No Paul's sun
Before the All-Star, the Phoenix Suns had won seven straight games and secured the league's number one spot. Winning streaks is already commonplace for the Suns this season. But who would have thought that Chris Paul was injured and at least a month-and-a-half-month suspension, or even two months, which is undoubtedly the worst news for the Suns. Without Chris Paul, the suns can only rely on Payne at the back. However, in this game against the Thunder, Payne was also unable to play due to injury.
The Oklahoma Thunder are Chris Paul's old club, and after Paul left, the team began to swing and ranked second-to-last in the West this season. However, the Thunder's star Alexander ushered in a comeback in this game, which is undoubtedly a huge help for the Thunder, so the Suns can not have the slightest carelessness.
The final quarter continues with the harvesting game
Without Paul and Payne, Monty had to have Booker as the starting point guard, and Cameron Johnson came to the point guard position. At the beginning of the first quarter, Booker had 8 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 2 steals, and Bridges also had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, but Ayton and Crowder did not play well, but even so, the Suns still scored 31 points in a single quarter, and as for the Thunder, only 14 points were scored. Everyone felt that there was no suspense in this game, but who would have thought that after returning from the second quarter of the game, the game had undergone a huge change.
The Suns fell into a scoring drought in the second quarter, Booker did not score a single point, the team only scored 17 points, and the Thunder's star Alexander, with 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, led the Thunder to 45-48 at the end of the half, just 3 points behind the Suns. In the second half, Booker began to exert his strength, 6 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists on 2-of-5 shooting, a good tandem with the team, Cameron Johnson scored 8 points on 3-of-3 shooting, Bridges also had 7 points and 2 assists on 3-of-3 shooting, and Crowder had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
The blossoming Suns regained their touch, firing 37 points in a single quarter, but the Thunder also scored 32 points, and the point difference was only 8 points. After returning from the final quarter, Booker began to take over the game, consecutive breakthroughs, plus a three-pointer, and then took 11 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal in the final quarter, Cameron Johnson also had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and the Suns completely crushed the Thunder with 39 points in the single quarter, and finally won 124-104 to win 8 consecutive wins.
They are still number one in the league
3-of-5, 3-of-8! The Suns won 8 in a row, but you're starting to miss Paul. As Chris Paul's apprentice, Alexander played an extraordinary personal performance in the first game of his comeback, shooting 13 of 22 from the field, bombing 32 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. Kiddy had 15 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Bokushevsky had 13 points and seven rebounds, and Mann had 11 points, five rebounds, six assists and four steals, and no other teammates had scored in double figures. The Thunder only had 22 assists in the game, while the Suns delivered 32 assists, and that's where the gap lies.
Booker, by contrast, was much happier. In this game, Booker had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists and 6 steals, although there were 4 mistakes, but the flaws were not hidden. Cameron Johnson also had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Bridges had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Crowder had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, Holliday on the bench had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists on 5-of-5 shooting, and Shamet had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Without Paul, they are still the number one team in the league, but the impact of Paul's absence is also obvious.
The Suns' two centers, Ayton played 30 minutes, only 5 shots 3, got 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block, McGee is only 8 shots 3 of 8, 9 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block data, than Yongbo is not getting playing time, I believe at this moment, they must miss Chris Paul.