On the morning of February 13, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, sun v magic. As a result, the Suns beat the Magic team at 36-26, 31-27, 33-25 and 32-27, respectively, with an aggregate score of 132-105. Booker scored a game-high 26 points, Paul had 15 assists and Ayton had 10 rebounds.
Currently, the Suns are currently no. 1 in the West with 45 wins and 10 losses, with a win rate of 81.8%, while the Magic are 14th in the East with 13 wins and 44 losses, with a win rate of only 22.8%. The two teams have met in their previous four meetings, with the Suns winning 2-2, most recently on March 25, 2021, when the Suns lost 111-112.
Judging by the recent state of the two teams, the Suns have recently won four straight games, and the last round of the game was full of firepower, winning the Bucks 131-107. The Magic are a bit bumpy, the last five games 2 wins and 3 losses, the last round of 99-114 loss to the Jazz, from the perspective of strength, they and the Suns are really not a level of the team. This has a lot to do with the fact that this season's wounded battalion is full.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, the Magic starters: Cole Anthony, Saggers, Wagner Jr., Carter Jr., Bamba Jr., and the Suns starters: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, Ayton.
In the first quarter, Suns center Ayton and Magic center Bamba jumped the ball, Crowder missed a three-point shot, and Anthony grabbed a defensive rebound. Booker, Paul, and Ayton rose to prominence in the first quarter, while the Magic could only rely on Sargas to support themselves, and the first quarter ended with the Suns taking an early lead with a 36-26 score.
In the second quarter, the Magic's Carter improved in rebounding, but the Suns' Booker was indeed in hot form, and Paul was also successful in assists, and at the end of the half, the Suns led the Magic 31-27, 67-53 on aggregate.
Half-time scoring:
Magic: Saggers 16 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Anthony 10 points, Rose 8 points, Wagner Jr. 5 points, Carter 4 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Bamba 3 points and 4 rebounds, Okiki 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Harris 2 points
Suns: Ayton 14 points, 7 rebounds, Crowder 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Booker 10 points and 4 assists, Paul 7 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, Bridges 7 points, Payton 5 points and 4 rebounds, Johnson 5 points, Craig 4 points and 2 assists, McGee 4 points and 3 rebounds
In the third quarter, Paul's assist stats have reached 15, while Bro also scored 22 points, Ike also had 10 rebounds, and the Magic looked physically fine, but they were not as good as the Suns in free throw shooting, the Tai team was 70%, while the Magic team only had 56%, which was an important watershed to open up the point difference. Finally, in the third quarter, the Suns continued to lead by a large margin of 33-25, 100-78 on aggregate.
In the fourth quarter, the Suns' offense wasn't as sharp as the first three quarters. But it also maintained a 20-point difference from its opponents, and finally in the fourth quarter, the Suns beat the Magic 132-105.
The race also set several new records. First, at the home of the Suns, they have achieved three consecutive victories over the Magic, and the Magic have not won a single victory at the Home Of the Suns in the 33 years since the establishment of the team in 1989; second, the Suns have now won 5 consecutive wins, although this is not a record, but they will once again beat the previous 11 consecutive wins, including 7 consecutive wins in 2022 at home, which is the real home of the devils.