Beijing time on January 18, today, the Suns went to the away game to meet the Spurs, this is a contest between the first place in the West and the twelfth place in the West, there is obviously a certain gap between the strength of the two teams, Booker performed well in this game, in the first three quarters, Booker shot 15 of 26, 9 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, cut 41 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. But in the last quarter, Pollertel, Murray and others scored successively, the Spurs narrowed the score, after that, Bridges dunked in response, Booker broke through the board and scored 2 points, Popovich closed the army, the Spurs were powerless to return to the sky, and finally lost the opponent with 14 points, and the score was fixed at 121-107.
After this game, the Spurs' record of 16 wins and 28 losses continued to rank twelfth in the West, and the Suns won four consecutive games with a record of 34 wins and 9 losses, firmly ranking first in the West. In this game, Booker played 34 minutes and 51 seconds, 18 of 33, 5 of 13 three-pointers, and slashed 48 points, 5 rebounds and 6 luxurious data, and there were no mistakes in the whole game, but the plus-minus was only +3. The outstanding performance also brought him to a milestone, according to statistics, this is the 15th point of Booker's career to score 40+, equaling Stoudemire and ranking first in team history.
Booker had a chance to cut 50 points, but the last two three-point shots missed, and Monty also replaced him to rest. Paul played 32 minutes in this game, 7 of 12, sent 15 points, 12 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and did not make mistakes, but the plus-minus was -3. Biyongbo created a big surprise in this game, he came off the bench for 24 minutes and 48 seconds, 8 of 10, with 17 points and 14 rebounds, you know, before the season, Biyongbo was still a player who didn't care, but he didn't expect to be fed by Paul as the next Ayton, And Yongbo really should thank Paul well.
Bridges had seven points, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks, Crowder had eight points and five rebounds, McGee had 6 points and eight rebounds, Payne had 11 points and four assists and Cameron Johnson had eight points. For the Spurs, Pelter played 29 minutes, 9 of 12, 23 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, although the team lost, his plus-minus was +3, Kelden Johnson 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, McDermott 15 points, White 14 points and 7 assists, Murray was average, 7 of 16, contributed 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Vassell 10 points and 4 rebounds, Diop 3 points and 6 rebounds, Walker 4 points and 2 steals, Randell 5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
It is worth mentioning that the Suns have not made a mistake in the five starts of this game, which is a miracle, and there are only 5 mistakes in the whole game, while the Spurs have 12 mistakes in the whole game, it can be said that this season, Paul and Booker ushered in the best time of their careers to win the championship, they can compete with the Bucks, Nets, Warriors and other strong teams.