On January 7, Beijing time, the Suns played at home against the Clippers, and the Suns successfully defeated the Clippers 106-89 at the end of the game. The Suns won this game is still relatively easy, although the Clippers once chased the score to only 3 points in the fourth quarter, but at the critical moment, the Suns side has Paul's play, they are able to pull the score, and there is a saying that the reason why the Clippers can chase the score in the game is because the Suns are lax in the game, and when the Suns are tight, the Clippers really don't have much resistance. After the Suns successfully defeated the Clippers, because the Warriors lost the game today, the Suns now left the Warriors to the first place in the West, and they are also one win away from the Warriors.
As for Paul in this game is once again staged his role of the sea god needle, in fact, in this game Paul also played very easily, even in the previous game you can see that there is no sweating, and the difference with the past is that the previous game Paul also played very simple, did not go to too much organization of the team, but in the fourth quarter of the game Paul himself a little bit of power, the Clippers were directly defeated by the Sun to open the score, the end of the game Paul got 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists data. According to statistics, Paul has achieved a double-double in scoring assists in 474 games, surpassing Oscar Robertson to rise to third all-time, with John Stockton (714 games) and Magic Johnson (543 games) ahead of him.
On the other hand, the Clippers side is also trying their best in the game, but unfortunately the Clippers can use too few people, originally the Clippers wanted to count on Reggie, but this season's Reggie is no longer the Reggie of last season, he did not kill in the game like the playoffs, this season's Reggie is more of a bland performance, just as in this game Reggie's state is not good, the end of the game Reggie 16 out of 16 got 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists data. And when the Clippers rely on such a sluggish point, then the Clippers will have a harder time winning, but after the game, Reggie is also self-responsible.
Speaking about the team's defeat, Reggie said: "Everything starts with me, I have to get better. Reggie said today's loss was due to laxity and lack of defensive rebounds, with the Suns grabbing 21 offensive rebounds today. Reggie mentioned his mistake as the culprit, and he was looking forward to studying the game footage on his way home. The Clippers do have a lot of problems in this game, but given the gap in strength between the Clippers and the Suns, it is also acceptable that they lose the game, but Reggie and Bledsoe also need to perform better in the game, otherwise the Clippers will have a very difficult time winning. At the same time, the Suns proved one thing in this game, that is, Paul has a bonus for the center.
The sun's last game than Yongbo under the leadership of Paul played a very good data, now in this game Smith also played an excellent performance in Paul's leadership, the end of the game Smith got 19 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist data, it can be said that Paul such a point guard is able to make the center play more comfortable in the game, he has undoubtedly become the best partner of the center, so the reason why Ayton played such a performance in the game still has a lot to do with Paul, and see such a thing, Even though Ayton is certainly very powerful, it is really difficult to say whether Ayton is really the same as it is now without Paul, so Ayton is worth a big contract, but from now on, Ayton wants to get a maximum salary contract.