After a strong nine-game winning streak, the Suns, who led the West in record and ranking, continued to sit at home and ushered in the challenge of the Spurs.
In terms of the Suns, Ayton + Crowder + Payne are absent at the same time, although the team has home advantage, but facing the old Spurs, Booker + Paul will obviously face no small challenge and test.
On the Spurs side, the three cores of Murray + Derrick White + Peltel hung up the exemption card, and whether the Spurs in this battle can withstand the pressure, head coach Popovich undoubtedly needs to line up!
Finally, after four quarters of competition, with the excellent performance of Kelden Johnson + McDermott + Lonnie Walker, the back-and-forth Spurs, although in the first three quarters, once overpowered the Suns, achieved a huge advantage of as many as 12 points.
But helplessly in the final final moment, the Suns blossomed more, played a wave of 17-2 counterattack frenzy, instantly reversed the situation on the court, and with Booker hitting 2 key three-pointers in a row, the Spurs could not catch up with the points, and had to lose.
The Suns, who finally withstood the pressure, also reversed the Spurs 115-110 at home, winning 10 consecutive wins without any danger, and also completed a 12-point big reversal!
In this game at home, although the Suns were once at a disadvantage of 12 points behind in the score, fortunately, the team did not mess up, but played a six-man scoring double-double, three-person 20+ team performance, completed the turnover.
In the case of cameron Johnson + Biyombo + Wayne Wright and other main players, each performing their duties, the two aces Booker + Paul, and the play of Tiger Bridges are particularly critical!
Booker was in full swing, starting 37 minutes, shooting 12 of 24 from the middle and outside the line and hitting four three-pointers, a game-high 28 points, plus an all-around performance of 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
Among them, in the last quarter, he was able to withstand huge pressure, and the heroic performance of 2 three-pointers in a row not only helped the Suns achieve a reversal, but also completely ended the Spurs' idea of trying to fight back!
In addition, as the core point guard of the team, Paul's play in this game also played a crucial role.
Paul attacked and defended well in this campaign, shooting 9 of 16 in the whole game, delivering a double-double performance of 20 points + 8 rebounds + 19 assists + 1 steal + 1 block, successfully connecting the whole team's offense, disrupting the Spurs' offensive and defensive rhythm and deployment!
Of course, the Suns were able to complete the turnaround in this game, and the Tigers' performance of Bridges was also great.
Bridges was very efficient in this game, starting 39 minutes, shooting nearly 70% of the 11-of-16 shooting, and contributing 26 points+ 8 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 block.
More importantly, throughout the game, Bridges has not made a personal mistake, it can be said that at both ends of the attack and defense, it once became a difficult existence for the Spurs to solve, and successfully affected the trend of the game!
On the other hand, on the Spurs side, although head coach Popovich used soldiers like a god, the team failed to withstand the pressure in the final quarter, and was eventually reversed, losing by 5 points, and hating the performance of the away game, which obviously needs to be examined.
But rationally speaking, for the Spurs, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights, after all, the play of McDermott + Lonnie Walker in this game is indeed remarkable!
McDermott found a crosshair and started 26 minutes, shooting six three-pointers on 9-of-15 shooting, a team-high 24 points, plus four rebounds, two assists and one steal.
And the demon Lonnie Walker also played well, 10 of 21 in the whole game, and handed over a 22+5+2+2 offensive performance.
Although it did not help the Spurs to keep the victory, the excellent performance of McDermott + Lonnie Walker in this game did cause a lot of trouble and trouble for the Suns!
It is only in the absence of Murray + Derrick White + Peltel at the same time, facing the Suns, which are all soldiers, the Spurs, who are missing major generals, seem to have no choice but to accept the reality of losing.