[NBA Regular Season] Suns beat Pelicans 118-114

News on December 18th , the NBA regular season is in full swing, and the Suns ushered in a matchup against the Pelicans at home. After several rounds of confrontation, the Suns reversed and defeated the Pelicans 118-114 , achieving two consecutive victories while giving their opponents three consecutive losses.

At the beginning of the first quarter , Booker made a three-pointer and scored the first point. The Suns started 8-0. Valanciunas made a jump shot, Bridges hit a layup, and McCollum made a three-pointer. Jones made a layup, Paul also made a three-pointer, Valanciunas made a throw, Bridges made a layup, and Zion made a layup. As the Pelicans missed the last attack, the first quarter ended and the Pelicans led the Suns 34-27 into the next quarter.

The fiery state continued in the second quarter, Alvarado scored 5 points in a row to start the second quarter, Graham scored a layup and scored 2+1 , Biyombo completed the dunk, McCollum scored a layup, and Zion made a layup . Booker hit a jumper, Bridges scored 5 points in a row, and the Suns narrowed the gap to 12 points. Then the Pelicans scored 5 points in a row, and the gap widened to 17 points again. At the end of the second quarter, the Pelicans lead the Suns 63-46.

At the beginning of the third quarter, McCollum scored a three-pointer, Booker scored a three-pointer, Murphy responded with a three-pointer, and Paul also had a three-pointer. Booker and Paul of the Suns made three three-pointers together, Jones made a layup, Biyombo completed the hook, Murphy made another three-pointer, and Jones scored a three-pointer. Booker made a layup, and then he opened fire and scored consecutively. Under his leadership, the point gap was narrowed a little bit. At the end of the third quarter, the Suns still did not overtake the score but managed to narrow the score to 5 points. The Pelicans led the Suns 89-85.

The fierce battle entered the final quarter, Marshall made a three-pointer, Booker made a mid-range shot, and Booker scored 13 points in a row in this quarter. Then Booker scored with a basket and caused the opponent to foul and make a free throw. The Pelicans called a timeout. Subsequently, Seconds Paul hit a three-pointer, and the Suns led by 1 point 106-105 . Then Okogie made two free throws and the Suns led 116-109 by 7 points. Zion scored 2+1 in 18.3 seconds, and the Pelicans caught up to a 4 -point gap. After fierce competition, the Suns successfully defeated the Pelicans by 4 points. The game ended 118-114 , and Dayang ushered in another two consecutive victories.

Both sides start

Suns: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Craig, Biyombo

Pelicans: McCollum, Jones, Murphy, Zion, Varan

Records of both players

sun:

Booker had 58 points , 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Paul had 18 points , 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Biyombo had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Bridges had 15 points , 4 rebounds , 2 assists and 3 steals

pelican:

Zion 30 points , 3 rebounds and 9 assists, McCollum 27 points , 2 rebounds and 8 assists, Valanciunas 12 points and 8 rebounds, Alvarado 10 points, Marshall 11 points , 4 rebounds and 2 assists