In this season's NBA Western Conference, the Phoenix Suns locked in the first place in the West early with their excellent overall performance, which also gave them the capital to let the core players take a break in the final stage of the regular season, after all, for this team that hated the Finals last season, the O'Brien Cup is the only goal, in this regular season, the Suns encountered the Thunder team that was the bottom in the Western Conference standings, and the young twin stars of the Suns, Ayton and Booker, all hung up the free card. Crowder also entered the list of the rotation, which also made Paul's single-core war old master become the main theme of this game, this battle Paul's desire to win is not very strong, more is only through actual combat to maintain their competitive state, but the Thunder's role players in the west after seeing the hope of defeating the first place in the West, have erupted into a very strong fighting force, of which the lost draft Sal is playing the highest single performance of his career, and finally under his leadership, the Thunder team also won the Suns 117-96, Sent to the Western Conference leaders for two consecutive defeats!
After Paul was abandoned by the Rockets, he was directly sent to the Thunder who wanted to tear down and rebuild, it was in Oklahoma that Paul proved to everyone that he still has a very outstanding personal ability, which also won him the opportunity to join the Suns, join Booker and Ayton, this battle against the old club, there is no pressure to win or lose and record Paul, also gave the old club enough face, did not do his best to beat the opponent, in the 30.3 minutes of his appearance, only shot 11 shots 5 goals, contributed 11 points , 2 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals.
The other Suns players naturally understand the mind of the big brother, and they have not killed the four sides, and the highest score Bridges only has a personal performance of 18 points on 7 of 17 shots, and the whole game, a Suns team known for its overall basketball philosophy, only four players have scored double digits, which is also the reason why they lost the big score.
In fact, the Thunder have long given up this season, Alexander, Ludot and Muscara and other players season reimbursement, but also let the overall strength of the team greatly reduced, which also gave other role players more opportunities and time to show themselves, in the face of the lack of major generals in the West, the Thunder broke out a very good fighting ability, the whole game they have a total of as many as seven players scored double digits.
Among them, Saar, who is in the rookie season, entered the league as a lost draft, played a career masterpiece in front of the leader, this season Sal averaged only a pitiful 6.8 points per game, but in this game, Sal was full of fire, 21.6 minutes on the bench, 12 shots hit 9 goals, including 24 points and 6 rebounds on 5 of 6 three-pointers, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's victory.
After experiencing the experience of last season's finals, the Suns this season are more and more mature, especially Ayton and Booker are more responsible on the field, which is why many fans are optimistic about their prospects for the championship this season, hoping that under the leadership of Paul, the Suns can soar to the sky and let São Paulo realize his dream of championship at the end of his career!