The NBA regular season continued, with the West facing a strong and weak confrontation, and the Suns headed to the road to challenge the Spurs.
After experiencing the fluctuations of the beginning of the season, the performance of the Suns has continued to improve, and recently it has achieved a wave of three consecutive wins, coupled with the Warriors' successive losses, the Suns have not only completed the rebound, but also thrown off the Warriors and firmly occupied the first position in the league.
On the other hand, the Spurs, although the team is in a period of reconstruction, the current record ranks fourth from the bottom in the West, but the team is strong and strong, weaker and weaker, and the opponents who win are often strong teams.
As soon as the game began, the Home Team gave the Suns a slap on the road, and the Spurs would play extra hard against the Suns, the league's number one Team.
Not only did he cling to the score at the beginning of the game, but he also took the lead with three points in the middle of the first quarter, but Paul stood up in time to solve the problem and helped the Suns end the first quarter with a three-point lead.
In the second quarter, the two teams played exceptionally well, you and I did not give in to each other, the Spurs blossomed inside and outside, the Suns Booker broke out in full swing, which made the two teams draw in the second quarter, and the Suns entered the halftime with a 3-point lead.
Yi Bian fought again, the Spurs were full of resilience, continued the hot state of the second quarter, and a wave of reversal of the score regained the advantage.
Although the Suns once tied the point difference with the blossoming of Biyombo and Booker inside and outside, with accurate three-point shooting, the Spurs successfully reversed at the end of the third quarter to take a four-point lead.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, the Suns greatly increased the defensive intensity, the Spurs junior team obviously lost the rhythm, coupled with Paul and Booker successively, the Suns quickly regained the advantage, and established a double-digit lead, and finally defeated the Spurs 121-107, a strong four-game winning streak.
With this wave of four consecutive wins, the Suns improved their record to 34 wins and 9 losses, ranking first in the league, becoming the only team in the league so far this season that has not yet reached double digits.
Coupled with the recent fluctuations in the state of the Warriors behind them, the Suns have led the Warriors by 3 wins, which is a complete position in the league.
Compared with the impressive record, the Suns showed more admirable state in the game, the starting 5 players Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, McGee did not make a single mistake, and the Suns only had 5 mistakes in the whole game.
With the whole team stable, Booker exploded on the offensive end, playing 35 minutes, shooting 18-of-33, shooting 5-of-13 from three-point range, and bombing down 48 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 0 turnovers.
In addition to Booker, the Suns have emerged in this game, that is, the substitute interior line Bi Yongbo, the whole game, Bi Yongbo played 24 minutes, 10 shots 8 of 17 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal of the comprehensive data.
Bi Yongbo was a player who used a 10-day short contract to Taobao when the Suns were in an injury situation before, and as a result, Bi Yongbo seized the opportunity to complete self-proof in the Suns, and then the Suns chose to renew his contract until the end of the season.
Plus another interior lineman, McKi, broke out the season with the Suns, averaging 16.2 minutes per game to deliver 10 points, 7 rebounds and 0.8 blocks.
Undoubtedly, Ayton, who asked for a big contract, became very embarrassed, because during Ayton's absence, the overall performance of the Suns did not decline, and the inside line continued to emerge as a surprise.
And whether it is Biyongbo becoming a miracle soldier, or McGee's outbreak, in fact, it is closely related to Paul, the whole game, Paul played 32 minutes, 12 of 7, got 15 points, 2 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks of comprehensive data, it is under his tandem and drive, McGee and Biyombo are in the offensive end like a fish, if Paul continues to play like this, Ayton's big contract is afraid to be in vain.