The NBA playoffs continue, another semi-final in the West kicks off, the Suns play at home against the Lone Rangers, and on paper, the Suns have the upper hand, but where there is Doncic there is a miracle, the Lone Ranger is not without the ability to fight back. In the first quarter of the game, the Home Suns took the lead in the state, the opening played 9-0, Doncic led the team to narrow the point difference, but Booker disagreed, the end of the quarter spread opened to double digits, the first quarter ended, the Suns took a 10-point lead; in the second quarter, Crowder and Brunson attacked, both sides scored, the Lone Ranger in the quarter was in better shape, responding to a wave of 9-0 counterattack, Ayton stepped forward at a critical moment, and the Suns led by 13 points in the first half. In the third quarter, the point difference has been floating around 10 points, and in the second half of the second quarter, the Suns relied on the firepower of the outside line to expand the point difference, with a 17-point advantage into the fourth quarter; in the final quarter, although the Lone Ranger played a wave of 20-7 big counterattack, but Booker's key free throws locked in the victory, and in the end, the Sun Lone Ranger ushered in the first win of the series.
In this game, Doncic's performance was too perfect, and he scored 45 points in the whole game, setting four new records in the first game. First, Doncic scored 568 points in the first 17 playoff games, comparable to Jordan and Chamberlain; fourth, the playoffs had the most players in the same period with 40+ single games, and Booker, Lillard and Mitchell only had 2 times: third, the playoffs averaged 33.4 points per game, tied for the first place in history; fourth, the 40+ in the sixth game of the playoffs surpassed many stars such as Alphabet Brother, Irving, Leonard and Paul. Doncic really tried his best, the blame can only blame the team's defense is too weak, according to statistics, this game, the Suns' shooting rate reached 50.5%, three-point shooting rate also reached 40%, and the actual Suns are not a team known for offense. It is worth mentioning that the Suns have maintained a shooting percentage of more than 50% in seven consecutive playoff games, tied for second in history with the Lakers in the 1986 season.
Doncic broke out, Paul is not to be outdone, although he scored 19 points, the data is not conspicuous, but the shooting rate is as high as 77%, and more importantly, he has reached 77% in two consecutive games to become the first defender in history. It is worth mentioning that Paul was not satisfied with the process of the game, and after the game he said that he still needed to go back and carefully watch the video of the game and make adjustments for the second game. Another very interesting statistic is that in the past 10 games against Doncic, Paul has achieved a record of 10 wins and 0 losses, and it is no exaggeration to say that Paul is Doncic's big nemesis. In addition, the scary thing is that the Suns have achieved a record of 51 wins and 0 losses after the third quarter, which means that if the opponent wants to beat the Suns, he must establish an advantage in the first three quarters, and has to admit that the Suns are a team with strong psychological quality.