The Suns frantically lost 23 points to the Heat, fortunately the League's No. 1 position was not lost for the time being. At present, the Suns are still 0.5 wins ahead of the Warriors, but the Suns 3 consecutive losses were forced to end, losing to a residual team of Heat, it is really hard to believe, especially Paul and Booker's performance in the past few games are good, Paul even does not stop using assist data to drive the Suns to rise, but today's game Paul also stuck his heart, the whole game Paul played 32 minutes, 9 shots 3, 1 of 3 three points, 3 of 3 free throws, the offensive desire is not very high, Paul did not give the Suns too much help on the organizational end, only 9 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, plus or minus -10 is too helpless.
7 assists is not too bad for Paul, after all, he is a 37-year-old veteran like James, but compared to Paul's previous 3 consecutive games Paul sent 16 assists, 15 assists and 10 assists respectively, today's game Paul assists did not have double-doubles, it is indeed a portrayal of the Suns offensive end is not powerful.
As Paul's backcourt partner, Booker can't say that Booker has too much ball power and didn't give center Ayton the opportunity to cut points. Booker shot 5 of 15, three points 5 of 3, the offensive efficiency is not very high, but there is a statistic to note, Booker 13 of the free throws in the whole game is too fierce, it can be seen that Booker frantically impacted the Heat defense to create lethality, the whole game Booker cut 26 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, but Booker's plus and minus value is actually -22 is too tragic.
Obviously, the reason why Booker's plus-minus is so bad, just like Paul only has 9 points and 7 assists, the Suns' offensive rhythm is disrupted by the Heat, Booker himself is crazy to single out opponents, even if Booker's 13 free throws are useless, Booker still has to accept the arrangement of losing, because the Suns have always played team basketball under Paul's command, Booker's own hand is not good, did not integrate into the team system, even if Booker gets more free throws, it is difficult to hide the Suns' dilemma.
The Suns' offense was chaotic, the defense didn't keep up, and in the end, the Suns' proud combination of Booker + Paul, you were blown up by the opponent's substitute combination. The Heat can win today's game, the whole people are a very critical factor, but as far as the players break their wrists, the Heat's Hiro + Dunroe's bench combination, the data did explode the Suns' Paul + Booker.
In today's game, Hiro scored 33 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and Dunroe had 27 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and their offensive efficiency was very high, and the defensive end was everywhere. The Suns' star combination was blown up by the Heat's substitute combination, you think about it, such a Sun wants to win the game is very difficult, and the loss of 23 points in the whole game is a portrayal of the Suns' rhythm being disrupted.