On March 21, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the sun, the first in the league, challenged the Kings away. Judging from the recent momentum of the two teams, I thought it was a showdown without too much suspense, but I didn't expect the Kings to be in a very good state this time, the team blossomed more, and once achieved a 14-point lead, but the Suns then launched a counterattack, the two sides played until overtime to divide the winners, with Shamet two free throws and one shot, the Suns defeated the Kings 127-124 to win 5 consecutive games.
This game is still very crazy, the Kings this time play is still quite good, the whole team more blossoms, 7 people scored in doubles, but also once occupied the initiative on the field, but unfortunately they failed to resist in the last moment, overtime did not make a better choice, which reflects the gap between the two teams in the rankings. Mitchell had 28 points and nine assists, Barnes 21, Sabonis Jr. 18 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, Lyles 11 points, Holliday 10 points, And Divinzenzo and Jones each had 13 points.
The Suns, after the lack of Paul, did not fall into a slump and still played very well, which also allowed them to secure the first position in the league and hope to lock in early. This time in the face of the King's stubborn resistance, the Sun showed a tenacious attitude, and the trio of Booker + Bridges + Shamet scored 79 points, and finally helped the team complete the reversal and refused to be upset. Booker scored 31 points, Bridges 27 and Shamet scored 21 off the bench.
In this campaign, the Suns also paid a great price, and the whole team had a total of 30 fouls, including 3 people and 6 fouls. In the whole game, Ayton only played 27 points to make 6 fouls, Booker played 37 minutes, also 6 fouls, and McGee, who came on the bench, made 6 fouls in 17 minutes, and multiple fouls also gave the Kings 36 free throw opportunities. It can be seen that the 2 main players have been sent off, and the Suns can still win the game, which is enough to prove that they are excellent now.
In addition, the Suns also lost a tough player this time, and in an attack in the third quarter, Crowder landed on the ground when he shot right on the feet of Kings player Holliday, and then fell to the ground in pain. Claude then tried to continue to insist, but he limped too painfully, and was finally replaced, and then withdrew from the game, hoping that it would not be a big problem. Before leaving, Crowder played 21 minutes and had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.