The NBA regular season continues, and the Jazz's game against the Suns officially begins. After the game began, the two teams played very fiercely, and the strength displayed at both ends of the attack and defense was also very balanced. In the first quarter, the two teams fought to a 32-draw draw. In the second quarter, the Suns led by four points. However, in the second half, the Jazz slowly grasped the initiative on the court. At the end of the third quarter, the Jazz led by five points. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Jazz gave the Suns a two-game losing streak 118-114.
Truth be told, the Jazz won this game deservedly. The reason is that this game jazz presented a scene of blossoming on the offensive end. Throughout the game, the Jazz scored in double figures with five players. They were: Mitchell shot 8-of-20 and had 26 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. Gobert shot 5-of-13 and had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Conley shot 5-of-13 and had 13 points and two rebounds. Bogdanovic shot 5-of-13 and had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Clarkson shot 10-of-17 and had 22 points, five rebounds and three assists. What's more, the Jazz not only have offense bloomed everywhere, but they are also very efficient in scoring. Throughout the game, the Jazz shot 46 percent from the field and 42 percent from three-point range.
Okay, after talking about the winning Jazz, let's talk about the suns that lose. Objectively speaking, although the Suns lost this game, Booker played very hard in this game, and Booker did a very good job in this game. Booker played 39 minutes in the game, shooting 12-of-23 from the field and shooting 52 percent from the field. He made 4-of-7 three-pointers and shot 57 percent from the field. With 2-of-4 free throws, he had 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and -6 plus-minus. In the face of this statistic, we have to say that Booker's performance is impeccable, he has shown all his best side.
Fans who have watched the game will know how hard and reasonable It was for Booker to play in this game. To put it bluntly, the Jazz's defensive strategy in this game is very obvious, that is, not to give Booker an easy chance to score. When there is no ball, the Jazz always have a player staring at Booker. Once Booker receives the ball, the Jazz will also be very determined to pack the bag. However, even in this defensive strategy, Booker still scored 30 points and shot 52% from the field. So, Booker has been "perfect" in terms of individual scoring, and he can't have done better.
I believe that the fans who see here will ask, since Booker has played so well? If Booker is doing so well, why can't the Suns win? Actually, the answer to this question is very simple, that is, the sun is missing Paul. Booker was brilliant, but Booker was only fit to be Paul's helper. To take the simplest example, at the end of the game, the Suns had the ball and only 3 points behind the Jazz, but the Suns made mistakes in the process of advancing with the ball, missing the opportunity to equalize. Imagine if Paul had been present, would such a mistake have happened? The answer is clearly no. Of course, I'm not saying booker isn't good enough, and I'm not disparaging him. But the truth is that the sun without Paul is really like a scattered sand.