What kind of spark will result from last season's championship and last season's regular season first narrow road? The first encounter between the Warriors and the Suns in the new season showed a strong smell of gunpowder, and Klay Thompson and Devin Booker began to chatter and "trash" interaction as soon as they were paired. What's even more outrageous is that in the third quarter, the referee gave a total of 7 technical fouls to both players, equaling the NBA's all-time record and opening people's eyes. The Suns secured the win with a 33-20 run in the third quarter, beating the Warriors by 29 points 134-105.
If in the first half, the two teams were evenly divided, and the Suns at home only relied on the magic of CP3 to take a six-point lead and take a slight lead, then the third quarter became a turning point in the game. As Booker's main defender, Thompson received a second technical foul during the "trash talk" interaction between the two and was immediately ejected.
For the referee's decision, Clay felt quite puzzled, instantly furious, and was about to step forward to give an output to the referee, frightening his old partner Curry next to him to quickly grab him to prevent the situation from escalating. Why is Clay so angry? The reasons are manifold.
On the one hand, Booker's mouth is indeed quite smelly, which George, Doncic, Brunson and others have deeply experienced, and they have all been anxious to be greeted by Booker's trash talk on the court. On the other hand, it is not unrelated to Thompson's own play disorder, the former Buddha is one of the most stable points of the warriors, he can always look at the friction on the court with interest, eating melons on the side; Now Klay because of two major injuries, delay in finding the state of his peak, Klay himself is also very anxious, this game is another 8-for-1 bad shooting feeling, multiple empty three-point opportunities failed to grasp, I believe he himself is also unwilling, this state was picked up by Booker, immediately angry. Coupled with the referee's blowing penalty is really outrageous, the good end of the game is blown to pieces, making the players on the field more and more bored.
Unfortunately, as a good gentleman on the court, the ever-gentle Thompson has never been associated with an ejection — he has never been ejected in his previous 796 career games, including 651 regular-season games and 145 playoff games. After this battle, not only lost the ball, was kicked in the nose and face, but also broke his own gold body that had never been expelled, and Clay lost a lot this time.
But Thompson is not a fuel-efficient lamp either, and he did not immediately exit the court after being ejected, turned to Booker and the Suns bench to continue his trash talk, only to see him compare four fingers, meaning I have four championships, you don't have anything, which is also the core thesis of his "friendly communication" with Booker on the court. Considering that the Suns are one of 11 teams in NBA history that have never won a championship, Klay's move is tantamount to salt in the wound and crazy heart.
But then again, although Klay let out a bad breath in this way and slightly regained some of the court, it could not hide the fact that the Warriors lost by 29 points. The biggest problem is still in defense, as early as the loss to the Nuggets, Wiggins expressed his opinion that the team's offense is no problem, but it is unacceptable to let the opponent score 128 points, and in the game against the Sun, the Warriors let the opponent score a full 134 points, I don't know how the mouth brother feels about this.
While the Warriors are vigorously using newcomers at the moment, they must also do two things, one is to calm Klay's fragile heart, don't let him be so sensitive, the season is still long, you can slowly regain your form, don't rush for a while; The other is to regain defense, after all, defense wins championships, and if you want to complete the defense of the title, such defensive quality is not good.