Booker couldn't play
After Chris Paul was injured, the Phoenix Suns beat the Westerns, and then suffered two straight losses to the Pelicans and Jazz. After these two games, people began to realize how important Paul was to this team. Booker and Ayton are still able to play beautiful statistics, which is their personal ability, Paul is in or out, the impact is not big. But the Suns' role players, especially those on the bench like McGee and Billy Biyombo, completely lost their role.
With the roof leaking overnight rain and Booker being quarantined for a health and safety deal, the Suns were challenged by the Portland Trail Blazers at home. After Nurkic was injured, the Blazers also suffered two consecutive defeats, and the arrival of Yubanks, although it could bring some help to the team's interior line, could not make up for the gap in Nurkic's injury.
There was no suspense in the game
In the absence of Booker, the Suns can rely on more points to blossom, the first quarter of the game, Bridges got 5 points, 1 assist and 2 steals, Payne although 4 shots 1, but sent 5 assists, Johnson is 6 points and 2 rebounds, the team got 29 points in a single quarter, but the Blazers also scored 28 points, of which Simmons Jr. shot 4 of 6, with 11 points, 1 assist and 1 steal. After returning from the second quarter, the Suns began to show the temperament of a strong team, With Crowder scoring 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and Bridges also had 8 points.
With the excellent play of the two major fronts, the Suns bombed 34 points in the second quarter, and the Blazers side, Simmons Jr. lost his hand, did not score a point on 3-of-0 shooting, only sent out 4 assists, the team scored 20 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Suns led the Blazers by 15 points 63-48. In the second half, Simmons Jr. still did not find his hand, although Hart got 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, but the team still only scored 21 points, the Suns played steadily, successfully extending the lead to 23 points.
Such a huge lead basically declares that the game has lost suspense. The Blazers did not play the main force again, and the Suns also played on the bench, and the point difference was still getting bigger and bigger. With the final whistle sounding, the Phoenix Suns finally beat the Portland Blazers by 30 points 120-90, ending a two-game losing streak.
The league is back first
Paul was injured and Booker was absent, but in this case, the Phoenix Suns still showed the temperament of the league number one, a 30-point win, the team scored in double figures, delivered 32 assists, and only 14 turnovers. Ayton had 18 points and eight rebounds on 9-of-12 shooting, Bridges and Crowder both scored 15 points, and Cameron Johnson on the bench made 6-of-8 shooting for 20 points, four rebounds and four assists. The best thing about this Suns team is that you never know who can stand up.
The Blazers lost the game, a wave of 3 consecutive losses, but for the Lakers and Pelicans, it was a relief, at least the playoffs did not have much suspense. Simmons Jr. scored 11 points in the first quarter, and the whole game came down, or 11 points and 6 assists. Hart had 10 points, four rebounds and four assists, while Spurs veteran Ubanks did well, scoring 13 points and eight rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting. The Pelicans had just 22 assists and 18 turnovers.