The Suns beat the Jazz at home to win seven straight. After winning the game, the Suns have led the second-place Warriors by 3.5 wins, firmly holding the first place in the league. Although Booker scored 33 points, Paul was the real soul of this team in this game.
In the first three quarters of the game, although the Suns occupied the initiative many times, the opening of the 18-7 climax, but the second quarter jazz will be close to the point difference, the two sides returned to the same running line. In the third quarter, the two sides were in a bitter fight, and the score alternated but always fluctuated in one or two rounds. And the arrival of the point guard god in the last quarter directly killed the game.
In the first two minutes of the final quarter, the Jazz still had the lead, but at 9 minutes and 28 seconds, Paul's retreat shot began to set off a counterattack frenzy. Paul began to counterattack with the ball, and his superb basketball IQ, rich experience, and reading the strength of defense were vividly displayed at this moment.
Only to see Paul constantly playing with the Jazz's defense line, he singled out Whiteside again and again, the big man's messy steps, fiercely dragging the Jazz's hind legs. And when the Jazz assisted in the pressure of the approach, Paul was always able to connect with Biyombo in time, or cameron Johnson, a shooter who split the ball to the outside. Such an operation made the Jazz's defense almost collapse, and for a moment did not know what to do.
Paul scored three consecutive runs to lead the Suns into a 16-4 surge that turned the score into a 107-99 lead. In the face of the jazz's immature defensive habits of young people, Paul used the Big Loop continuously to stand on the free throw line, completely destroying the confidence of his opponents.
In the last 3 minutes, Clarkson's knife-like three-point performance made the sun feel stressed. But Paul's ability to control the field gave them the confidence to be number one in the league. If it weren't for Booker's misstep in the final quarter and multiple shots, I am afraid that Paul would have reached the milestone of at least 15 assists in the 100th game of his career.
In the end, Paul made 5 of 7 shooting in the last quarter and made 2 of 3 three-pointers with 15 points, 3 boards, 3 assists and 1 steal to lead the team to win the game 115-109. In the game, Paul made 10 of 17 shooting and 4-of-7 three-pointers to have a quasi-triple-double stat of 27 points, 9 boards and 14 assists.
Paul's performance is never limited to personal strength. Billyombo, who had no ball to play before, once again blasted down 16 points, 13 boards and 1 block on 7-of-10 shooting. Paul's influence on the sun, his judgment of the situation, has long since been perfected. The point guard god of the active alliance is well deserved.