After a strong six-game winning streak, the Suns, who led the West in terms of record and ranking, continued to sit at home and ushered in the Jazz's challenge.
On the Suns side, Crowder was sidelined due to injury, and Cameron Johnson entered the starting line to try to bring more help to Paul + Booker, defending the home court with a seven-game winning streak.
On the other hand, on the Jazz side, Mitchell + Bojan + Conley + Gobert are absent at the same time, and whether the Jazz team in this battle can withstand the pressure will undoubtedly face great challenges and tests!
Finally, after 4 quarters of fighting, with Booker's excellent performance, the Suns, who played at home, overpowered the Jazz in the first half and occupied the initiative on the court.
Although after returning from the second half, Clarkson + House + Jared Butler in the third quarter went on consecutive efforts, leading the Jazz to play a wave of counterattack frenzy, successfully turning the situation on the court.
But helplessly at the end of the final showdown, Paul + Cameron Johnson ushered in an outbreak, and the Suns took the opportunity to fully suppress the Jazz, and a wave of streams took away the game.
In the end, the Suns also beat the Jazz 115-109 at home, successfully winning 7 consecutive games, but also giving the opponent Jazz 2 consecutive losses!
Playing at home in this game, the Suns will have high morale, playing a team performance of 4 people scoring in double figures and all the staff.
In the case of bridges + McGee + Billy Bo and other main players, each performing their duties, the play of Booker + Paul + Cameron Johnson is particularly critical!
Booker was in full swing, starting 37 minutes and shooting a game-high 33 points on 14-of-35 shooting, plus an all-around performance of 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Among them, his brave performance of scoring 17 points in the first quarter, not only helped the Suns to open the situation smoothly, but also became a difficult existence for the Jazz team to solve!
In addition, as the core point guard of the team, Paul's play in this game also played a crucial role.
Paul was very efficient, shooting nearly 60% of the 10-of-17 shooting, and contributed a quasi-triple-double performance of 27 points, 9 rebounds, 14 assists and 1 steal.
Rationally speaking, in the case of Booker's stealth in the last quarter and a sudden dud on 6-of-0 shooting, Paul single-handedly broke through the level to blast down the key performance of 15 points, and also helped the Suns to keep the victory!
Of course, the Suns were able to win seven consecutive games in this game, and the performance of Tigers Cameron Johnson was also indispensable.
Cameron Johnson was on the verge of a challenge in this game, starting 37 minutes, shooting five three-pointers, and delivering 20 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.
And his outstanding performance of scoring 11 points in the final quarter not only completely disrupted the Jazz's defensive rhythm and deployment, but also ignited the atmosphere of the Suns' home fans!
On the other hand, on the Jazz side, although the team lost in this game and suffered 2 consecutive defeats on the road, rationally speaking, the Jazz team was not completely without gains in this battle.
After all, in the absence of multiple main players at the same time, the play of Clarkson + Jared Butler in this game is indeed not lacking in highlights!
Clarkson played well in this game, starting 31 minutes, shooting 4 three-pointers on 9-of-20 shooting, and bombarding the team's high of 22 points, plus 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.
And rookie Jared Butler is also remarkable, coming off the bench for 15 minutes, scoring 13 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 4 steals on 5-of-9 shooting.
Although it did not help the Jazz win the game, there is one thing to say, the play of Clarkson + Jared Butler in this game did cause a lot of trouble for the Suns.
It is only at the time of the lack of major generals in the team, in the face of the visible gap in the strength of the squad, Clarkson + Jared Butler, who has worked hard for a whole game, seems to have no choice but to drink and hate.
In this regard, many Jazz fans, after the team suffered 2 consecutive losses, also said: the main players come back!