If you want to choose the most disappointing team of the season, I am afraid that the vast majority of people will not hesitate to vote for the Los Angeles Lakers. But if you want to choose the most surprising team, I believe that most people's choice will be the regular season overlord Phoenix Suns this season. Because of Paul's bringing, Booker is no longer obsessed with brushing data, Ayton also proved his strength to the league, and mcGee and Payne in the team also ushered in the second spring of their careers.
This season may be paul's career-best and final chance to hit the championship. And ushered in the final battle of the regular season, returning to the home of the Suns to accept the Challenge of the Sacramento Kings. Paul, Booker and Ayton were suspended in succession, the overall offensive aggressiveness of the team was greatly reduced, and the Kings achieved the feat of domination. Holliday jr. shot 5-of-6 in the first quarter and delivered a crucial 13-pointer to help the team play 33-24 and take a nine-point lead.
Entering the second quarter of the showdown, although the Suns, who were in a backward state, did not sit still, but still failed to recover the score behind in the first quarter, but once again encountered the suppression of the Kings. McGee's 2 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist in the second quarter did not work, and did not help the team relieve the pressure on the fundamental scoring end, so that the Kings, who played everywhere, once again took a 34-27 lead with 34-27. By the end of the first half, the Kings had gone 67-51, leading the Suns by a crucial 16 points.
The point difference has been widened one after another, and the Suns, as the hegemon of the regular season, have also been beaten without the ability to fight back, which is rare. However, after Yibian fought again, the Suns still counterattacked accordingly. In the third quarter of the competition, even if there is no team core to step forward, the Suns' role players can also play a state of blooming everywhere, and the trend is 26-19, chasing back the 9 points behind in the first half. By the time they reached the crucial final-quarter showdown, the gap between the two sides had narrowed to 7 points, and the Suns still had a good chance of achieving a final comeback.
But unfortunately, in the fourth quarter of the decisive decision, the Suns only played a 32-30 score with Shamet's data of 10 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in a single quarter. In the end, after the regular time of the fourth quarter, the Kings won 116-109 in front of the league overlord. In fact, the Kings have been able to achieve the feat of upset counterattack in front of the remnant Suns, yes, in terms of the data performance of this game, the Suns, which have reached 7 players to score in doubles, are still very aggressive in attack.
However, in terms of individual performance analysis, although only 5 players on the Kings side have scored double digits, their overall contribution is better. That's right, Mitchell handed over 18 points at the same time, there are 15 assists of the data contribution, effectively connecting the team's overall offense, as well as holliday who handed over 19 points, and Di Vincenzo who handed over 19+4+3. On the other hand, on the Suns side, in addition to Shamet being able to deliver a game-high score of 27 points, as well as 3 rebounds and 5 assists, the contribution of other players in the team who scored in double figures is generally not high.
In the final battle of the regular season, the Suns, who ranked first in the league, fell, and although Paul did not play in the game, he advanced to the regular season assist king with an average of 10.8 assists per game. To be sure, paul has been elected as the assist king for the fifth time in his NBA career, counting this season.