On December 14, Beijing time, the Suns sat at home to face the Nets, this season the Suns completed a major reshuffle to form the Big Three, but due to injury problems, the Big Three have not been able to play together, after Durant's comeback in this game, Booker + Beal + Durant The Big Three ushered in a combined debut, and the Nets completely became a grassroots team after Durant, Harden and Irving left.
The Nets who started the away game were mainly anti-away, taking advantage of the Suns' dumb fire at the end of the quarter, the Nets blossomed inside and outside to take an early double-digit lead, but fortunately, Booker was in good shape, and under the leadership of his unsolved individual offense, the Suns overtook the score in the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, the Nets continued to play offensive climaxes to establish a lead again, and at the decisive moment, Booker and Durant stepped up to solve the problem, but the Nets blossomed more and never made mistakes, and finally the Nets defeated the Suns 116-112.
Throughout the game, the Suns' big three who made their debut combined for 75 points, 13 rebounds and 20 assists to achieve gorgeous data, but unfortunately failed to help the team win.
Booker was the best of the Big Three, playing hard for 40 minutes, shooting 9-of-15 and 2-of-6 from three-point range, scoring 34 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists, with a team-high plus/minus of +16.
It is not difficult to see from the plus/minus that the Suns lost not because of Booker, he can be described as a father and mother on the court, not only to score by himself, but also to constantly connect with his teammates.
Durant, who returned from injury, was in average overall condition, playing 38 minutes, shooting 9 of 18, only 1 of 5 three-point shots, and scoring 27 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Due to missing many games due to injury, Durant is a little rusty on the court, and with the first time playing with Beal and Booker, Durant looks a little awkward.
Finally, Beal, the worst star among the Big Three, played 34 minutes, shooting 6-of-9 and 32-of-3, and efficiently delivered 14 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 1 steal.
If you look at the stats, Beal's performance seems to be good, but in fact, Beal's defense is like paper paste, with a plus/minus of -11, the lowest among starters.
Beal's problem is almost a microcosm of this Suns team's problem, which is that there are plenty of offensive weapons but no defense at all.
Booker also told the truth after the game, when asked what he thought of the Nets hitting 15 three-pointers, Booker said that the Nets played a lot of points, and missing so many three-pointers meant that the team's help defense was overdone, and it also meant that the defenders were not eyeing the ball carrier.
This is the problem of the Suns at the moment, even the basic opposition defense is frequently passed by one step, especially Beal, which is completely a black hole on the team's defensive end.
Compared with the outcome of this game, the outside world is more concerned about how Durant views the indefinite ban of Dream Chasing.
"That's crazy, I'm glad Nurkic is okay, I've never seen anything like this in the NBA, I hope Dream can get the help he needs, it's happened a lot of times, I know Dream Chasing, he wasn't that kind of person when I was with the Warriors, hopefully he can get rid of that and get back on the court," Durant said. ”