Beijing time on February 25, today the Thunder sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Suns, Paul will miss the 6-8 weeks of the game because of the injury of the thumb, so many outside media are not optimistic about the Sun's record in the second half, before the game Monti also said that it will not give Aron Holliday and Payton too much pressure, he believes that Booker will become the promoter of the team, which means that Booker will replace Paul's role, a No. 2 position that will only attack can be qualified for Paul's position?
This game Booker gave us proof that in the absence of Paul, he first did the task of tandem team, delivered 12 assists, although not as stable as Paul's pass, there were 4 turnovers, but it was also acceptable range, under his tandem Bridges shot 10 of 17 all game, 1 of 5 three-pointers got 21 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Cameron Johnson entered the starting lineup, 7 of 12 shots, 4 of 8 three points, 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Crowder had 17 points, five rebounds and four assists, Shamet 10 points and two rebounds, and Holliday had 12 points, two rebounds and five assists.
Under his tandem, the whole team scored 6 people in double figures, and the 3 people cut 20+ very good, while Booker also did a very good job in personal offense, shooting 9 of 16 in the whole game, 1 of 4 three-pointers to score 25 points and 5 rebounds, in the third quarter of the game, the Sun was madly counterattacked by the Thunder, this quarter the Thunder scored 32 points in a single quarter, and Booker sent 6 points and 6 assists in a single quarter to lead the team to pour out the opponent's counterattack.
At the same time, Booker's worst defense, after paul's absence today, he also led by example, he contributed 6 steals in the whole field, and the Suns played the top defense under his leadership, the Thunder totaled 31 points and only 6 of 31 shots in the whole game, the shooting rate was as low as 19.4%, and the whole game won 25 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists and 6 steals, such a performance is definitely superstar level, who said that the Suns can not win without Paul? Booker took Paul's place perfectly! Let's hope he can continue this performance.
The Suns beat the Thunder 124-104 and outnumbered their opponents by 20 points, and now solar has too many players. This is a good thing for the team, but it is not a good thing for their champion Ayton, this game Ayton did not get too many opportunities, 5 shots 3 of 5 shots to take 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block data, the tactical position was completely marginalized, last season Ayton because he wanted to top the salary, the Suns did not want to give the two sides a contract extension shelved.
And now on Ayton's performance, coupled with the fact that the team can play too many players now need a contract, it is estimated that Ayton still can't get the big contract he wants in the offseason. So far this season, Ayton has averaged 16.2 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, although it is good, but it has not reached an irreplaceable point, after McGee joined the Suns this season, he can average 9.9 points, 7 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game in 16 minutes, if converted into Ayton's average of 29 minutes per game, he can score 17.9 points, 12.6 rebounds and 1 assist, the performance is not much worse than Ayton.
Ayton has the ability to finish personally, but in the Sun's system he does not need a personal ball to end, just wait for Paul and Booker to feed the cake, which also makes his original value not reflected, so the Suns think that he is not worth the price of the maximum salary, want to stay in the Sun, it is estimated that Ayton can not get the maximum salary. Speaking of which, do you have anything to say about the sun and Ayton now? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.