On February 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the West ushered in a head-to-tail battle, with the Suns winning six consecutive home games back-to-back against the Rockets, who had lost 5 consecutive games. The Suns were unexpectedly suppressed by up to 12 points behind until the end of the quarter, Paul was expelled in the third quarter, Bridges scored a key 4-gram free throw to win, Gordon strictly defended the loss of three points, and finally the Suns reversed the Rockets 124-121 to win seven consecutive wins.
Statistics
Suns: Booker 24 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, Ayton 23 points and 9 rebounds, Bridges 17 points and 7 rebounds, Paul 11 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, 3 turnovers, 2T, Cameron Johnson, 9 points, 4 assists, Crowder 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, McGee 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks;
Rockets: Schroder 23 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 turnovers, Tate 20 points, 10 rebounds, Jaylen Green 14 points, Shin Jing 17 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Gordon 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Martin Jr. 11 points and 6 rebounds.
The Star of the Field
Booker cut 24 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, carried the flag in the absence of Paul and hit two winning free throws to help the Suns beat the Rockets back-to-back.
Race highlights
Paul makes two Great Loops in a row in the first verse
The two teams could not make consecutive air contact
Paul's finger hurt
The top referee ate the second T and was expelled
Schroeder passed Green back against the air-to-air basket
McKee Hat Schroeder
Paul counter-attacked with a return pass to Clegg to score a controversial goal
Gordon pressed the whistle for three points
Ayton pressed the whistle hooker
Booker drift 2+1
Martin Jr. violently cracked
Bridges key scores
Game review
Shin Kyung scored directly under Tate's basket, Claude gave Ayton a high jumper score, Green advanced and gave Gordon a direct gliding layup, and Claude received the ball from the outside of the three points in return. Booker broke through Shin Kyung to score a layup, Shin Kyung broke Ayton, and the Rockets countered with Schroeder tossing Green to catch the basket! Gordon suddenly cut tate on a back-and-forth, Green scored three-pointers, Ayton turned and cut in to pick up Paul's pass, Shin Kyung scored on his own under the basket, Cameron Johnson scored three-pointers, and the Suns stopped the Rockets.
Booker cut the ball in the air to catch the basket, Green hit another three-pointer, McGee held the ball on the outside unguarded, he directly chose to attack the basket three steps to raise the fire to put in. Cameron Johnson broke through with the ball, Noireba didn't have three points, Christopher rebounded, Gordon went straight back to the basket, and the first quarter ended, the Rockets 32-27 Suns.
In the second quarter, Holliday Jr. scored a big throw under the basket, then he broke the ball to break through, Gordon broke through to respond, and Paul switched the attack to shoot from mid-range. McGee cut holliday Jr. scored 2+1 with Martin Jr., Matthews pulled out three points, and Paul singled out Matthews to score a 2+1 stop. Christopher broke through by McGee's big cap, the Suns converted to attack 3v1 Clegg received the ball and glided to the basket, but the Suns did not defend well, was served by the Rockets, and Martin Jr. cut into the middle of the road to catch the ball and dunked 2+1. Gordon broke through to open Bridges to the top, Christopher broke through and was put under the Craig hat, rockets served the bottom line, Martin Jr. received the ball and jumped in, and Paul switched to attack Paul's free throw line to stop and shoot.
Gordon broke through and dropped the ball Paul completed the steal, directly counter-attacked the back pass Clegg put in against Matthews, and the Rockets challenge failed. Schroeder pulled in from mid-range and helped Green score quickly, Matthews and Booker hit three-point shots, and sun portal opened Tate's consecutive tackles to score. Booker broke through the layup on the left and Shin Kyung hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a 10-point lead over the Suns 63-53. Shin Kyung hooked up to Ayton under the basket, Crowder chased down the bottom corner to shoot a two-point shot, and Schroeder singled out Ayton to break through the nailed big cap. The two teams failed to score a dunk in the air, Paul and Ayton blocked, the latter went down and received the ball directly to the whistle, and at the end of the half, the Rockets 67-59 Suns.
Easy side fight again, the Rockets complained that the basket was crooked and repaired on the spot, after the game resumed, Paul and Bridges blocked and helped the latter cut in the air, Tate broke through and shot at Booker on horseback, Ayton received the ball under the basket and turned to hook the hand to bounce in, Shin Kyung held the ball to surprise Ayton to advance, Ayton misplaced Schroeder basket under the misplaced single eat Schroeder put in the score. At 9 minutes and 07 seconds, Paul passed Ayton and was injured by Tate's finger, he was dissatisfied with the decision and complained + hit the referee to eat two T and was expelled!
Shen Jing's empty three-point shot, Schroder's high long two-point shot, Booker and Ayton blocked and then helped the latter buckle, Schroeder's mid-range is still there, Booker against Shen Jing jump shot 2+1, Shen Jing's top arc large empty three-point shot, Johnson's bottom corner three-pointer also has. Booker broke through to miss the goal, Ayton got the ball under the basket to make up for the dunk, Schroder arced a three-point shot, Booker broke through the up, Schroeder suddenly scored Martin Jr., then shot from mid-range, and the Suns continuously passed the ball McGee received the ball under the basket and dunked. Martin Jr. hooked mcGee under the basket, Booker saluted from mid-range, and Nuwaba suddenly gave Martin Jr. a split, and the third quarter ended with the Suns 89-95 Rockets.
In the last quarter, Holliday Jr. single-handedly climbed in, Clegg chased after the three-pointer, the Suns overtook the Rockets 96-95, Holliday Jr. hit three-pointers, Bridges Hat Gordon, and then he quickly went up, and the Suns played a wave of 12-0! Gordon and Clegg scored from the basket, Schroeder hit from mid-range, Bridges singled out Green, and johnson then made a European layup. ShinKin broke through and was shot behind Craig, but Schroeder grabbed the rebound and hit a three-point shot!
Bridges three-point shot, Gordon suddenly scored Tate's basket to put in, Bridges suddenly did not, but Ayton grabbed an offensive rebound under the basket to make up for it, Gordon's frontal three-point surge, the Suns made consecutive mistakes, and Shen Jing broke through Ayton to change hands. Green, Johnson has soared three points, Bridges basket under the top of the Green throw, 52.9 seconds Gordon scored in the bottom corner of the Tite has a key mistake, Booker three points shot three do not stick, but Bridges key basket, Gordon again made a mistake but hit a life and death three-pointer, Booker even on the free throw line to win, Gordon shot a three-pointer, the Suns narrowly beat the Rockets to win 7 consecutive wins!
Both sides started
Suns: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Claude, Ayton;
Rockets: Eric Gordon, Jaylen Green, Schroeder, Tate, Shinkin