Suns 2-0 Lone Ranger
The stunning performance of chris Paul, who is about to turn 37, in the first round of the playoffs, once again showed people the style of the former league's first point guard. However, after coming to the stage of the Western Conference semifinals, after the Suns regained the way of playing team basketball, Paul became a green leaf again, and the first game of the series only played 28 minutes, and the team easily defeated the Lone Rangers. However, in the second game of the series, facing the more prepared lone ranger, Paul took over the game again in the final quarter, completely crushing the opponent.
The Suns had a four-point lead in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, Doncic and Bertans combined to hit six three-pointers, and the Lone Ranger managed to overtake by two points. In the second half, Paul and Booker stepped forward to lead the team to a six-point run. After returning from the final quarter, Paul hit six consecutive goals to open up the point difference, and Booker's three-point three-point combo sealed the victory. In the end, the Suns defeated the Lone Ranger 129-109 and led 2-0 in the series.
King of Paul's last quarters
Chris Paul once again became the king of the last quarter, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Suns only led by 6 points, the suspense of the game is still very large, but Paul completely took over the game, 6 consecutive shots, one person scored 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, leading the Suns to play a wave of flow, directly pulling the score. At the end of the game, Paul shot 11-of-16 and had 28 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, including 8 points in the first half and 20 points in the second half. Many fans have ridiculed Harden, in today's 76ers game against the Heat, Harden scored 16 points in the half and only scored 4 points in the second half.
One is more stable at key moments, and one is invisible at key moments, and many fans say that this is probably the gap between Paul and Harden. Paul once again showed the style of the king of the last quarter, and the Pelicans, who were eliminated by Paul in the first round, seem to be proven. The Pelicans' core player, CJ McCollum, wrote on social media: "Damn the Suns are fantastic. Watching the Suns and Paul toy with everyone else in the palm of my hand wouldn't have been so upset.
Obviously, CJ McCollum is comforting himself that he can't beat the Suns and Paul's team, not just us, but any opponent, can't stop such Chris Paul. In 7 days, Paul will be 37 years old, but the years do not seem to stop him from moving forward.
The sun set a record
League First! Paul became the king of the last quarters, the sun set a record, and Doncic was very aggrieved. In this game, the Phoenix Suns shot 75.7% of the true shooting rate, ranking second in history. Paul's late-quarter score in the playoffs this season also came to 82 points, the league's first, averaging 10.2 points per game, shooting 64 percent from the field, 38 percent from three-point range, 94 percent from the free throws, giving up 20 assists and just five turnovers. I have to say that such Chris Paul is indeed the deserved king of the last quarters.
Doncic met Paul, it was really wronged, although this game, and got 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and did not play in the last five minutes, but in his career against Paul, Doncic's record was only 1 win and 9 losses, which was unbearable. However, this is also the only way for every young player, and I believe that in time, Doncic will be able to become the best player in this league, but not now.