Beijing time on December 15, the NBA regular season continued, today the Blazers sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Suns, in the past period of time the Blazers suffered a five-game losing streak, they urgently need a victory to stop the decline, and facing the second place in the West, if they can win will inevitably increase the morale of the team, this campaign the Blazers suppressed the Suns most of the time, but the Suns counterattacked in the fourth quarter, Paul hit a draw, and finally the Suns defeated the Blazers through overtime to defeat the Blazers to give the opponent 6 consecutive losses.
The Blazers now have no tactics at all, Lillard was caught in the middle of no teammates can stand up, played too badly, this campaign Lillard shot 11 of 31, 5 of 16 three-pointers inefficiently won 31 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists and 1 block data, this campaign Blazers only 3 people scored in double figures, so it is too difficult to win the game, in addition to Lillard, Powell scored 23 points and 6 rebounds, Nurkic 17 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.
The Blazers recently let Nance Jr. become the starter, Covington came to the bench is even more incomprehensible, Little Nance space is limited, which compresses the team's offensive space, and his defensive ability is not as good as Covington, this campaign Nance Jr. won 9 points, 8 blue board 4 assists and 3 steals, Covington 7 of 3, 5 of 3 three points, 2 of 3 points, 8 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block, Than Lups don't fool around, so it is estimated that the Blazers will rebuild.
Today Paul changed the previous two days of decline, played a star-level performance, this game he shot 10 of 19, 1 of 1 three-point shooting, 24 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists and 3 steals, in the fourth quarter of the chasing stage Paul alone scored 10 points, another 4 assists into the account, the past two games Paul 14 of 14 4 points, the other 9 of 4 scored 10 points, and the main reason for his poor performance is Ayton's absence.
Ayton returned, with his and Paul's blocking to help the Suns win this victory, today Ayton's performance is also very good, 12 of 17 shots, 28 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, in the fourth quarter he single-handedly 4 of 3 took 7 points, 6 rebounds and 1 steal, Ayton also came up with his own good mid-range projection today, after Booker's absence, Ayton got the opportunity, he proved his strength.
Paul had previously said in an interview that he could not do anything without Ayton, and the past period of play also proved this, Ayton was able to take away the opposing defender by blocking and dismantling Paul, so that Paul could play small and big, and Ayton was very good in both the ability to eat cakes and the ball under the basket, and last season,The Suns reached the Finals, and the role of this leader in both offensive and defensive ends was irreplaceable.
Ayton is paul's best partner now, and in the offseason Ayton will face the problem of renewing his contract, because Ayton wants a maximum salary, and the Suns say that Ayton is not worth a maximum salary contract, so they did not make a contract extension this summer, and now Ayton has proved how good he is, averaging 16.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks this season, and the shooting percentage is as high as 61.4% in the league.
If giving Ayton plenty of ball rights averaging 20+10 per game is no problem at all, his efficiency says it all, are the Suns sure not to give Ayton a maximum salary after the offseason arrives? So if Ayton leaves, Paul could be greatly affected as well.
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