The Suns took a break from four starts
The Phoenix Suns set the best record in team history, and at the same time, they also closed the door to the Los Angeles Lakers' playoffs. It can be said that the Suns this season have only one goal, that is, to win the championship trophy. Last season they missed out on the championship, this season, they have become stronger, and the next few regular season games, for them, are training and rest. In this game, the Suns will take on the Los Angeles Clippers, Paul and Booker Ayton and Crowder all on the rotation.
After George's return, the Clippers' mental outlook is completely different, the team has only lost one of the last four games, although there will be no change in the eighth position in the West, but everyone knows that as long as They wait until The return of Kowhi Leonard and Norman Powell, this team will be completely different, and may even become the biggest opponent of the Suns.
The Clippers blasted 21-0
Without Paul Booker and Ayton Cloud, the Suns' starter was just Bridges, and there was no doubt that he needed to carry the team's offensive flag. In the first quarter, Bridges had 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal on 2-of-3 shooting, and his personal performance was very good, but Shamet did not score a point on 0-of-4 shooting, Payne only had 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, the team only scored 22 points in the first quarter, but fortunately the Clippers only scored 26 points, including George 10 points and 1 rebound, Reggie 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
After returning from the second quarter, who would have thought that the Clippers would have completely lost the suspense of the game in 5 minutes. Powell, who just returned, came off the bench and shot 3 of 3 to get 8 points and 1 rebound, under his leadership, the Clippers bombed 21 points in 5 minutes, of course, this is not an exaggerated statistic, but they let the Suns not score a point, directly with a wave of 21-0 to open the point difference to 25 points. The Suns had no choice but to pause, and after the suspension came back, Shamet immediately hit a three-point shot and successfully broke the scoring drought.
After Cameron Johnson's steal, he also played 2+1, Bridges also had a jump shot, and the Suns responded with a wave of 8-0 small climaxes. Powell immediately stabilized the situation with three points, and the Clippers won consecutive free throws and continued to expand their lead. At the end of the half, the Los Angeles Clippers led the Phoenix Suns by as many as 29 points at 60-31.
Tyronelu added another general
Probably no one thought that the phoenix suns, the number one in the league, would be carried away by a wave of the Los Angeles Clippers, and although the team was missing four starts, it should not lose the game in this way. At the end of the first half, none of the Suns scored in double figures, Bridges had a team-high 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, Shamet shot 1 of 8, only 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, without the involvement of Booker and Ayton, it was indeed difficult for him to get three-point shots. At the end of the first half, the Suns shot just 28.3 percent from the field and 14.3 percent from three-point range.
The Los Angeles Clippers once again showed their strength, George had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and both ends of the attack and defense provided great help to the team, but the best player in the first half was someone else. Powell, who returned from this game, shot 6 of 6, 3 of 3 from three-point range, and had 17 points and 4 rebounds, which took only 11 minutes. For today's Clippers, they only need to wait for the return of Kohuai Leonard, then everything will come to fruition.