On November 3, Beijing time, the Suns vs Spurs at home. The two teams met for the second time in three days, and the Suns suffered a 20-point reversal in the last game, can they get revenge today? Beal continues to be sidelined due to injury, Booker is officially back, and Durant finally doesn't have to lead the team alone! Suns starters: Booker, Allen, Okogie, Durant, Nurkic.
Spurs started this game: Sochan, Vassell, Keldon Johnson, Wembanyama and Collins. In the last game, Keldon and Tre Jones sandwiched Durant, and Kelden steals and kills the Suns, and many fans question the foul. The NBA released the referee's report: Jones and Keldon did not foul. Anyway, the last one is over.
Booker hasn't played in eight days and is still finding his form. In the first 4 minutes, the Suns did not score a goal, and the Spurs blasted out a wave of 13-0! Seeing that the momentum was not right, Durant continued to take over the game and scored eight points in a row. I thought it was a battle between the two giants, but it turned out to be alone. The Big Three became the Big Two, and finally the Big One, KD: I feel like I'm back with the Nets.
The Spurs bloomed more on the offensive end, paid attention to protecting the basket on the defensive end, and coupled with the deterrent power of Wemban, the point difference soon came to 15+! The following ball is a bit interesting, Wembanyama picked up the rebound on Durant's head, tried to cut it off by KD, and finally staggered in and out of the left hand. To be able to grab rebounds like this in front of KD, Wenban is the first.
At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led the Suns by 19 points at 39-20! You read that right, the difference is close to 20 points! Wembanyama scored 7 points on 3-of-5 shooting in the quarter, Booker scored 0 points on 0-of-3 shooting, and the NBA's king was lost in the first quarter. Booker made a shot in the second quarter, and Bobo immediately called a timeout. The Spurs continued to defend and counterattacked, and played 4 minutes in the second quarter, and the Spurs led by 27 points!
Booker scored 10 points in the second quarter to help the Suns close the gap, but he and Nurkic both had three fouls. Before halftime, Wembanyama hit two consecutive three-pointers. In the first two quarters, Wembanyama shot 8 of 14, slashed 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, with a plus/minus of +21! At halftime, the Spurs led by 20 points, 75-55!
In the first half, the Suns made 8 of 16 three-point shots, and the 50% shooting rate was already high! However, the Spurs shot 12-of-21 from three-point range and shot 57.1 percent from three-point range. In addition, the Spurs won the Suns by 4 rebounds and 9 more assists! Durant made 5 of 7 shots, 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 turnovers! Spurs Vassell scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting!
With a 20-point difference, coupled with the Spurs' hot hand, there is not much time left for the Suns. In the rematch, Vogel replaced Okogie with Watanabe, who was 0-of-2 in the first half and scoreless. Spurs officially announced: Vassell will not play in the second half due to a tight left groin. Even if Vassell doesn't fight, the sun still can't stop it!
At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs led by 14 points at 103-89, and the Suns recovered six points in a single quarter. Wembanyama scored 28+7+2 in the third quarter, and the score has set a new NBA career high! At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wembanyama was replaced, and the Spurs were empty inside! Booker went crazy in the second half, and in the final 8 minutes and 40 seconds of the final quarter, the Suns chased down to just 8 points.
Vassell and Wemban's not playing, Spurs' offense is struggling! At 6:04 in the final quarter, the Suns were only 3 points short of 108-111! Is the 27-point super reversal really going to be staged? Diop became the Suns' wonder man, scoring 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Wembanyama stepped up and made consecutive kills to help the Spurs stabilize their position, and the difference came to more than 5 points again.
Wembanyama took over the game, a three-point + a mid-range, completely extinguishing the arrogance of the Suns' counterattack! He stood up to Durant and Booker alone! At the end of the game, the Spurs defeated the Suns 132-121 and beat the Suns in 3 days! Wembanyama shot 15 of 26 and shot 38 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks! I really can't stand it!
With 38 points and 10 rebounds in the first five games of his career, Wembanyama is the first rookie in NBA history to do so! Finally, let's take a look at the player stats and talk about your feelings: