NBA regular season: Suns reversed the Wizards, Booker 27+8, Durant 28+5+5, and sent a winning dunk
On December 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season competition continued, the Suns sat at home to face the Wizards, the Suns were in a 2-game losing streak before the game, Beal continued to be absent due to injury, and the Wizards beat the Pacers in the last game just ended a 6-game losing streak. At the beginning of the Suns, the state was very sluggish, the Wizards played a 21-9 attack wave to establish a double-digit lead early, and then the two teams launched a long tug-of-war around the 10-point difference, the final quarter suddenly changed, the Suns warmed up, Booker led a group of bench players to overtake the score in one breath, the Wizards were very tenacious, in the last 42 seconds to close the difference to only 1 point, at the decisive moment Durant forced a 2+1 dunk to expand the lead to 4 points to lock the win, and finally the Suns reversed the Wizards 112-108 to end the 2-game losing streak.
[Data of the two teams]
Suns: Jones 22 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals, Kuzma 17 points and 7 rebounds, Gafford 26 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Poole 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
Wizards: Durant 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Booker 27 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Nurkic 6 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists, Gordon 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, Eubanks 12 points and 5 rebounds, Allen 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
【Star of the Field】
Booker became the star of the game, and when Beal continued to be absent and most of his teammates around him were in a sluggish state in the first half, Booker always maintained patience to connect the whole team, led a group of benches to overtake the score in the final quarter, and assisted Durant in the decisive moment to close the game.
【Contest Highlights】
Poole staged five embarrassing moments, counterattacking more and hitting less, slipping directly on the outside and making nonsensical mistakes
The reason why Poole slipped was because he made a three-point shot in the previous round and fell to the ground, and his sweat rubbed on the ground
After a bad shooting + a nonsensical error, Poole was dissatisfied with the referee's blowing (he thought Durant fouled him) and went straight to a technical foul and was substituted
【Highlight Moment】
Carry forward the excellent quality of the European center! Nurkic is successful at the top of the arc
Poole hit the first shot from a long-range three-pointer
Durant hit a solid jumper past Kuzma
Booker connected with Durant to fight back with a flying dunk to blow up the basket
Booker reconnected with Durant to counter with the flying dunk and blow up the basket
The heart of the terror! Booker's aerial confrontation twisted into twist and still played 2+1
A little space can take off! Little cut in and smashed the Roc to spread his wings
The Suns tacitly conducted and dismantled the defense, and Eubanks finished with a strong momentum
Kuzma made a quick stop and threw a hollow into the net
Durant gravitationally pulls everyone's attention and assists Eubanks for a dunk
Poole saw that time was running out, and he stepped back to meet Gordon
【Contest Review】
Allen hit a 2-point shot, the Suns took the lead in scoring, Poole and Jones hit three points in a row, the Wizards overtook the score, Booker and Durant scored 5 points in a row to overtake, Kuzma also had three points, Avertia hit a layup, the Wizards hit a 5-0 attack wave to overtake again, Durant 2 points to stop the bleeding, Gafford and Kuzma, Poole, Jones scored successively, the Wizards hit a 10-0 attack wave to establish a double-digit lead at 21-9, Durant cut 7 points in a row, and joined hands with Gordon to respond to a 10-2 attack wave, the Suns closed the gap to 4 points, and then the two teams started a tug-of-war, with Muscala and Koulibaly hitting a 5-0 attack wave at the end of the quarter, the first quarter ended, and the Wizards led the Suns by 8 points 29-21.
In the second quarter, Eubanks and Gordon scored 6 points in a row, the Suns closed the difference to only 2 points, Jones and Gallinari scored 8-2 attack waves in a row, the Wizards opened the score again, Metu made 2 free throws to stop the bleeding, Muscala and Jones joined hands to play a 7-0 attack wave, the Wizards 44-31 extended the lead to 13 points, and then the two teams started a tug-of-war, the Wizards have maintained a lead of more than 10 points, and at halftime, the Wizards led the Suns by 12 points at 58-46.
Yibian fought again, Nurkic hit 2 points, Jones scored 5 points in a row, Allen and Durant scored 4 points in response, Poole hit two free throws, the Wizards still maintained a lead of more than 10 points, Booker and Little scored 5 points in a row to close the difference to single digits, Gafford Kuzma scored 5 points inside and outside in response, and then the two teams started a long tug-of-war, the Suns pressed the difference to single digits several times, and the Wizards always maintained a hot offensive touch, firmly maintaining a lead of about 10 points, but unfortunately Kuzma missed two free throws at the end of the quarter, and the Suns 81-89 in the third quarter closed the difference to 8 points.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, Eubanks and Booker played a 9-2 attack wave to directly close the difference to 1 point, Gafford scored 2 points to stop the bleeding, Booker and Goodwin played a 6-2 attack wave, directly overtaking 1 point at 96-95, Jones threw back a 1-point lead, Nurkic cut the air to overtake 1 point again, plus Goodwin and Allen scored in a row, the Suns extended the lead to 5 points, Poole and Gafford scored in a row in the last 42 seconds to close the difference to 1 point, and Durant sent a winning dunk of 2+ at the decisive moment1. Directly stretch the score difference to 4 points to lock in the win.
【Both starts】
Suns: Booker, Allen, Durant, Little, Nurkic
Wizards: Jones, Poole, Avdia, Kuzma, Gafford