Zion bombed 29+10 to overturn the Big Three! Durant scored 23 points on 22 shots, and the Suns exposed three major shortcomings in the first battle
On April 8th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, today the Suns sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Pelicans, before this game the Suns won 3 consecutive wins, the Pelicans suffered 4 consecutive defeats, the Pelicans ushered in Zion's comeback, but Ingram has not yet returned, in the face of the Suns Big Three, the Pelicans are not optimistic about winning, the result is relying on more flowers, the Pelicans overturned the Suns, and then we briefly talk about the game process, and then talk about the performance of the players.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Wallan and CJ combined for 4 points to win the Pelicans to take the lead, Booker and Beal played a wave of 9-0 climax response, and then the Pelicans also failed to play a decent comeback, and the Pelicans trailed the Suns by 7 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, led by Zion and CJ, the Pelicans quickly chased the difference, and at the end of the quarter, Alvarado and Zion scored consecutive points to help the Pelicans establish the lead, Durant hit a shot, and the Suns chased down by 6 points to end the first half.
Yibian replayed the Pelicans once extended the lead to 12 points, Durant saw that the opponent was about to get up, he turned on the personal mode, he hit consecutive outside shots, and scored 12 points in a single quarter, but the Pelicans relied on more points to bloom, they led the Suns by 7 points after three quarters, and Beal scored consecutive points in the final quarter to help the Suns catch up with the point difference, and then the two sides fell into a stalemate, and at the last moment, Zion and CJ combined for 6 points to help the team kill the suspense of the game, and finally the Pelicans defeated the opponent 113-105.
Zion vs. the Big Three
In this game, Zion staged a three-game game against Lu Bu, scoring 29 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks on 11-of-21 shooting, although in the first three quarters because of Nurkic's squatting defense limited his play, but after the crossbow's physical fitness declined in the final quarter, Zion also continued to impact the inside kill to help the team stabilize the situation, and one person scored 12 points and 3 blocks in the final quarter, and his dedication on the defensive end is the key to the Pelicans' good results this season.
CJ is also a rare outbreak in this game, as we all know, CJ has been struggling in the face of high-intensity defense, his offense has been struggling, the reason why this game can play well, mainly because the Suns' defense is too poor, this game CJ shot 12 of 22 from the field, 7 of 12 three-pointers got 31 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Although Murphy's offensive efficiency was not high, he scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-13 shooting from the field, but he limited Durant and Booker very well.
In this game, the outside defensive duo composed of Murphy and Jones limited the Suns' duo very well, Jones scored 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in this game, and the data may not show his role, he had a plus/minus of +13 in this game, the second highest starter, second only to CJ, which is very good. Off the bench, Alvarado had 15 points and three rebounds, Daniels had 10 points, six rebounds and two assists, and Nance Jr. had nine points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
After winning, although the Pelicans are still ranked seventh in the West, their win difference is the same as the sixth-place Suns, and according to the American media, Ingram will return in the next 1-2 games, even if they miss the top six in the division, as long as the whole core plays, the Pelicans are still very strong.
The Suns were beaten with three major shortcomings
Durant and Booker did not play as they should have in this campaign, first of all, Durant was limited by the opponent's forward, 8 of 22 shots, 3 of 8 three-pointers got 23 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, in the face of Jones's defense, Durant's physical consumption is also very large, the last time the two teams faced off Durant played badly, this game Booker was also targeted by key defense, few shots, 9 of 16 shots, 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.
The advantage of having multiple cores is that even if the duo is locked, they have other scoring points, which is not this game Bill got more opportunities to shoot easily, he also proved himself, this game 13 of 19 shots, 7 of 8 three-pointers got 33 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, in addition to Allen scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Nurkic got 6 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, this game The Suns were beaten out of the team's three fatal weaknesses.
The first is that the team does not have a qualified point guard, which leads to them can only rely on singles to solve problems at critical moments, although the team has many top singles, but the problem is that Beal and Booker are in conflict, even including Durant, they can't do a good shot in the face of pinch shots, which also limits the team's offensive fluency in the final moments, and then the starters are three quarterbacks, Allen, Beal and Booker.
In the face of the Lakers and Clippers, the reason why the Suns played passively is because of this, and then the bench is too bad, after the formation of the Samsung team, the team has no salary space to introduce the right star, which also leads to their poor bench firepower, and the bench has a total of 4 people on the court to score 7 points, which is not as good as the opponent's old six scores.
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