Beijing time on January 29, today, the NBA ushered in a strong dialogue, Phoenix Suns at home to meet the Minnesota Timberwolves, this is a dialogue between the first in the West and the seventh in the West, from the strength point of view, the Suns are obviously stronger than the opponent, before that, the Suns have won 8 consecutive wins, the momentum is booming. The two teams also played very anxiously in this game, the Suns once pulled the point difference to 13 points, but in the final moments of the final quarter, Edwards, Beasley and others stood up consecutively to help the team narrow the score to 8 points, at this time the game only had 3 minutes left.
Since then, the Suns have scored 2 points, Beasley has killed 2 consecutive goals, 4 points in a row, the point difference is only 6 points, back, Booker is not in the middle distance, Paul closed the rebound, and achieved a triple-double. In the decisive moment, Paul completed the steal and caused McDaniels to foul, Paul made two free throws and the Timberwolves asked for a timeout. Returning from a timeout, Towns caused Smith to leave the field with six fouls, and Biyombo made another appearance with a gap of five points. The Timberwolves chose to foul Johnson, who made two free throws and one, and in the end, the Suns defeated the Timberwolves 134-124.
After this game, the Suns won nine consecutive games with a record of 39 wins and 9 losses, firmly ranking first in the league, and the Timberwolves suffered two consecutive defeats, with a record of 24 wins and 25 losses, slipping to eighth in the West. In this campaign, Paul was a god, and after the whole game, he played 37 minutes, 5 of 9, and had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and only two mistakes. Paul not only scored on the offensive end, but also sorted the team in order, and the key was that he fed Biyongbo, who had no ball to play before, into a top center.
In this game, Bi Yongbo recreated a big surprise, he started 29 minutes, 9 of 6, cut 14 points and 12 rebounds of double-double data, plus-minus +12 ranked second in the game, second only to Booker's +17. Under Paul's feeding, Biyombo was reborn and rejuvenated the second spring of his career, for Biyongbo, he should thank Paul, without Paul, he may even lose his job, which also sets off Paul's greatness, centers like McGee, Biyombo and Smith, playing directly with the performance of top centers around Paul.
Booker performed well in the first half, weakened in the second half, 10-of-26, with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, in addition, Bridges had 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Johnson 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Shamet 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and Smith 10 points and 4 rebounds. On the Timberwolves side, Towns had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, Edwards 27 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals, Beasley 28 points and 2 rebounds, Prince 14 points and 5 rebounds, Norwell 10 points, Vanderbilt 7 points and 6 rebounds, Reid 6 points and 4 rebounds, mcLaughlin 7 points.
It can be said that this season's Paul has smelled the taste of the championship. The Suns are getting better, but whether they can win the championship depends on Ayton's injury, although there are still three major centers, however, Ayton's role cannot be ignored. People are marveling at james's greatness, but ignoring paul's magic, it can be said that Paul is also an evergreen tree in the NBA.