On January 25, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Suns defeated the Jazz 115-109 at home to win seven consecutive wins. The Suns currently have a record of 37 wins and 9 losses, ranking no. 1 in the NBA league. The Suns' ability to perform this season is inseparable from Chris Paul's outstanding performance.
Take the game against the Jazz, where the Suns are two points behind after three quarters of the game. But Paul played the 4th quarter, shooting 5-of-7, including 2-of-3 three-pointers, and had 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, leading the Suns to a comeback victory over the Jazz. Paul played 40.5 minutes and had 27 points, 9 rebounds and 14 assists on 10-of-17 shooting.
In fact, the Suns have also suffered serious injuries this season, especially when center Ayton, one of the Suns' big three, has missed 18 games so far this season. The most important reason why the Suns can still perform like this is that although Ayton is absent, the Suns have not been weakened in the center position. Because under Paul's needle-cutting line, the Center Bi Yongbo signed by the Suns gave the Suns huge support on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
Against the Jazz, Biyombo played 31 minutes, contributing 16 points and 13 rebounds on 7-of-10 shooting, becoming the backbone of the Suns' interior line. In the past four games, Biyongbo has averaged 15.8 points and 11 rebounds per game, shooting 74.3% from the field. Biyombo's self-attacking ability is not as good as Ayton's, but this cake-eating ability is much stronger than Ayton's.
Paul said of Biyombo's rapid integration into the Suns: "It's very simple, the key is the details, set up the cover, block the demolition, I promise to feed you the ball, I promise. ”
I have to say that if Yongbo continues to play like this, Ayton's maximum salary may be gone! Originally, the Suns could have renewed their contract with Ayton in advance, but the Suns and Ayton disagreed on the amount of the new contract. Ayton insisted on a top salary, but the Suns felt that Ayton was not worth the top salary. Judging from Biyombo's performance, Ayton's performance on the Suns may indeed be due to Paul's presence!
We look at the center around Paul, the most representative is Jordan Jr., who won a big contract next to Paul, and it is not very good to leave Paul. So when signing interiors, teams should pay attention to the center forwards around Paul: they may have played well because of Paul's presence. Don't blindly give a maximum salary, because your team most likely doesn't have a point guard like Paul.