On January 25, Beijing time, the Phoenix Suns defeated Sir Utah 115-109. This game is the Jazz's second back-to-back game, so Bojan, Gobert, Conley, Ingles, O'Neal and other core rotations (Mitchell concussion protection agreement), did not expect the third team jazz and the West first Suns to play back and forth, the first half of the Suns only led by 2 points, the third quarter was also overtaken by the Jazz, but the last quarter of the Suns under the leadership of Sao Paulo to complete the rebound.
With 9 minutes and 23 seconds left in the final quarter, Paul's nightmare came after hitting the first mid-range, and then Paul chased a three-pointer to achieve a comeback, Clarkson missed the mid-range, Paul assisted and shot a 3-point lead over the Suns from the basket, and from this moment the Suns began to control the overall situation. Because Suns bench point guard Payne injured Paul in the last quarter 12 minutes, 7-of-5, 3-of-3 three-pointers, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, the Jazz 22 points and Paul alone made at least 21 points.
Paul 40 minutes and 22 seconds, 10 of 17, 4 of 7 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, 27 points, 14 assists, 9 rebounds and 1 steal, shooting 58.8%, three-point shooting rate of 57.1%, the fly in the ointment is that Paul has 7 turnovers in this campaign (5 in the first half), this campaign is Paul's most error-making game of the season, but it is not hidden that he still led the team to 7 consecutive wins in the final quarter.
Paul's stats have once again become the league's first, and he has won the 22nd double-double double-double of points + assists this season to tie for the first place in the league with James Harden, and Trae Young's 21 points + assists double-doubles are second in the league. In addition to this statistic, Paul's average of 10.2 assists and 1.98 steals per game is the first in the league, which is the hard power of the 37-year-old Paul.
Paul's key ball ability has rarely been talked about this season, this is because the team began to develop Booker's key ball ability, Booker has not failed in his mission this season, shooting 62.5% in key moments, but this does not mean that Paul can not play key balls, paul averaged 5.5 points in 8.8 minutes per game in the final quarter of this season, shooting 52.7%, shooting 37.8% from three points, he is the player in the league who played more than 5 minutes in the final quarter and ranked fifth in the league.
The Suns' home commentator EJ is furious at the current MVP ranking of Ja-Morante, who is upset with São Paulo when he comments on the spot.
Text/Yan Xiaobai