An NBA regular season focus battle, the Phoenix Suns away to challenge the Charlotte Hornets. In the first quarter, the Suns went completely crazy, blasting 36 points + leading by up to 17 points in a single quarter, and the top attacker, Devin Booker, broke out, scoring 14 points and 4 rebounds.
The Suns are the league's top powerhouse, and they are currently 27-8, temporarily in second place in the Western Conference+ League, and are overwhelmed by the 28-7 Golden State Warriors. The Suns just lost their last game and lost by 15 points, and they desperately need to reverse the decline.
The Hornets are an Eastern Powerhouse, and under the leadership of Lamelo Ball, they have a record of 19 wins and 17 losses, ranking seventh in the East. He has also been in good shape recently, having won three consecutive wins.
After the opening, the Suns dominated the counter-attack, steadily suppressing the opponent, after 7-7, they began to storm away, gradually widening the point difference, reaching double digits at 20-10 and reaching a maximum score difference of 17 points at 32-15. Subsequently, the Hornets began to fight back, falling behind from 20-36, chasing 32-36 across the knot, and blasting out a 12-0 attack wave, which was still quite fierce.
Devin Booker played brilliantly, playing almost all of the first quarter, shooting 5-of-7, including two three-pointers, and cutting 14 points and 4 rebounds. In addition to this explosive point, Shamet and Smith also scored 6 points, and Chris Paul did not score, but he delivered 6 assists, worthy of the engine.
On the Hornets side, mainly relying on two people, three goals and Oubre, they all scored 8 points. Although the Suns are the top team in the league, after a wave of too much leadership, a little slack, and then chased by the opponent, or not a bad thing, to give them a wake-up call, can not underestimate the opponent.