At noon on March 31, 2022 Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Suns played at home against the Warriors. As a result, the Warriors lost to the Suns 32-29, 16-21, 27-27, 28-30, and the total score was 103-107. Jordan Poole scored a game-high 38 points, Bridges had 22 points and Ayton had a game-high 16 rebounds.
Currently, the Warriors and Suns are ranked 3rd and 1st in the West, respectively. Although the Golden State Warriors have a disadvantage in the overall record of the two teams, in the last two encounters, the Warriors have cut the Suns under the horse. In this confrontation, the Suns seemed to be a little underwhelmed at the beginning, but at the critical moment, Ayton and Booker still played the value of the stars.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams, the Suns start: Paul, Booker, Ayton, Crowder, Bridges, and the Warriors starters: Poole, Klay, Wiggins, Green, Looney.
The first quarter began with Warriors forward Looney and Suns center Ayton jumping the ball, Thompson personally fouling Booker and Crowder missing a three-point shot. In the opening stages, the Warriors led the way, first playing a 12-2 attack wave, then 15-4. Ayton and Paul stepped forward at the crucial moment, and Poole took a three-minute shot at the crucial time to stabilize the situation. At the end of the first quarter, the Suns trailed by three points at 29-32.
At 8:25 in the second quarter, the Suns tied the total to 36-36 as Thompson received an assist from Bjelica and hit a two-point layup, and finally in the second quarter, the Suns overtook the Warriors 21-16, 50-48 on aggregate.
In the third quarter, the two teams played hard to score, and they never opened the point difference, and the 27-27 score was fixed at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Warriors, who were only three points behind, made a counterattack, and after Shamet received an assist from Bridges and hit a three-point shot, the Suns rewrote the score to 84-79, and the Warriors fell into the situation of accompanying the team.
With the last 39 seconds left in the game, Poole single-handedly reversed the score to 101-100, but in the last minute, Green and Paul hit free throws after being fouled, and finally narrowly defeated the Warriors 107-103, avenging the previous "double kill" of the Warriors.
Final Scoring:
Warriors: Poole 38 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Wiggins 19 points and 8 rebounds, Green 8 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, Klay 13 points and 4 assists, Payton 10 points, Porter 5 points and 6 rebounds
Suns: Bridges 22 points, 7 rebounds, Crowder 10 points and 7 rebounds, Ayton 16 points and 16 rebounds, Booker 22 points and 5 rebounds, Paul 15 points and 8 assists, Shamet 8 points, Craig 6 points
The match also set 4 new records. First, the Warriors' Poole scored 38 points in the game, setting the record for the highest number of points he has ever scored since joining the Warriors; second, ending the Warriors' embarrassing record of two previous "double kills" with the Suns; third, the Golden State Warriors suffered four consecutive losses, the second four-game losing streak they suffered in March, setting a record for two consecutive four-game losses in a single month since the 2016 season; and fourth, the Suns won nine consecutive wins, creating the longest winning streak of the season.