On May 5, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Lone Rangers lost 109-129 to the Suns, falling behind 0-2 on aggregate. In this series, Doncic still played well, bombing 35 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, but unfortunately, around him, there was a lack of enough helpers, especially the first round of the series of the Wizards Brunson, who was locked by the Suns.
In the first round of the series against the Jazz, Brunson, who is 1.85 meters tall, averaged 27.8 points per game, and in the first three games of Doncic's suspension, he could even lead the Lone Rangers to a 2-1 lead on the big score. Throughout the series, he performed better than Mitchell and Conley, and because of this, many people felt that Brunson's performance would allow him to get a big contract in the offseason.
However, in this round of the series with the Suns, Brunson's performance has plummeted, in this game, he only scored 9 points on 3-of-12 shooting, and in the first leg of the game between the two sides, he only shot 6 of 16 and scored 13 points.
In the first round of the series, he averaged 27.8 points per game, but in the second round against the Suns, he averaged only 11 points per game, and the score fell by nearly 17 points. Brunson's sharp decline is one of the reasons the Lone Rangers have lost two consecutive games, and it also reflects how strong the Suns' defensive line is.
And if brunson still can't pick up in the next game, not only is there no hope of the Lone Rangers to turn over (after all, no matter how strong Doncic is, it is impossible to beat the Suns alone), the amount of contract extension he can get himself will probably be greatly reduced.