In last season's NBA Finals, Paul's Suns lost to the Bucks led by Alphabet Brother, and did not qualify for the final championship, which was the closest Paul to the O'Brien Cup, in order to realize his championship dream, Paul also led the team to make a comeback in the new season, and their performance did not disappoint the fans, ranking first in the competitive Western Conference, and in the first revenge battle with the Bucks in the regular season, he won the opponent with a 24-point advantage! In this regular season, the Suns ushered in the second game of the Bucks, the two absolute main players of the Suns, Paul and Booker, were absent due to injury, which also made them an undesirable side, but after the game began, the Suns played the dignity of the first in the West, relying on the remnants of the team to fight with the Bucks to the decider, but the lack of supergiants made their key ball ability inferior to the opponent, the Bucks in the last quarter of the alphabet brother stealth, under the leadership of Middleton and Holliday, Defeated the Suns 132-122 to achieve a wave of four consecutive wins, although the Suns lost the game, but although the defeat was the most pertinent evaluation given to them by the fans!
After last season's success, whether the Suns should give Ayton a maximum salary contract has become the most concerned topic for fans, in this game, Ayton proved his ability, in the case of Paul and Booker's two major offensive engines are all hanging up the free card, Ayton showed his leadership temperament, both offensive and defensive ends of the play is very dominant performance.
In the 32.4 minutes of his appearance, he hit 14 goals in 19 shots, contributing 30 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal with great efficiency, and Ayton also played a good role in protecting the box on the defensive end, allowing the Suns to win 4 points on the inside score in the case of losing 15 rebounds to opponents, with Ayton sitting under the basket, and the personal performance of the alphabet brother did not meet expectations, only 19 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. And only halfway through the final quarter before leaving the field, Ayton proved with his performance that he deserved a top salary contract.
In the case of the letter brother invisibility in the last quarter, Middleton and Holliday stepped forward to become the saviors of the team, including the second leader Middleton in the final quarter, who soared 16 points, hit 16 goals in 27 shots in the whole game, contributed 44 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, while Holliday scored 17 points in the last quarter with only 7 points in the first three quarters, and also scored 24 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 1 block in the whole game.
Under the tandem organization of the Big Three, the Bucks also performed well in this game as a whole, with a total of six players scoring double digits, including Ibaka, who just joined the team in the middle of the season, proved that he still had a game to play, and came off the bench to score 14 points and 10 rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting.
From the current situation, the probability of the Suns entering the playoffs with the first place in the West is very large, as long as they can maintain a healthy core lineup, they will become the big hit of the Western Championship, hoping to see Paul realize his dream in Phoenix, I believe it is also the wish of many fans!