![]() ![]() Here’s what happened on the last shot of the quarter. Team is shooting under 40%, 33% on threes.īooker tried to will the team to stay in the game, draining 8 points in the next two minutes to help pull the Suns back to 30-28 after one quarter. NO focus, already allowing a whopping 7 offensive rebounds in only 10 minutes of play. The Pelicans went on a 12-4 run to take a 25-18 lead and force a Suns frustration timeout with 2:03 left in the first quarter. The Suns had a 14-13 lead with 6:36 to go, and Devin Booker and Jae Crowder have accounted for 11 of the Suns 14 points.Īt that point, though, the Suns went into a funk. The game did not start out well - a corner three-ball attempt off the side of the backboard, an offensive rebound given up on THREE STRAIGHT Pelicans possessions, but yet the Suns took an 8-2 lead anyway.īut the Pels started making shots, and briefly took a 13-11 lead on CJ McCollum’s second three before Devin Booker made his second three to give the Suns the lead back. Suns get Foster’d again, in Game 3 of 2021 NBA Finals 12 straight playoff losses, including a pair last year with Suns, most recently Game 3 of the 2021 Finals. Brandon Ingram - 13-20 shooting, 37 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists - is the on-court MVP. Pelicans head coach Willie Green is the MVP of this game. Not sure how that team won just 36 games, the way they’re playing. The Suns defense was just bad in this game, and the Pelicans were excellent. A missed Suns shot turned into a Pels fast break and a pair of free throws. Brandon Ingram answered with with a turnaround two. Chris Paul answered with a three of his own. No sign of Book.Ĭrowder finally made a shot, but then Brandon Ingram matched it. Mikal Bridges has picked up a secondary scoring role with 19 points. ![]() Chris Paul has shot only 4-13 to that point, and Jae Crowder is just 1-10. Late in the 4th, the Pelicans took a 115-108 lead on back-to-back threes to give them 16 for the game (in 29 tries) with just over 3 minutes left. Oh and why not add in all the rebounds too.ĭevin Booker scored 31 points in the first half alone to help the Suns take a 61-56 lead, but went out with a hamstring injury in the third quarter and never scored again. The New Orleans Pelicans used a tried and true formula to beat the Phoenix Suns - make a gob ton of threes. ![]()
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