Phoenix Suns vs New Orleans NBA 2022 (Game 4)

Phoenix Suns vs New Orleans

Venue:	Smoothie King Center
Prediction:	Phoenix Suns
Bookmaker:	1xbet

The Phoenix Suns take the floor at Smoothie King Center to take on the New Orleans Pelicans for Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series.

The Phoenix Suns take the floor at Smoothie King Center to take on the New Orleans Pelicans for Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Suns-Pelicans prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below.

The Suns edged the Pelicans in Game 4, 114-111, to regain homecourt advantage. Chris Paul came up huge once again in the fourth quarter for Phoenix. Just like he did in Game 1, CP3 went automatic with his midrange game and poured in 19 points in the final period. He finished Game 3 with 28 points and 14 assists. Without Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton stepped up and scored 28 points of his own to go along with 17 rebounds. JaVale McGee also had a huge contribution off the bench with 15 points.

Brandon Ingram paced the Pelicans with 34 points and seven rebounds, while CJ McCollum had 30 points and seven assists. Undrafted rookie Jose Alvarado also had a great fourth quarter where he scored nine points on 4-of-5 shooting. New Orleans had a golden chance to go up 2-1, but couldn’t find an answer to stop the brilliance of Chris Paul in the clutch.

The move to go small in Game 3 didn’t necessarily reek of desperation, but to me it was proof there may be no way back into this series for the Pelicans. It’s been a great run to this point, but New Orleans has tried everything on offense and it’s been a struggle to break through.

You can expect more shots to fall due to the depth of this team on the perimeter and that could drive the nail in the coffin for the Pelicans.

Team Comparison

TEAM	W	L	PCT	HOME	ROAD	EAST	WEST	DIV	PF	PA	STRK
Phoenix Suns	64	18	.780	32-9	32-9	25-5	39-13	10-6	114.8	107.4	Lost 1
New Orleans	36	46	.439	19-22	17-24	11-19	25-27	6-10	109.3	110.3	Lost 2

 

Offensive Stats
TEAM	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FT%	3PT%
Phoenix Suns	114.8	45.3	27.4	8.56	4.38	48.46	79.69	36.35
New Orleans	109.3	45.2	25.0	8.29	4.00	45.67	78.88	33.21