On April 27, Beijing time, the Suns defeated the Pelicans 112-97 to lead 3-2 on aggregate and get the match point. At the end of the third quarter, the Suns led the opponent 89-78, which was their 50th time of the season (regular season + playoffs) to lead their opponents by score at the end of the third quarter, and these 50 times the Suns won the final victory. 50-0, quite an astonishing achievement, trailing only the Lakers in the 2019-20 season (57-0) in NBA history. The NBA website explains the Sun's 50-0 unbeaten rule, revealing how the Sun does it.
First, let's look at a set of statistics, the NBA has played a total of 1230 regular season games this year, of which 1205 are the first team leading after the third quarter, and the other 25 games are the two teams are drawn after the third quarter. According to statistics, after the third quarter, 81.7% of the leading side won the final victory, in other words, there were 220 times when the backward side completed the reversal in the last 12 minutes. If you count the playoffs, it is 228 reversals, and none of these 228 reversals have been reversed by the Sun.
Of the 16 playoff teams this year, the only teams that ended the lead during the regular season were the Suns (47-0), the closest to the Bucks (42-1) and the Grizzlies (47-3), and the Jazz (45-13). Compared to the 57-0 Lakers, the Suns are more powerful because their winning percentages behind at the end of the third quarter are more terrifying. The Lakers in the 2019-20 season, if the score is behind at the end of the third quarter, the record is 8 wins and 21 losses (regular season + playoffs), and this Suns is a staggering 17 wins and 19 losses. Not only do they refuse to reverse each other, but they themselves can often stage a good reversal at the end of the quarter.
How does the sun do this? The official analysis of several major reasons -
First, the first three sections establish a huge advantage
The sun can often establish a huge advantage in the first three sections, giving the fourth section a certain fault tolerance. During the regular season, the Suns won 181 points against their opponents in the first quarter, 69 points in the second quarter, 137 points in the third quarter, and a cumulative advantage of 387 points, and an average of 4.7 points at the end of the first three quarters.
Second, the last 5 big data leads the way
If the dominance of the first three quarters wasn't enough, the Suns were able to play their best stats in the final 12 minutes. The Suns' final-quarter points (28.9 points per game), final-quarter assists (6.7 per game), final-quarter effective shooting percentage (57.2 percent), final-quarter limit opponent shooting percentage (49.8 percent) and final quarter limit opponent three-point shooting percentage (31 percent) are among the strongest in the league. They won 221 points in the final quarter, and it was done without the Suns in the top 20 individual scorers in the final quarter.
Third, the sun's key moment win rate is the first
In 42 games with a five-point difference in the last five minutes, the Suns won 33 and lost 9, the league's first win rate at key moments. None of the remaining teams have been able to win more than 26 crucial moments. The Suns' 100-game wins at key moments are as high as 33.4 points, while the second-place Bucks have only 15.9 points, and the Suns' lead in this statistic is huge.
According to the official website, there are 115 players who have made at least 25 shots at key moments in the season, and the Suns account for three of the top ten players: Bridges (65.6%), Booker (56.9%) and Paul (56.8%).
With the Suns only one win away from the Western Conference Semifinals, how far do you think solar energy has gone this season?