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2021 NBA Playoffs: Chris Paul disarms Jokic and Campazzo with a total basketball display

Lyou Phoenix Suns did not give truce to Denver Nuggets and exhibited a total basketball that allowed them to dominate, especially during the second part of the match, the Colorado team and put the first point of the conference semifinals in his locker after imposing himself by 122-105.

The Nuggets reconfirmed the great dependence they have on what the Serbian pvot can do Nikola Jokic, which this time he stayed with 22 points and nine rebounds. Good numbers, but they were insufficient to defeat some Suns who arrive thrown after their victory in the first round against the still champions Lakers.

And if in Denver everything happened through Jokic, the Suns made a great choral basketball in which the surprise factor that resulted Mikal Bridges, which he notes 23 points, after making four triples of nine attempts. The Phoenix team finished with 13 baskets from outside the perimeter in 34 attempts.

Along with Bridges others three players, the Hispanic escort Devin Booker, veteran point guard Chris Paul, and Jamaican power forward Deandre Ayton they also got 20 or more points.

Booker turned 21, the same ones that had Paul, which ended with a double-double by distributing 11 assists and capturing six rebounds in 36 minutes that saw action, giving them a lesson in how to lead a team’s attack and also be the leader.

While Ayton won the inside game by controlling Jokic with a double-double of 20 points, 10 rebounds and recovered a ball.

The wing-pvot Jae Crowder I did a great teamwork again and ended up with 14 points and five rebounds that allowed him to complete the list of the five Suns players who had two-digit numbers.

After Jokic’s contribution, power forward Aaron Gordon’s 18 points were irrelevant, as were power forward Michael Porter Jr.’s 15 points. 14 and six assists of the rookie point guard, the Argentine Facundo Campazzo, who completely lost the individual match against Paul.

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