On December 28, Beijing time, Durant incarnated as the NBA's No. 1 ball-handling core, set a record of crazy assists, and saved the Suns with 27+10+16.
Kevin Durant was finally scolded and woke up, the last year-end battle was a mess, not to mention being blown up by Doncic on the night of the fiasco, he was simply sleepwalking, there was a big problem with the attitude of the game, everyone was spraying him, thinking that he was not worthy of continuing to stay in the Suns, because he wasted too many resources of the team, and the effect after playing on the court was not good.
Even many people feel that Durant is full of dissatisfaction with his teammates, feeling that there are not enough helpers around him, and Bill, who is injured at every turn, makes him even more frustrated. But now it doesn't seem to be the case, Kevin Durant still has confidence in his teammates on this team, he was scolded in the last game, obviously KD was scolded and woke up, and he directly began to imitate Harden's way of playing this game to become a super ball-holding core.
Some people say that he is learning from James, and he is still different from Zhan Huang, because Durant is not a one-stop transport to the frontcourt in this game, nor is he like to make sudden layups like James, but is a bit like Harden outside the three-point line, he can stand up and score at critical moments, and when he needs to cut points, he is also decisive and never soft, which is different from Zhan Huang who simply plays point guard.
On the contrary, like Harden, he is very cautious about the choice of shots, and does not shoot at the moment when it is not necessary, but basically as long as he shoots, he is sure to enter. Including a Booker next to him who likes to do it himself, just like the Clippers also have Paul George, he is also willing to give up some stage, so looking at Durant in this way is a bit like Harden is a super ball-handling core, and the data is really versatile.
This Durant got his first triple-double so far this season, not only because the stats are good, but more importantly, because he finally started to defend seriously. His attitude on the defensive end is indeed very admirable, because the Suns team as a whole does not have too many people who can defend, or the whole team's defense is too rubbish, so KD has to take the lead in defending and taking the lead in defense, and only the boss can defend when other role players defend. Otherwise, with the three of them with the highest salary, they are all the kind of players who like to score and pick their own shots, and you don't take the lead in defense, so the role players still let them play with their lives with a salary of more than 2 million? That's impossible.
Therefore, in this game, Durant began to defend seriously, and began to reach out to interfere with the opposing offense, not only to set an example for his teammates with personal defense, but also to pass the ball, mainly to seriously distribute physical fitness. It wasn't until the fourth quarter of the game that he scored 7 points in a row to close the game.
In this game, Durant got everything done, with points, rebounds, assists, and a decisive key shot. also has the highest plus/minus in the game, and finally hit 27 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists, and he is not as tired as before, and the number of shots is not the first in the team. In the end, taunting Harden for understanding that Harden became Harden, and in the end, this game could be won, also because Durant became what Harden looked like.
He has already understood, you can't always think about coming up and playing with a stick at will, from the beginning to the end, which will affect the enthusiasm of your teammates. You have to learn from Harden, come up and feed the balls to your teammates first, feed them all comfortably, and then you play by yourself, and then come out to solve the problem at the critical moment. Otherwise, a group of low-salary players, why should they work hard for you? In this game, the Suns have 20+ three, and five have doubles, isn't this what team basketball looks like? Will he be criticized for playing like this earlier?
Durant also had a very important statistic in the whole game, he only had 3 turnovers while delivering a full 16 assists to tie the record, and as he gets older, he can only play like this to help the Suns become a championship team, because those two people are still scorers at heart, and it's a little too difficult for you to let the two of them do the work of organization. And Durant played like this, which also completely shattered the rumors, the Lakers 6-for-1 big deal before the game, and the news of replacing him to assist Zhan Huang does not exist, because he is willing to change for the Suns, if he really wants to leave the team, it is better to continue to mess up, and now it has changed, which means that he wants to make this team better, which is not wanting to leave.