Beijing time on January 27, today, the NBA ushered in a strong dialogue, Phoenix Suns away challenge to the Utah Jazz, this is a contest between the first place in the West and the fourth place in the West, however, this game, the Jazz's two core Mitchell and Gobert do not play, the Suns obviously have the upper hand. At the end of the first quarter, the Suns were dominant, and established a 21-point advantage, the score was 39-18, Booker played 8 of 11 shots in the first quarter, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 5 from the free throw line, 21 points, and 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
In the second quarter, the Jazz began to fight back, Bojan took 5 points in a row at the end of the quarter to remove the splint in his hand, only wearing a bandage to play, Ingles was infected, hit three points, halftime, the Suns' advantage was quickly reduced, the Jazz 48-50 trailed the opponent by 2 points, Booker 14-of-10, cut 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Entering the second half, Booker scored two points from mid-range, but on the Jazz side, Pascal's free throw stopped bleeding, and Jaylen Smith scored four consecutive points under the basket, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Wayne Wright hit a three-pointer, Booker hit a jumper and hit a third quarter to give the Suns a 10-point lead over the Jazz 74-64.
In the final quarter, Conley threw a 2+1 shot, Biyongbo even deducted 3 points, Paul also had three points, but back, the white side once again walked to the free throw line, Clarkson outside the three-point rain, the point difference is only 4 points left. After that, Paul stepped forward to take over the game, he first returned the color in mid-range, cameron Johnson three separate flowers, Paul scored three points in a row, Conley broke through 2 points to score, and the game was suspended. Back from a timeout, Clarkson scored four points in a row, but Paul hit a layup and the game was suspended again.
In the decisive moment, Booker's emergency stop in mid-range finally blossomed again, the white side dunk returned, Paul joined forces with Booker to score another 4 points, and in the end, the Suns narrowly defeated the Jazz 105-97. In the first half, Paul performed poorly and only scored 6 points, but in the last quarter Paul suddenly opened up, he played 36 minutes, 8 of 17, cut 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, put great pressure on the opponent at both ends of the attack and defense, this game, although Paul's plus-minus value is -2, he only made one mistake in the whole game, and in the last quarter, he used free throws and mid-range to extinguish the hope of the Jazz to counterattack.
Booker played 39 minutes in this game, the state is hot, 16 of 28 shots, burst 43 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and made 3 mistakes, and in the last quarter, Booker shot 2 consecutive shots, once again showing the true colors of big heart players. Bi yongbo once again created a big surprise in this game, this time he appeared in the starting lineup, only played 29 minutes, 4 of 9, contributed 12 points and 6 rebounds, delivered 3 blocks and 1 steal without error, the first two games were cut 21+13+5 and 16+13 data, this game is 12+6, under Paul's feeding, he has rejuvenated the second spring of his career.
In addition, Bridges had 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 break, Cameron Johnson 8 points, 6 rebounds and 1 steal, Jaylen Smith 8 points and 7 rebounds, Jazz side, Conley 16 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists, Clarkson 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Bogdanovic 7 points and 3 rebounds, O'Neal 8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Whiteside 16 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, Ingles 6 points and 3 rebounds, Forrester 4 points, Pascal 11 points and 5 rebounds, House 3 points. After this game, the Suns won eight straight to secure the league's first place, while the Jazz suffered three consecutive losses to rank fourth in the West. It can be said that the sun has begun to smell the championship this season.