Earlier today, the Suns ushered in a showdown with the Timberwolves, facing this dark horse team that was extremely hot after the All-Star Weekend, the Suns did not fear it even if they were fighting away from home, it is true that they were 13 points behind in the first half, but in the second half, the Suns still successfully reversed the opponent 125-116, winning a wave of 6 consecutive wins. And the biggest contributor to the Suns' victory in this game is by no means the main center Ayton, this game Ayton started 35 minutes, 24 shots 15, crazy cut 35 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, filling his own data column, and the Timberwolves "Mr. 158 Million" Towns who was in position with him only had 15 points and 11 rebounds, which can be said to be completely destroyed by Ayton.
According to relevant statistics, in Ayton's game against Towns, the Suns achieved a good result of 5 wins and 1 loss, it seems that Ayton is specifically picking down Towns to teach a fierce lesson, to know that not long ago and the Spurs, Towns once cut the best 60 points and 17 rebounds of his career, and in the next 3 games (not counting today's one), Towns' scores have come to 25+, and the result was not expected to drop the chain under the alignment with Ayton today, which really made Towns a little humiliated.
As a 15-year-old Champion, Towns in the summer of 18 years and timberwolves reached a 5-year 158 million maximum salary renewal, and delayed to reach a contract extension with the Suns Ayton, facing such a top salary Mr., naturally want to win the proof for himself, and Towns, Ayton is also a champion, 18 years of draft meeting, Ayton as the first yuanlang in the history of the Suns came to Phoenix, and in his rookie season, he can get 16.3 points and 10.3 rebounds of the double-double data, after each season, he can maintain a stable double-double output, if it is not Booker to occupy the absolute ball, Ayton should also have the opportunity to make his score break through 20 +。
However, because of the chain dropped in the last few games after the finals last season, the Suns did not send Ayton a contract extension in advance, which also allowed him to play with emotions at the beginning of the season, knowing that such a broken jar would only do him no harm, and finally corrected his attitude and played a stable performance in the past few seasons. After Paul's injury, I thought that Ayton would also be greatly affected, and I did not think that after the All-Star Weekend, Ayton could actually hand over better data than before, averaging 19.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game (16.5 points and 10.3 rebounds before the All-Star), and the plus-minus value reached the third highest +9.4 on the team in the same period, and today in the face of the Timberwolves directly hit Downs and scored a career-best 35 points, the Suns may really consider offering him a maximum salary extension.
It is true that this season, the Suns have also introduced big men such as McGee and Biyongbo respectively, but in the threat of the offensive end, they and Ayton are not a grade at all, and Ayton, whether in terms of potential or age (only 23 years old), have completed these two veterans, and if the Suns want to continue to be competitive in the case of Paul's retirement, they will have to leave him and Booker, both inside and outside.
After playing this game, the Suns temporarily continued to sit at the top of the league with a 59-14 loss, and with the last nine games to go, the Suns had to face the Nuggets, 76ers, Warriors, Grizzlies, Jazz and other powerful teams, if Ayton could continue to play as steadily as today, James Jones (Suns general manager) did not renew Ayton's contract, and the latter really may become the first steamed bun that other teams scrambled to grab after that.