The Suns had to enforce their status as the clear favorite against the Pelicans for the return of hostilities in Phoenix, after a clearly complicated start to the series. Mission accomplished with a 112-97 victory and a good mastery that promises for the future.
The stats of this match made with love are available here!
At the start of the match, one certainty: this duel will condition a lot of things for the future of the two teams in these Playoffs. Phoenix has a statute to enforce, so the guys from Arizona raise the temperature of the entry meeting and it is the duo Chris Paul – Deandre Ayton who acts as a radiator. CP3 finds his poto the pivot perfectly and it hurts the Pelicans very, very badly, the latter not being able to stop the game on pick-and-roll of the two thieves. The leader also makes a living, because in addition to spinning caviar to satiate the colleague, the good man keeps the right to send sweets. Spoiler, it has its effect and New Orleans struggles to keep up. Brandon Ingram leads the squadron, with the help of Jonas Valanciunas and Herb Jones, now essential offensive option for the swamps team, but that is not enough to look the Suns in the eye level score. We didn’t say it but Mikal Bridges also invites himself to the party for the Suns, no question of staying aside while the friends are having a blast like crazy. All this very quickly gives us a lead of around ten points and the Pels are already on the verge of drinking the cup after 24 minutes of basketball perfectly recited by the locals on both sides of the field (59 -46).
However, the Volatiles have heart, they don’t give up and produce tireless efforts so that the gap does not reach the point of no return. Yes, but here it is Mikal Bridges is definitely hot and even becomes the most resplendent player on his team: 31 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, if that’s not a complete player, we don’t know what is. The Suns take advantage of the form of the local Mikal not to leave an ounce of hope to Brandon Ingram and his friends. Too applied, too serious, the band of Monty Williams will never leave the slightest doubt on the outcome of the game. The demonstration is significant, since we had been able to issue during the last games some doubts as to the final outcome of this series, taking into account the combativeness of the Pelicans and the absence of Booker on the Suns side. It is not so and this evening we had the right to the following reminder: it is the first against the eighth in this series. Watch out for this team when they get Devin back, because the level of play and skill shown tonight shows all the reaction capacity of a group that has come this far with the NBA title as their one and only objective. Victory 112-97 for the Suns, it’s totally deserved and all that’s left to do is go to the Bayou on Thursday.
MI-KAL-BRI-DJIZ
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) April 27, 2022
We thought these Suns in difficulty in a series against the valiant Pelicans, it is not so and Phoenix reminds us that they have the status of favorite for the title. Direction now Louisiana to end the series and move on to the next step.
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