Booker exploded 52 points, and the super dark horse fell! Durant 26+5, Zion 24 points

On January 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a key card battle in the West, and the Suns challenged the Pelicans away. Previously, the Suns had a 22-18 record, ranked eighth in the West, and the team is slowly on the right track with a recent wave of three consecutive wins. In the first half of the season, the Suns encountered two major problems: one was that the Big Three were injured in turn, with Beal's back injury and ankle injury being the trigger, and the other was that the Big Three were all difficult to effectively drive their teammates and were tired of playing. In addition, the Suns management intends to use Allen, who is in hot form, to pack Little who can't play, and seek to trade to strengthen the wing, you must know that Allen is averaging 13.9 points per game this season, with a three-point shooting rate of 50.3% + 48% + 91.2%, I really don't understand why the Suns have to send him away, he is the only role player on the Suns front line who can play steadily at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

However, the Suns' immediate priority is to find a backup point guard, and they can't put all the pressure on Beal and Booker in tandem. The Pelicans have a record of 25 wins and 17 losses since the start of the game, ranking fifth in the West, and in the last game against the Hornets, the Pelicans made 25 of 47 three-pointers, breaking the single-game record for three-pointers in team history! Both teams came up with the strongest lineups in this game, and the Pelicans started: McCollum + Herbert Jones + Ingram + Zion + Wallan.

Suns starters: Booker + Beal + Allen + Durant + Nurkic. At the beginning of the game, Booker used the cover to bomb three points, Ingram jumped + Varland ate cakes, after Booker trained Wallan, he received a pass from Durant, and continued to hit three points at the top of the arc! Zion vented his anger, Varland missed the dunk, but Durant and Beal continued to single, Booker fell back in the face of Yingge's limit, and he laughed after the ball went in! In the first half, the Pelicans could still bite the score, but in the second half, the Suns continued to exert their strength, and Durant and Booker completed 2+ in a row1, after that, Booker made consecutive jump shots, Zion's offensive frame was a drop in the bucket, and at the end of the quarter, Booker continued to eat Daniels alone, after the first quarter, the Suns led the Pelicans 41-28, Booker scored 25 points alone, and Daniels estimated that he had Booker's shadow in his dreams.

Coming back in the second quarter, Booker hit both free throws, Bealney scored 7 points in a row with an outside shot, and the Suns have opened up a 21-point difference! Durant slowly held the ball through the halfcourt, received the ball and walked, and complained that the referee had eaten a technical foul! In the middle of the game, the two teams maintained a 20-point difference and fell into a tug-of-war, and when Booker came back, he turned over and made a jumper against McCollum, and then hit a jumper by covering it, Wallan and Ingram scored free throws, and Gordon and Murphy hit three-pointers. At halftime, the Suns led the Pelicans 69-52, Booker scored 32 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the half, Durant had 12 points and 4 rebounds, and Beal had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. For the Pelicans, Zion had 14 points and Wallan had 16 points and four rebounds.

At the beginning of the second half, Booker first fed Durant to hit a three-pointer, and then Booker himself continued to score three points on the outside! The Pelicans responded by relying on stable mid-range shooting efficiency, Booker hit 1 hit 3 tough to complete 2+1! After that, the counterattack hit the board with a dragon, and the fast break counterattack rebounded and scored again, and the Pelicans hurriedly called a timeout, and Booker scored 10 points alone in just 3 minutes, and he couldn't stop it! In the middle of the game, Zion relied on his physical confrontation advantage and constantly crushed and bullied the Suns under the basket, and Booker also complained that the referee had a technical foul. After that, Booker hit another three-pointer and forced a turnover jumper, and the Suns always maintained a point difference of more than 20 points. In the second half, McCollum scored consecutive points, Booker continued to make kills, and faced Daniels at the end of the quarter, and it was another unreasonable three-pointer!

At the end of the third quarter, the Suns led the Pelicans 100-80, Booker scored 20 points in a single quarter, and scored 52 points in the third quarter! In the middle of the period, Durant continued to score three points, and neither team changed the main team, Booker was caught with the ball, and the Pelicans resolutely refused to let him score. In the last 3 minutes, the two teams tacitly changed the bench at the same time, and the game entered garbage time! In the end, the Suns defeated the Pelicans 123-109, and the Suns ushered in four consecutive wins, and the 23-18 record tied the Kings!

Suns statistics, Booker 18 of 30, got 52 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Durant 26 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Beal 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Allen 12 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Nurkic 5 points, 15 rebounds and 9 assists. Pelicans stats, Zion 24 points and 3 rebounds, Ingram 17 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists, Valanciunas 16 points and 11 rebounds, McCollum 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Herbert Jones 9 points, Hawkins 13 points.