The Suns challenge the Kings
After Beal was injured, the Suns became the duo of Durant and Booker again, of course, this is much better than Durant's single-core team, but if you can't see the Big Three combined, people can't know whether the fate of the Suns Big 3 is the same as the Heat Big Three with two championships in four years, or with the Nets Big Three, in the end, it's a dream. The Suns are in a terrible situation right now, the team is currently only in ninth place in the West, and needs a wave of wins to stop the decline. In this game, the Suns will take on the Kings away from home.
The strength of the Kings should not be underestimated, the team sits in fourth place in the West, and the combination of Fox and Sabonis Jr. has shown enough competitiveness. The Kings' offense and defense are not among the top in the league, but this team's three-point ability is obvious to all, and there is Fox who can harvest the game at critical moments.
Booker Adu did his best
Durant and Booker stepped up in the first quarter, Durant got 9 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, Booker also had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, with the excellent performance of the two giants, the team scored 30 points in a single quarter, but the Kings scored 35 points, including Fox with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Sabonis Jr. also had 7 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. After returning from the game in the second quarter, the Suns felt down, Durant only had 5 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and Booker only had 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and the team only scored 24 points in a single quarter.
The Kings seized the opportunity, Fox scored 7 points and 1 assist, Sa Jr. had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Barnes scored 6 points, and the team scored another 30 points in a single quarter, leading the Suns by 11 points at halftime, 65-54. In the second half, Durant continued to exert his strength, scoring 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-8 shooting, Booker also had 8 points on 3-of-6 shooting, and the team scored 30 points in a single quarter, and the Kings' Murray scored 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting, and Barnes also had 9 points, 1 rebound and 2 steals, plus players such as Fox and Xiaosa, the team scored 38 points in a single quarter and extended the lead to 19 points.
With such a huge point difference, the Suns still did not give up, and Durant and Booker continued to stay on the court in the final quarter, but the point difference showed no signs of narrowing. There was no way, with 3 minutes and 22 seconds left in the game, the two teams changed their main forces and announced that the game went into garbage time. In the end, the Sacramento Kings beat the Phoenix Suns by 15 points 120-105.
The dark horses of the West are unreasonable
Durant and Booker did their best, especially Durant, who was efficient in 9 of 14 shots, got 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Booker shot 9 of 20, and also had 24 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, the two core players played very well, but in addition to Durant and Booker, the team's highest scoring was Allen, but 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Azubuke was 11 points and 11 rebounds, Metu 10 points and 4 rebounds, and no other player scored double-doubles. I have to say that Beal and Nurkic are absent, and the strength of the Suns is indeed unsatisfactory.
The Kings showed the strength of the dark horses in the West, Sabonis Jr. had a triple-double of 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, shooting 12-of-15, completely ignoring the Suns' interior defense. Fox also had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and did not go all out, Murray shot 8 of 13, got 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Barnes 19 points and 1 rebound, Huerter also had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and the starting five Tigers all scored double-doubles. I have to say that this season's Kings may not only play the role of a dark horse in the West, but also hope to hit the championship trophy.