
Paul was very efficient in this game, starting 27 minutes, shooting 2 three-pointers on 7 of 13 shots, contributing 19 points+ 5 rebounds + 3 assists + 1 steal + 1 block.
More importantly, after G1 delivered three assists in one game, Paul's playoff career total also officially exceeded 1144 assists, surpassing Tony Parker to reach the 5th in league history.
At the same time, according to statistics, in the past two playoff games, Paul has shot a total of 21 of 27 shots, shooting 77.7%, which is the highest shooting rate for the guard in the two playoff games, becoming the first defender in the history of the league to achieve this achievement, and it can be said that the first game has ushered in a number of milestone moments!
Coupled with the main players such as Crowder + Bridges + Cameron Johnson, the stable performance of the first round of the playoffs was brought to the semifinals, and it has to be said that the G1 Suns can win the first game and win the first hand with a big score of 1-0, which is indeed deserved!
In contrast, on the side of the lone rangers who fought away, the G1 team was completely suppressed at both ends of the attack and defense, and finally had no chance to reverse, and the performance of the game that fell behind 0-1 in the big score was obviously regrettable.
Fortunately, for the Lone Ranger team, the G1 battle, the team is not completely without highlights and gains.
After all, in the case of Dinwiddie + Brunson and other main players playing poorly, the performance of Doncic + Kleber in this campaign is indeed eye-catching!
G1 played Doncic with full firepower, and blasted a game-high 45 points in 44 minutes, plus a quasi-triple-double performance of 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 block.
Not only did he win the 6th playoff game of his career, but he also averaged 33.4 points per game in the playoffs, after all, Michael Jordan set a great personal record!
And G1 came off the bench, Kléber's play, there is no lack of highlights, this campaign Kléber is extremely efficient, substitute played 23 minutes, the outside line shot 5 three-pointers, handed over 19 points + 1 rebound + 1 block of outstanding performance.
I have to say that compared with Powell, Kléber, who can be inside and outside, has indeed made the Lone Rangers' attack in the second half of the naked eye improve and enhance!
Obviously, for the Lone Rangers, who are 0-1 in a big score, considering the Suns' offensive mode around the Big Three, Kleber may have a chance to become the Lone Ranger's surprise in this series!