{"id":1457944,"date":"2022-04-29T11:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457944"},"modified":"2022-04-29T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:14:38","slug":"a-perfect-night-for-chris-paul-leads-to-suns-series-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-perfect-night-for-chris-paul-leads-to-suns-series-win\/","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Night For Chris Paul Leads To Suns Series Win\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-perfect-night-for-chris-paul-leads-to-suns-series-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1394311609.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The \u201cPoint God\u201d truly lived up to his nickname Thursday night in his perfection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the Phoenix Suns first closeout game of the NBA Playoffs, Chris Paul shot a perfect 14-14 from the field, scoring 33 points as the Suns finished off the New Orleans Pelicans in round one 115-109.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It hasn\u2019t been easy for the betting favorites to win the 2022 NBA Finals. Forced to deal with an injury to star shooting guard Devin Booker, the upstart Pelicans gave Phoenix all they could handle, hounding Paul all series long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But with a chance to move on to the second round, and get a few extra days of rest, Paul put his stamp on the series. CP3 became the first player in NBA playoff history to make 13 or more shots without a miss, and had the most points in a game without a miss from the free throw line or the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Paul is the first player in NBA HISTORY to make 13+ shots in a Playoff game without a miss.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CP3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CP3<\/a>: 14-14 shooting, 33 points <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hXrWuvN68X\">pic.twitter.com\/hXrWuvN68X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1519859416820031489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Paul had the most points in any game in NBA history, regular or postseason, for a player who didn&#8217;t miss an FG or FT.<\/p>\n<p>1. Paul (33)<br \/>2. Gary Payton (32)<br \/>3 (tie). Charles Barkley (31)<br \/>3 (tie). Thomas Bryant (31)<\/p>\n<p>The previous playoff record was 26 from Serge Ibaka.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Kram (@zachkram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachkram\/status\/1519859225413013504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI had no clue,\u201d Paul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap?gameId=401430228\">said<\/a>. \u201cI think maybe at halftime I said I might have to shoot a little more. But throughout the game, I was literally managing the game. I wasn\u2019t taking heat checks. I don\u2019t shoot enough to have heat checks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was fitting that Paul was perfect in New Orleans, the place where it all began for one of the greatest point guards of all time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m emotional every game here [in New Orleans],\u201d Paul <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kesq.com\/news\/2022\/04\/29\/chris-paul-makes-nba-playoff-history-in-phoenix-suns-closeout-win-over-the-new-orleans-pelicans\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> NBA on TNT. \u201cWillie [Green] being my brother, somebody I talk to about everything, us not talking this whole series, seeing his son sitting on the baseline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good win for us, there\u2019s a reason why he\u2019s [Willie Green] the coach here,\u201d Paul continued. \u201cThere ain\u2019t been this much energy here in a long time and I\u2019m just glad we got the win. I always say this city raised me, man. It\u2019s tough, this is emotional for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Booker made his return to the court after injuring his hamstring in game two, scoring 13 points in 32 minutes. He added five rebounds and three assists on 5-12 shooting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was really nice to have him back,\u201d Paul <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap?gameId=401430228\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAll that pressure they\u2019ve been doing against us the whole series, especially the last three games, was tough. (Booker) was on that left wing, and I don\u2019t know if they forgot or didn\u2019t realize who he was, but I saw how they were shifted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Phoenix moves on to play Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in the second round after Dallas finished off the Utah Jazz in game six Thursday night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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