After suffering two consecutive consecutive defeats, the greatly frustrated Pacers regained their momentum at home and ushered in the Challenge of the Suns.
For the Pacers, Brogdon was sidelined due to injury, and Sykes got the chance to start and try to help the Pacers defend their home stadium and end the losing streak.
On the other hand, on the Side of the Suns, the team is almost all the main force in this battle, and the three core Booker + Paul + Ayton are ready to win 2 consecutive wins on the road!
In the end, after 4 seasons of competition, with Ayton's excellent performance, the Suns, who were mainly anti-away, quickly suppressed the Pacers in the first half and occupied the initiative on the court.
Although after returning from the second half, sa + Levert + Justin Holliday in the third quarter ushered in an outbreak at the same time, leading the Pacers to a 25-11 counterattack frenzy, once completing the score reversal.
But in the last quarter of the decisive moment, Paul began to take over the game, leading the Suns to play a wave of 16-2 scoring climax, re-opening the point difference at the same time, but also completely ending the suspense of the game.
In the end, the Suns also beat the Pacers 112-94 on the road, not only winning 2 consecutive games on this trip, but also giving the opponent Pacers 3 consecutive losses!
In this game, the Suns were all soldiers, playing a team performance with 4 people scoring in double figures and blossoming at multiple points.
As the three cores of the team, the play of Booker + Ayton + Paul in this game played a crucial leading role!
Booker exploded in the game, starting 34 minutes, shooting six three-pointers on 11-of-25 shooting, a game-high 35 points, plus 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 22 points in the third quarter not only helped the Suns and successfully withstood the Pacers' pressure to chase points, but also once became an intractable existence for opponents!
In addition, as the inner pillar of the team, the play of Ayton in this game is also indispensable.
Although Ayton only scored 6 points in the second half, Ayton scored 21 points in the entire first half, and won a double-double performance of 27+12+1+2+1, which also disrupted the Pacers' offensive and defensive rhythm and deployment to a certain extent!
Of course, as the commander of the team, Paul's performance in this game also played a crucial role!
Paul was well defensively and defensively, starting 31 minutes and contributing 12 points, 3 rebounds + 9 assists + 2 steals + 1 block on 5-of-10 shooting.
And in the last quarter, he sacrificed a mid-range killing move, a key performance of shooting 10 points in a single quarter, and was also the main contributor to the Suns' ability to take away the game in a wave!
On the other hand, the Pacers failed to withstand the pressure in the last quarter of this game, and finally swallowed the performance of 18 points and 3 consecutive losses, which obviously disappointed the home fans.
But for the Pacers, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights, after all, in the case of Turner + Sa playing poorly, the performance of the two tigers LeVert + Justin Holliday is indeed remarkable!
LeVert played well in this game, starting 38 minutes, delivering 20 points + 5 rebounds + 9 assists + 1 steal, not only in the offensive end of the gains, but also in tandem with the whole team's offense.
Justin Holliday also found a crosshair in this campaign, shooting 7 three-pointers in the game, cutting a team-high 25 points, plus 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
More importantly, Justin Holliday personally did not make a mistake in this game, although he failed to help the Pacers defend the home court, but it did bring a lot of pressure and trouble to the Suns!
Just in the face of the huge disparity in strength and depth of the two squads, this campaign worked hard for a whole game, but the lonely LeVert + Justin Holliday seemed to have no choice but to drink and hate.