After the curtain opened on the NBA regular season this season, paul's Suns and Curry's Warriors fought fiercely for the throne of the First Place in the West, and Paul, who remained full-time in the case of both sides being plagued by injuries to varying degrees, led the Suns to gradually establish a lead in the middle of the season, allowing them to take the lead in the Top Battle of the West, but in the last regular season, the Suns performed poorly and lost to the Hawks, who performed poorly this season. Leading to their own winning streak came to an abrupt end, after a day of rest, the Suns continued their crusade journey, this time their opponent was the Wizards, who now had no style at the beginning of the season, the game began with a complete rout, the first quarter allowed the Suns to establish a 12-point lead, the second quarter was only 11 points for the whole team to score, the game also entered the garbage time early, the fourth quarter of the battle Suns also won 95-80 to the Wizards, avoiding a losing streak!
The offseason sent away the Wizards of Westbrook, once relying on the excellent play of three Lakers veterans, ranked at the top of the Eastern Conference standings, but with the deepening of the season, the performance of the three of them has also declined to a certain extent, and the performance of the three in this campaign against the Suns is far lower than the outside world's expectations. Playing in 23.5 minutes and 12 shots only hit 3 goals, the personal data is only 9 points and 6 rebounds, not only the offensive end of the performance is sluggish, the defensive end is also leaky, the whole game his plus-minus is the lowest -27 in the whole team.
Pop and Harrell are also out of form, the two only scored a total of 23 points, replacing Westbrook as the team's core point guard Dinwiddie, continued the season's poor personal performance, 5 shots only 1 goal to get the lowest 4 points in the starting five, several major scoring points such a bad performance, a big rout has become a reasonable thing.
In contrast, the Suns played a very smooth overall coordination under the leadership of core Paul, because the game entered garbage time early, the big three did not play long in this campaign, of which Paul played 30.3 minutes, easily cut 14 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 1 block of the comprehensive personal data, Booker also made a lot of contributions in attack and organization, got 11 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
Just returned to lang Ayton, became the biggest advantage point of the Suns on the court, although only appeared for 23.4 minutes, but he was an absolute strong point that the Wizards could not solve under the basket, and cut two double-double data in the first half, and the whole game cut 20 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, of which the offensive rebounding Ayton alone grabbed 6, only 2 less than the Wizards, under his leadership, the Suns rebounded and won 23 opponents. It's also why fans joke about Ayton and his teammates for brushing rebounds on the court.
After winning this game, the Suns extended their lead to 2.5 games in the Western Conference standings, still holding the initiative to win the first place in the West, and I believe that after Ayton regains his form, they have a greater chance of reaching the playoffs as the leader!