On March 25, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Suns dueled against the Nuggets, and Paul ushered in his comeback debut. Throughout the game, Paul shot 6-of-10 and had 17 points, 13 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, leading the team to lock up the league first.
The Suns had previously achieved an 11-4 record during Paul's truce, with a net 10.7 points over opponents in 100 rounds. Now that Paul is back and the sun is blowing, Nuggets coach Malone said before the game, "It's a little scary, I hope he comes back sooner but not today, he's the greatest point guard of all time." ”
The first goal of the comeback, Paul's signature elbow area emergency stop dry pull jumper, bypassing the block, sideways back after the dashing back jump shot hollow hit, quite freehand.
Of course, the important thing is that after Paul returned, the Suns also found the team's backcourt brain. In the second quarter of the game, Crowder scored three three-pointers in 32 seconds, two of which came from Paul's assists, and Paul's combing of the team's offense can be said to be well organized.
By the end of the third quarter, Paul had already had two double-doubles and was quite efficient, with 11 points and 10 assists on 5-of-7 shooting. In the fourth quarter Paul teased Cousins, going around the basket to defend Cousins, and after jumping, he lured Cousins to push people, who was blown an offensive foul and looked helpless. After that, Paul shook down Rivers Jr. again, and fans praised the return of the point guard god.
After winning this victory, the Suns also locked in the league first. Just before the game, O'Neal looked down on the Suns, "None of them can be feared, for me, the Suns are like the Jazz, they have a lot of good players, but some of them may be crushed." If Solar beats the Warriors in the playoffs, I'll write the word 'sun' on my butt and walk two blocks and stream it live on social media. "Will Paul punch Ao Fat in the face?" See.