12月20日NBA常规赛，菲尼克斯太阳队客场104-109不敌波特兰开拓者队。 The current Trailblazers are well-known, and they have suffered 7 consecutive defeats before the game, and their morale has fallen to freezing point. At the moment, sending Lillard away in order to develop Henderson is not the right choice, Henderson is nowhere near what he expected and the team is in trouble. At the same time, the Suns have not played well recently, but in the face of the Trail Blazers, their overall strength is still a lot stronger, although Beal is absent due to injury, but the two scoring machines of Booker and Durant are enough for the Trail Blazers to drink a pot, and the Trail Blazers have little chance of winning this game. Let's take a look at the starters of both sides.
Both starters:
Suns: Durant, Booker, Allen, Little, Nurkic
Trail Blazers: Simmons, Sharpe, Camara, Grant, Ayton
At the beginning of the game, the Suns quickly entered the state, Durant broke through to attract three defenders, and assisted Booker to hit a three-point shot to score five points in a row.
The Suns attacked fiercely, Henderson made a three-point shot in the open position, and Booker countered with a 10-point lead to stop the opponent.
Not to be outdone, the Trail Blazers hit a three-pointer to break the scoring drought after Dupp Reese came on the court, and Gordon immediately responded with a three-pointer from the bottom corner.
Durant made a three-to-throw throw, and the Suns scored 30 points in nine minutes to lead by 12 points.
36-20.
比赛进入第二节，太阳突然断电！次节15中4，遭开拓者打成一波18-4追至2分。
Then Durant stepped up and scored three points in a row to give the Suns six straight points and an eight-point lead.
Durant counterattacked in the backcourt and hit the basket with a two-handed dunk, scoring six points in a row to lead by double digits again.
Durant turned on the god-killing mode, and used the cover to pull out three points and hit again, scoring 12 points in a row in 4 of 6 in the second quarter.
161-49.
After returning from the break, the Suns turned off again, and this time their problems were bigger and permeated the entire quarter, and the Trail Blazers sent another 25-8 offensive run to directly overtake the score.
At the same time, they did not stop the fire at the end of the period, and with a net win of 18 points in a single quarter, the Trail Blazers entered the fourth quarter by 6 points.
末节决战开拓者延续状态再送14-4的攻势确立起两位数领先，这之后太阳终于苏醒依靠13-2的攻势追至3分。
However, Simmons scored a crucial shot in the final minute to help the Trail Blazers hold on for victory.
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