On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Thunder challenged the Suns away. Alexander was sidelined due to injury, and the Suns had the upper hand in the start, taking a 12-point lead at one point. The Thunder frantically counterattacked and overtook the score, but the decisive moment of the Sun blasted 10-0 to establish a 15-point advantage, completely ending the suspense of the game. In the end, the Suns doubled the Thunder 115-97 to end a two-game losing streak. Booker reached the 10,000th milestone in this game, surpassing Xiaosi to become the player with the fewest games in team history with 10,000 points.
Field data
Thunder: Wiggins 22 points, 8 boards, Jerome 24 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 3 blocks, Muscala 13 points, Watson 11 points, Robbie 10 points, Dort 9 points
Suns: Booker 38 points, 7 boards, 5 assists and 2 blocks (436 games to reach the 10,000-point milestone, the fastest team history, the 7th youngest in history), McGee 16 points, 8 boards and 2 blocks, Payne 16 points and 7 assists, Johnson 12 points and 6 boards, Smith 11 points, 14 boards and 2 blocks, Paul 10 points, 5 boards and 5 assists and 2 blocks
The star of the game: Booker led the team to victory with a milestone
On Milestone Night, Booker played very well, he scored consecutive points in the final quarter to help the team burst into a wave, and the whole game used efficient performance to pocket all the milestones and victories.
Highlights of this session
Milestones! Booker hit a mid-range shot
Paul helps Fly McKee! This pass is really unpredictable
Steal easy dunk! Shamet hung the basket easily
Volleyball big hat! Smith fanned Dort
This Wiggins is also fierce! Break through the tomahawk cleavage
Shade the sky! McKee sent a big hat again
Game review
In the first quarter, Booker hit the first three-pointer, Robbie counter-attacked to send a split, McGee hit two free throws, Wiggins made a layup, and then McGee let go of the basket, and the Suns led the two sides 10-9 to start the game tightly. Bridges sent three points, Jerome broke through the shot, Paul sent a throw, Robbie and Dolt scored five consecutive points, and the Thunder rebounded 19-18. Booker hit a layup, Shamet hit a shot, Wiggins scored four straight points, Smith sent a layup, Payne and Smith hit a three-pointer, and the Suns hit a small climax late in the quarter to lead 33-23 into the second quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Watson scored four consecutive points, Shamet hit a layup, McGee scored 2+1, and then Paul hit a mid-range shot to give the Suns a 10-point lead at 40-30. Watson hit a layup, McGee hit two free throws, Hopson threw in the lead, Muscala scored 2+1, and the Thunder forced the point difference to 39-43. Paul hit a shot to stop the bleeding, but the Thunder took four straight points to trail the two-point gap. Smith hit a mid-range shot and Muscala scored three-pointers, leaving the two sides with just one point left. Booker made two free throws and one to stabilize the situation, Smith made a second offense, Booker sent a three-pointer, Dort made two free throws, Booker returned two free throws, and the Suns led by 8 points at 60-52.
McGee hit a layup, Robbie sent a three-pointer, Booker made a jumper, then Jerome broke through the shot, and Wiggins sent a 2+1. McGee hit both free throws to give the Suns a 66-60 lead. Jerome made a layup and the Thunder blasted a wave to tie the score 6-0. Booker hit two free throws, Muscala hit a three-pointer, followed by a mid-range shot, and the Suns fell behind 70-73. Johnson broke through to chase points, Wiggins shot back, then Booker jumped to hit, the Suns fell behind 74-75, Smith made two free throws to rebound, Payne scored consecutive points, Johnson hit three points, and the Suns led 83-79. Maleden hit both free throws and McGee hit a shot to give the Suns an 85-81 lead.
In the final quarter, Jerome sent three points, Payne broke through, Johnson sent a long shot, Jerome made two free throws, then McGee returned two free throws, Johnson broke through, Robbie returned the three points, the Thunder chased 90-96, Bridges threw a shot, Wiggins sent three points, and the Thunder chased to 93-98. Booker hit two free throws, Booker and Payne hit three consecutive points, then Booker hit the board, Smith hit two free throws, and the Suns blasted a 10-0 gap of 15 points. Watson made a layup to stop the bleeding, Booker continued to hit three-pointers, Jerome broke through to make it, and the Thunder trailed by 14 points 97-111. The two sides gradually withdrew the main force, and the game completely entered garbage time.
Player ratings
Suns: Paul: 8.4, Booker: 9.9, Bridges: 9, Johnson: 9.6, McGee: 9.4, Payne: 9.5
Thunder: Jerome: 9.4, Dolt: 3, Wiggins: 9.4, Watson: 3.9, Robbie: 6.1, Muscala: 7.6