On April 29, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued, and the Phoenix Suns ushered in the sixth game of the series against the New Orleans Pelicans. At the end of the game, the Suns defeated the Pelicans 115-109 with a total score of 4-2 and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.
Overall stats:
Specific score: 28-28, 20-30, 34-27, 33-24 (sun first).
On the Suns side, Mikal Bridges scored 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Claude 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, Ayton 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Devin Booker 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 Assists, Chris Paul 33 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Cameron Johnson 13 points and 2 rebounds, Cameron Payne 3 points and 2 steals, Biyombo 2 points and 2 rebounds, McGee 2 points and 3 rebounds.
On the Pelicans side, Ingram scored 21 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal, Jaxson Hayes 8 points, Valanciunas 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, Herbert Jones 16 points and 4 rebounds 4 assists and 4 steals, CJ McCollum 16 points and 3 rebounds, Alvarado 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Trey Murphy 12 points and 3 rebounds, Nance Jr. 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
Game recap:
In this game, Devin Booker came back from the line of fire. In the first quarter, Claude scored a three-pointer and Hayes made a layup. Both teams opened one after another. After that, Paul and Ayton succeeded in jumpers, and the sun set off a climax and took the lead for a time. But the Pelicans were also very tough, and they bit the score again later in the quarter. In the last 2 minutes of this section, CJ-McCollum violently overturned Cameron-Johnson and received a first-level malicious foul. After that, Shamet and Alvarado shoved again. With a successful jumper from Bridge, Trey Murphy hit a three-pointer. After the single quarter, the Pelicans drew 28-28 with the Suns.
Entering the second quarter, the scene was still stalemate. On the Suns side, Booker came back in a bad state in the first game. Paul carried the team’s offense. After a successful jumper, he had scored 10 points. But in the latter part of this quarter, Ingram scored 7 points in a row, and the Pelicans set off a climax, widening the difference to double digits. Bridges made a layup and made consecutive three-pointers with Payne. But with Nance Jr.’s tip-up, after halftime, the Pelicans continued to lead 58-48.
Changing sides to fight again, Paul continued to take over the offense, his jumper was like a god, and the point difference was also narrowed by the sun a little bit under his efforts. In the middle of the third quarter, after Paul made a three-pointer and a jumper, the Suns had completely leveled the difference. Later in this section, the two sides launched a new round of tug-of-war. With Nance making 2 of 2 free throws, and with Bridges making a layup, the Suns continued to lag 82-85 after the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Booker scored a jumper, and Ayton’s rollover hook and jumper also scored. Cameron – Johnson three-pointer into the net, the sun has become the leading side. After that, Ayton made a layup and scored 20 points. The Pelicans were not discouraged, and Ingram’s 3-pointer evened the difference. In the final 3 minutes of the final battle, Alvarado made 2 of 2 free throws, and the Pelicans led by 1 point. But after that, Booker, who was in a downturn, made a key three-pointer, and Bridge also scored a dunk, and the difference came to 4 points. In the end, after the game was over, the Suns defeated the Pelicans 115-109 with a total score of 4-2 and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.
Starting lineup for both sides:
Suns: Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, DeAndre Ayton, Devin Booker, Chris Paul
Pelicans: Brandon Ingram, Jaxson Hayes, Jonas Valanciunas, Herbert Jones, CJ McCollum
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