Paul made a comeback
The Minnesota Timberwolves, the dark horse of the West, have not been able to stop the pace of the league's first Phoenix Suns, and after a wave of six consecutive wins, they are only one game away from the 60 wins of the season. Chris Paul's injury did not affect the state of the team, Ayton faced Downs, completely dominated the game at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, not only played the style of the champion, but also proved to the management that he really deserved a maximum salary contract. This game, the Phoenix Suns will play the Denver Nuggets away.
The Nuggets also have a super center and are the league's number one center, Jokic. In the last game to beat the Timberwolves, Ayton was instrumental, and if he wants to beat the Nuggets and continue the pace of winning streaks, Ayton must also stand up and limit Jokic as much as possible. Chris Paul is back in this game, which is absolutely good news for the Suns.
Booker felt hot in the hand
Paul returned, Booker can also devote himself to scoring, the first quarter of the game, Booker 7 shots 5 of 7 to get 17 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, is simply unstoppable. Paul only had one shot, two points, one rebound and three assists, and the Suns scored 31 points in a single quarter, but the Nuggets also scored 31 points. Jokic shot 4-of-5 and had eight points, three rebounds and one assist, while Heyland on the bench had 10 points and one block. After returning from the second quarter, Ayton began to exert his strength, scoring 8 points and 4 rebounds on 4-of-6 shooting, and Booker also had 7 points and 1 assist.
The Suns continued to show their strength, scoring another 35 points in a single quarter, but the Nuggets exploded for 37 points in this quarter, and Jokic did not make a single shot. Hyland hit three three-pointers, Cousins also had six points, two rebounds and one assist, and at the end of the half, the Suns were two points behind the Nuggets 66-68. In the second half, the two teams' offense continued, Booker shot 6 of 9, 19 points, 3 assists and 3 steals in the single quarter, Paul shot 4 of 5, also had 9 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, the Suns blasted 38 points in the single quarter, but the Nuggets also scored 38 points.
Gordon and Morris stepped forward and teamed up to score 19 points, while Jokic only had one shot, but also had eight points, two rebounds and two assists. With a two-point lead, the Nuggets made it to the final quarter. Paul sent assists in quick succession, Cousins singles Thanymbeau also showed the style of the league's first center, Booker and Bridges scored consecutive points, after Bridges hit a three-pointer, the Suns' lead came to 8 points, with 4 minutes and 29 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets had no choice but to call out a timeout.
After the timeout returned, Jokic immediately responded with three points, but Bridges scored 2+1, and Crowder hit a three-pointer, and the point difference went directly to 10 points. Jokic continued to live with two long points, Bridges was uncompromising on key balls, and Jokic made two fouls. Paul missed three points, Jokic made a layup, the Nuggets made key mistakes, and Paul made four consecutive free throws to seal the win. In the end, the Phoenix Suns beat the Denver Nuggets 140-130 on the road to win 60 of the season.
The sun locks first
After winning this game, the Suns successfully won 7 consecutive wins, and the number of wins in the season also reached 60, locking in the first place in the West and, of course, locking in the first place in the league. Paul's first game of return was amazing, playing 30 minutes, shooting 6-of-10 and having 17 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists. Booker was unstoppable on the offensive end, shooting 16-of-25, shooting 49 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, Bridges also had 22 points and 2 assists, Ayton had 16 points and 7 rebounds, Crowder hit 4 three-pointers, and also had 12 points and 6 rebounds.
Jokic, the league's no. 1 center, faced the defense of the Phoenix Suns, although he had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals on 9-of-10 shooting, but also made 8 mistakes. Gordon shot 10-of-16 and had 21 points and six rebounds, Button 17 points, five rebounds and eight assists, Morris 15 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Green 11 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, all of the starting Five scored in double figures, and Hayland on the bench had 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, only playing 24 minutes. As for Cousins, he had 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, which also helped the team a lot.