On April 8, Beijing time, the Suns played at home against the Pelicans, and the Suns lost to the Pelicans 105-113 at the end of the game. The Suns have won a wave of 3 consecutive wins in the recent form, and the Suns have successfully come to the sixth place in the West, on the other hand, the Pelicans have been in a bad state recently, after suffering 4 consecutive defeats, the Pelicans have fallen to the seventh place in the West, and the Lakers in the eighth place in the West are only 0.5 wins behind the Pelicans, it can be said that the Pelicans can not stop the decline, then the Pelicans' ranking may fall further, and this game is still quite unfavorable for the Pelicans, after all, Booker has always played the Pelicans will have an explosive performance, not to mention that the Suns have been in hot form recently, so the Suns undoubtedly have a greater chance of winning.
In the first half of the game, Booker found an offensive state early, and the Suns bloomed more, so the Suns once led to 13 points, but in the next game, the Suns offense had problems, McCollum led the team to chase the score, in this case, the Suns' lead was constantly eroded, plus Murphy's three-point fire, the Pelicans successfully caught up with the score, and the next game The Sun made frequent mistakes, although the Pelicans did not seize the opportunity, Booker helped the Suns stop the decline at the critical moment, but McCollum's offense continued to break out, Zion also began to attack the inside, plus Alvarado hit three points, the Pelicans directly opened the scoreAt halftime, the Pelicans led the Suns by six points.
In the third quarter, McCollum, Murphy and others continued to help the Pelicans expand their lead, but the Suns still managed to narrow the gap under the play of Durant and Nurkic, but unfortunately McCollum was in a hot three-point state, and the Pelicans led the Suns by 10 points. After the timeout, Booker teamed up with Durant to help the Suns close the score, but fortunately Zion was able to respond later, so the Pelicans were still able to hold the lead, and the Pelicans led by 7 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, Beal was in a hot state to help the Suns chase only 2 points, and then Beal continued to break out to help the Suns complete the overtake, but unfortunately Jones helped the Pelicans stabilize the situation, Zion contributed to the offensive end, not to mention, but also completed the block many times, fortunately, Booker also scored 2+1, the Suns bit the score, but unfortunately the Suns just couldn't prevent Zion, and in the end the Pelicans still refused the Suns to reverse and win the game.
It is really not easy for the Pelicans to win the game, after all, the Suns successfully opened the score at the beginning of the game, fortunately, McCollum found his form early in this game, so the Pelicans were able to slowly reverse the situation on the court, and Zion stepped forward in the follow-up game, when Zion assaulted the inside Suns had no way not to say, Zion was even more powerful on the defensive end, and completed 5 blocks in the game to help the Pelicans firmly occupy the lead, at the end of the game Zion got 29 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, and McCollum got 31 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists。 Although Booker had a good effect of attacking the interior in the game, Booker's outside three-point state was terrible, so it can be said that if Van Booker's outside three-point is not so bad, then the Suns could win, and finally Booker got 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, including 0 of 6 outside three-pointers.
When Booker's outside three-point line is not accurate, Allen also attacked badly in the game, this game Beal is carrying the offensive banner, this game Beal is dreaming back to the top, his fiery offensive touch once helped the Suns complete the overtake, but unfortunately other Suns players performed badly, more importantly, the Suns had serious problems inside, and finally the Suns had no choice but to lose, and Booker got 33 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 13 of 19 at the end of the game. The Suns lost the game Durant is even more to blame, after all, Durant's offensive efficiency in this game is sluggish, especially when the Suns chase the scoring stage, Durant did not find his state, and at the end of the game, Durant got 23 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists in 8 of 22.