On January 18, Beijing time, a focus battle in the NBA regular season, the Phoenix Suns challenged the San Antonio Spurs away. At the end of the first quarter, the Suns temporarily led 32-29. In the final stage, they exploded a 12-1 frenzy and successfully reversed the score, Devin Booker exploded, slashing 18 points in 10 minutes, and Chris Paul gave him an assist.
At present, the Suns are still the number one team in the league, and they have recently won three consecutive games to achieve a record of 33 wins and 9 losses, which is the only number of losses in the league that has not yet been double-doubled. The Spurs, on the other hand, are far behind, 16 wins and 27 losses, only 12th in the West. So, it's a contest of great disparities, and even if the Suns are missing DeAndre Ayton, McGee and Billy Byombo are good enough.
After the opening, Booker's state was very hot, single-handedly cutting points. The Spurs are also good, relying on the overall confrontation with the opponent, and even slightly prevailing. In the middle, the Spurs took an eight-point lead of 28-20, their biggest lead in the first quarter, and since then, they have gone all the way down. The Suns took the opportunity to counterattack, blasting out a 12-1 frenzy to reverse the score.
When Booker scored 18 points, the Suns only got 2 points for the most other players, and the gap was too big. The Spurs' strategy for the first half of the quarter is also very clear, that is, to make Booker crazy, just strangle others. But on the premise that there is no problem in their own offense, the Spurs' own offense stagnated in the second half of the quarter, only giving the opponent the opportunity to reverse, and Chris Paul also took the opportunity to storm away and lead the team to turn over.
In the final first quarter, Booker only played a little more than 10 minutes, shooting 7-of-10, 3-of-5 from three-point range, scoring one from two free throws, and scoring 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Chris Paul played as a supporter for him, but also contributed 5 points and 5 assists. As long as these two men are in hot form, the Suns victory will be worry-free.