Suns vs Rockets.
If you don't look at the brothers in this season's game, at first glance at the two sides, you may really think that this game is a game of abuse.
In fact, the Rockets have been playing well this season, and as of the time of this game, the Rockets are 15-13 and ranked eighth in the West, and the Suns are 14-15 and 11th in the West.
The gap is not only reflected in the record, but also in the spirit of the team.
The Suns have been in pretty bad form lately:
(1) Beal's injury caused a serious lack of depth in the roster (despite Beal's presence, it didn't help much).
(2) Booker is in a slump, and Booker, who has switched to point guard, is not as threatening on the court as before, and even has a sense of excessive hesitation and self-restraint.
(3) Adu's mentality exploded, according to a report from ESPN, the Suns' internal management has thought that Adu's mentality has exploded, and Adu himself is dissatisfied with the team's current situation.
Against the Mavericks the day before yesterday, Adu also showed quite negative body language.
But no matter how long and arduous the road ahead is, the ball still has to be played and the days have to be passed.
Durant led by example and spearheaded the change.
At the start of the match, KD switched from the usual Hitachi stick singles style and focused on organizing the attack.
In the first quarter, Durant rarely scored only 1 point, but grabbed 3 assists and 4 rebounds, and in the second quarter, he scored 7 assists.
With 10 assists and 0 turnovers, Durant set a new personal half-court assist record, and at the same time drove Gordon, Allen, and Little to set off an offensive storm.
In the whole game, Durant scored 27 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists, with a plus/minus of +17, the first in the team, and under the control of KD's organization, the Suns' starting five scored 98 points.
He led the team to a 129-113 victory over the Rockets, their first big win since December.
First of all, congratulations to the Suns, at a time when the team's morale is weakening as a whole, this victory is urgently needed to strengthen team cohesion.
At the same time, several questions are also posed to the sun.
1. KD's transformation into a point forward, is it limited to this game, or will it be the same in the future?
2. Does KD really have what it takes to transform as a point forward?
3. When the score difference reached double digits early, KD played another 41 minutes in this game, can he withstand his physical condition?
4. Booker, when did you kid get back into shape?
These questions will be left to the next game to answer.
For now, let go of everything else and quietly enjoy the joy of victory.