On February 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Suns challenged the Bulls away. Booker scored 16 points in the first quarter, the Suns once scored 21 points in the first half, and in the second half they continued to widen the point difference, establishing a 27-point lead. In the last quarter, DeRozan was threatening, once forcing the score to 9 points, but he had no choice but to dig too deep a hole before. In the end, the Suns won 127-124 Bulls, winning 2 consecutive games while giving their opponents 2 consecutive defeats.
Match data
Suns: Booker 38 points, 5 assists, Paul 19 points and 11 assists, McGee 16 points and 8 boards, Bridges 15 points, Ayton 13 points and 9 boards, Crowder 10 points, 10 boards and 6 assists
Bulls: DeRozan 38 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, 2 assists, Lavine 32 points, 6 boards and 8 assists, Vucevic 13 points and 12 boards. Kobe Bryant White 13 points
Star of the game: Booker's hand feels hot and leads the team to a big victory
Booker's form was hot, and he scored 34 points in the third quarter, including 16 and 14 points in the first and third quarters, respectively, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's victory.
Game tidbits
Good actor! The mascot pretended to fight with the fans to interfere with Booker's free throws
Open hand hit! McGee sent three points
Highlights of this session
Tough levers! DeRozan started with the first score
Help fly Ayton! Paul fed the bread easily
Open hand hit! LaVine sent three points
Kill 2+1! Lavin is highly difficult to play
Game review
In the first quarter, DeRozan broke through, Crowder counter-attacked and sent a throw, Ayton hit a jump shot, Bridges sent a three-pointer, and the Suns started with an 11-4 lead. Paul hit a counter-attack, DeRozan jumped back, and Then Booker hit another three-pointer to open up a 10-point gap for the Suns. Paul jumped up the points, DeRozan sent a 2+1, Booker took off to make a layup, and then LaVine took four points in a row to make it 17-22. White hit another three-pointer, Johnson and Brown faced off for a three-pointer, and then Booker hit another three-pointer to give the Suns an 28-23 lead. Payton hit a layup, Thomas sent a three-pointer, Booker hit two free throws, DeRozan made two free throws and a final-minute booker jumper to give the Suns a 36-29 lead into the second quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, DeRozan made a jumper, then McGee let go of the basket, Booker made two free throws, Bridges made a layup, and Smith scored under the basket to give the Suns a 43-31 lead. Crowder hit all three free throws, McGee sent a dunk, then Vucevic made a layup to stop the bleeding, and the Suns hit another three-pointer to open up the 19-point gap. Lavine stopped the bleeding on three points, Payton made a layup, Bridges sent a 2+1 to give the Suns a 21-point lead at 58-37. White hit a layup, Ayton sent a dunk, Lavine played 2+1 to stop the bleeding, the two sides sent each other two free throws, LaVine hit another three points, and the Bulls chased to 47-62. Booker hit a jumper, Lavine responded with a mid-range shot, and then Booker hit another three-pointer to give the Suns a 67-49 lead into the second half.
Fighting again, Paul hit a jumper, DeRozan made two free throws and a dunk, Lavin and DeRozan hit two jumpers in a row, and the Bulls chased 57-71. Booker hit two free throws and sent a jumper, paul hooked a shot to give the Suns a 77-57 lead. LaVine made a layup, Booker sent three points and the Suns widened the 21-point gap again. Vucevic threw a free throw, Paul and Booker hit back-to-back three-pointers to give the Suns an 86-61 lead. Booker then hit another jumper to give the Suns a 27-point lead. LaVine scored consecutive points to lead the team to accurate points, White's three-point icing on the cake, the two caused consecutive three-point fouls, and the Bulls narrowed the point gap to 17 points. Bridges sent a three-pointer, Booker took off with a dunk, DeRozan scored 2+1, then Payton hit a layup, DeRozan responded with a jumper, and the Suns led 102-83 into the final quarter.
In the final quarter, McGee dunked, White hit two free throws, mcGee sent another throw, and the Suns led by 21 points. DeRozan suddenly made a five-point streak, Thomas hit two free throws, DeRozan hit a jumper and the Bulls trailed to 97-110. McGee scored 2+1, with the Suns leading by 16 points to stabilize the situation. DeRozan then hit a jumper, Bradley sent a dunk, DeRozan scored 2+1, and the Bulls chased to 104-113. Crowder hit a three-pointer, Ayton hooked up, and then Vucevic made a layup to make the Bulls trail 106-119. Booker and Paul then scored consecutive points, the Suns widened the 17-point gap again, the suspense of the game was lost, and the Bulls bench came on the bench to chase points, but still unable to turn the tables.
Both sides started
Bulls: Lavin, DeRozan, Dossem, Javent Green, Vucevic
Suns: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Claude, Ayton