
On January 18, Beijing time, the Suns defeated the Spurs 121-107 away from home and won four consecutive wins. Booker scored 48 points on 18-of-33 shooting to score 40+ for the first time this season, with Paul having 15 points and 12 assists and 17 points and 14 rebounds than Yongbo. For the Spurs, Peltel had 23 points and 14 rebounds, Murray had 18 points and 8 rebounds, and McDermott had 15 points.
Game review
Booker and Murray hit consecutive jumpers at the start, Spurs Johnson broke through the layup also, Booker exploded into three points, White responded with 4 consecutive points, Pelter made a kill under the basket, Paul assisted McGee's dunk, and the score alternately rose. Spurs Johnson and McDermott hit back-to-back three-pointers in the midfield, and after Booker stopped bleeding with three points, Murray and Paul went head-to-head. Booker and Vasell also played against each other for three-pointers in the second half, with Booker and Bridges chasing consecutive points at the end of the quarter, Paul also hit a three-pointer, and the Suns completed the comeback with a wave of 12-1, and the Suns 32-29 Spurs in the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, White and Johnson scored consecutive points, Paul responded, and assisted than Jyombo's dunk, and the two teams continued to tug-of-war, with the point difference between 1-3 points. In the middle, White and Peltel helped the Spurs complete the rebound, after Booker jumped to stop the bleeding, Crowder hit two consecutive three-pointers, Murray completed 2+1, and McGee ate the cake and dunked. At the end of the quarter, Booker's out-of-the-box shots held the lead, and Murray responded with a three-pointer, and after half-time, the Suns led the Spurs 59-56.
Coming back in the second half, Peltel ate cake, Booker made a kill, and Murray scored 5 points to help the Spurs come back! Paul hit a shot to stop the bleeding, but White and Pelter bounced off the ball, and the Spurs were pulling the deficit wide and stopping the Suns again. In the middle, Booker completed a 2+1 stop, Peltel and Johnson blossomed inside and out, and Paul even complained that the referee had eaten the technical prisoner. Johnson and Peltel scored consecutive points, the Spurs pulled the point difference into double digits, and at the end of the quarter, Thanymbow and Booker continued to kill on the inside, and the Suns played a wave of 15-4 comebacks, but Randall and Vasell hit another three-pointer, and the third quarter was over, and the Suns were 87-91 Spurs.
In the fourth quarter of the showdown, Payne scored a layup, Booker scored three points, Spurs Johnson responded with a three-pointer, and Payne hit another three-pointer. In the middle, Thanyom Bo dunked violently, Payne hit a shot, Sun Johnson countered a layup, and a wave stopped the Spurs. Peltel chased 2 points, Paul hit a hit, McGee dunked, Paul sprang up after stealing and hit another hit, and in the last 5 minutes, Paul hit another hit, the point difference was 11 points! In the next leg, Murray was snatched by Crowder, Booker counter-attacked the layup, and the Suns completely opened the score difference at 18-4. Spurs players also lost morale, and eventually the Spurs lost 107-121 at home to the Suns.
Both sides started
Suns: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Claude, McGee
Spurs: Murray, Kelden Johnson, White, McDermott, Pelter
Source: NBA official website