On January 25, Beijing time, the Suns defeated the Jazz 115-109 to win seven consecutive wins. After this game, the Suns and the Warriors, who are second in the West, pulled away another 3.5 wins, and the Suns firmly held the top spot in the league. This game Jazz many core rotations but the second team + third team played very active, the third quarter after playing the Jazz once led, but this is Arizona's turf, Sao Paulo is not allowed to reverse the occurrence, and finally Sao Paulo in the last quarter 15 points and 3 assists to lead the team to win.
In addition to Paul's 27 points, 14 assists and 9 rebounds, another core, Devin Booker, scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks on 33-of-13 shooting in 38 minutes, 14 of 35, and 3 of 13 three-pointers, shooting 40% from the field and 23.1% from three-point range. In addition to these two, the most praiseworthy role player is substitute center Bismarck Biyombo.
How hard did Biyombo fight in this game? There was a detail in the third quarter, just finished blocking in his own half, after the Suns quick attack Bridges broke through the point to give the ball to the downhill Biyombo, he ape arm a swing on the basket hit. Although Billy Byombo is only 2.03 meters tall as Cameron Johnson, he has a horror arm span of 2.29 meters.
The game was 31 minutes, 7 of 10, 16 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, shooting 70%, he had 4 rebounds in 13 rebounds, and Biyombo had become a super center with paul's help! After the game, Paul talked about how to help Bi yongbo integrate into the team: "Give me a block, as long as someone wraps me, I can make sure the ball gets into his hands, and if no one wraps me, I shoot." ”
According to Suns reporter Kellan Olson, he has scored at least 15 points in four of his 9 games this season, while he has played 119 games in the past two seasons and has only won 4 15+ games. In the last 4 games, Than Yongbo, he scored 15.8 points and 11 rebounds, shooting a terrifying 74.3%.
Biyongbo only turned regular to a fully guaranteed contract on Jan. 7, and he was previously only a 10-day short-term player. He's paid $1.51 million this season, but now he's playing as a top center, Ayton has been out for eight days since his injury on January 17, he still wants a top salary of $170 million last summer, can Ayton still ask for $170 million when the Suns management sees mcGee and Billy Biombo under Paul?
Text/Yan Xiaobai