On December 25, Beijing time, in the last game of the NBA Christmas game, the Suns lost to the Mavericks 114-128 at home. In this game, Beal and Nurkic missed the game due to injury, and the Suns fell into passivity at the beginning of the game because they couldn't stop Doncic's offense, trailing the Mavericks by 12 points in the first quarter and still trailing by 10 points in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Suns began to fight back frantically, playing a 35-21 attack wave in a single quarter to reverse the game, but suddenly collapsed in the fourth quarter and finally lost regrettably. The core player rating is (out of 10): 2 are perfect, 4 are up to standard, and 4 are flawed.
1. Perfect file for 2 people
1. Metu (9 points): In the first quarter of the game, he received Durant's wonderful pass and cut the inside line to complete a one-arm dunk, and at the end of the game, he used his feet to score a layup to help the Suns chase the score to 24-36 to end the first quarter of the game. At the beginning of the second quarter, he held the ball and forced an inside toss to make a good shot, and then hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner after receiving a wonderful pass from Goodwin, and then hit another three-pointer on the counterattack to help the Suns chase the score to 34-42.
At the end of the second quarter, he received a wonderful pass from Durant, cut inside to make a layup, made two free throws, and then received a counterattack dunk from Durant's ground-to-ground score to help the Suns chase the score to 47-60. In the middle of the third quarter, he grabbed rebounds from the front court one after another, full of vitality, and then received a wonderful pass from Gordon and hit a dunk inside to help the Suns chase the score to 74-77.
In the third quarter, the interior made two free throws to make fouls, and then the inside made a second offensive rebound to help the Suns chase the score to 81-82. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he received a wonderful pass from Booker to complete an empty dunk. In the whole game, Metu played 32 minutes off the bench, shooting 9 of 17, slashing 23 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers, plus or minus -1. In this game, Metu was the Suns' biggest gain on the inside, and the overall performance met people's expectations.
2. Allen (9 points): At the end of the first quarter, he hit an open three-pointer with Metu's offensive rebound, and then scored a three-pointer on the counterattack to help the Suns chase the score to 19-25. Late in the second quarter, he hit a counter-attacking layup.
He hit a three-pointer on a rebound early in the third quarter to help the Suns tie the score at 62-71. In the middle of the period, Booker hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and then hit an arc-top open three-pointer from Okogie's wonderful pass to help the Suns take an 84-82 lead.
In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Booker hit a 45-degree open three-pointer from a wonderful pass, and then made a strong layup with the ball to help the Suns lead 89-84. In the third quarter, the last offense held the ball and forced the inside to throw and hit again. Early in the fourth quarter, he received a wonderful pass from Durant and hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner.
Hit the ball midway through the fourth quarter. In the whole game, Allen started the game for 36 minutes, made 12 of 22 shots, scored 32 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers, plus or minus -3. Allen's performance from beyond the three-point line today was impressive, and the overall performance was perfect.
2. There are 4 people who meet the standards
1. Durant (7 points): At the beginning of the first quarter, he received a wonderful pass from Booker and hit a 45-degree strong shot to open the three-pointer to help the Suns open the scoring. Then he hit a mid-range pullup jump shot on the counterattack to help the Suns chase the score to 5-8.
In the middle of the second quarter, he made two consecutive inside layups on the counterattack, made 4 fouls and made 4 free throws. As soon as he came up in the third quarter, he hit a mid-range pullup jump shot. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he held the ball and forced an inside toss, and then made three free throws from outside the three-point line to help the Suns lead the Mavericks 97-91. The opponent counterattacked with consecutive mistakes in the final stage.
In the whole game, Durant started the game for 42 minutes, made 4 of 11 shots, scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 turnovers and 1 block, with a plus/minus of -3. In this game, Durant was not in good shape, and his mood was relatively low, and his overall performance could only be rated as up to standard.
2. Booker (7 points): Booker was not in good shape in the first quarter, and after hitting a mid-range pull-up jump shot in the middle of the quarter, he missed 4 consecutive shots. In the middle of the second quarter, he made two consecutive rebounds, made a layup on the inside line, made a foul, and hit all four free throws to help the Suns chase the score to 43-51.
He hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc late in the second quarter, and then hit an inside layup on the counterattack to help the Suns chase the score to 54-62. Midway through the third quarter, a mid-range pullup jump shot made two fouls and made one of two free throws. In the middle of the fourth quarter, he held the ball and forced the inside layup to make a layup.
He hit a jumper from close range late in the fourth quarter, followed by a strong inside layup on the counterback. In the whole game, Booker started the game for 39 minutes, made 6 of 14 shots, scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers and 1 block, with a plus/minus of -16. In this game, Booker did not feel good, but he did okay in tandem with his teammates, and his overall performance could be rated as up to standard.
3. Gordon (7 points): In the first quarter, he made a counterattack layup in the middle of the game, and made a strong layup with the ball in the final section to help the Suns chase the score to 22-33. At the beginning of the third quarter, he hit a 45-degree open three-pointer from Durant's return pass, and in the middle of the third quarter, he first hit a three-pointer from Booker's return pass, and then hit an inside layup on the counterattack to help the Suns chase the score to 71-75.
At the end of the fourth quarter, he held the ball and forced the inside layup to hit a layup. In the whole game, Gordon started the game for 35 minutes, shooting 6 of 12, scoring 14 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, with a plus/minus of -13. In this game, Gordon's performance in the third quarter was eye-catching, and his performance met people's expectations.
4. Azubuke (6.5 points): Received an assist from Metu in the early part of the second quarter and scored an empty layup. In the whole game, Azubuike played 4 minutes off the bench, made 2 of 2 shots, scored 4 points, and had a plus/minus of +2. In this campaign, Azubuuk's performance was acceptable, but his playing time was too short, and his overall performance was rated as passing.
3. 4 defective files:
1. Eubanks (4 points): In the middle of the first quarter, he received Allen's wonderful pass and scored a rebound. In the whole game, Eubanks started the game for 16 minutes, made 1 of 3 shots, scored 2 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 turnover, and had a plus/minus of -14. Eubanks had no presence on the inside and was significantly underperforming as a starting center.
2. Goodwin (4 points): Broke through and made two free throws at the beginning of the second quarter. In the whole game, Goodwin played 10 minutes off the bench, made 0 of 3 shots, scored 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and had a plus/minus of +3. Goodwin's performance today was nothing bright and did not meet expectations.
3. Little (3 points): In the whole game, Little played 2 minutes off the bench, all the data were zero, and the plus/minus value was -6. In this campaign, Little had no sense of presence, and his overall performance did not meet people's expectations.
4. Okogie (2 points): In the whole game, Okogie played 11 minutes off the bench, made 0 of 4 shots, got 1 point, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover, plus or minus -7. Today's Okogie was playing like crazy all the time, and the overall performance was very poor.
At this point, the Suns unfortunately lost to the Mavericks in the Christmas War, suffered three consecutive defeats, and their record dropped to 14-15, and the ranking was overtaken by the Warriors to 11th in the West. Now that the Suns are full of injured soldiers, the state of the core players is also very unstable, and it seems that it is very difficult for the Suns to play their own winning streak in the highly competitive West. The Suns will face the Rockets on Thursday in their next game, and it will be interesting to see if the team can bounce back and reverse the recent decline.
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