On January 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Suns played against the Magic at home. The Suns' Big Three continued to play, and the team had a good momentum, and soon took the initiative on the court, taking a lead of up to 16 points, but after that, the Magic fought back and successfully approached the score, and fell into a tug-of-war in the final quarter, but in the end, the Suns continued to score points and successfully opened the difference again. In the end, the Suns defeated the Magic 112-107 to make it three wins in a row.
After the start of the game, the two teams came up to start a battle, Banchero was in good shape and scored consecutive points, but then Beal burst out and scored consecutive points, the Suns played a wave of 11-0 offensive and successfully pulled the score away, and then Booker also stood up to score points, and the Suns took a 37-24 lead after the first quarter of the game. In the second quarter, the Magic opened the game 10-2 under the leadership of Kerr Anthony, and then Durant stepped up to score points to stabilize the situation, and then the Suns maintained the lead, but did not completely open the difference, and the Suns led 67-58 at halftime.
In the second half, the Magic launched a counterattack and successfully closed the score, Banchero and Wagner Jr. were in good shape, and the difference was only 2 points after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, and the score was alternately leading, but in the final stage, Nurkic scored under the basket, Banchero played 2+1 to successfully stabilize the situation, but Durant hit a three-point shot, Beal scored from mid-range, Durant hit two free throws, Nurkic scored again under the basket, and successfully locked the win, and finally the Suns defeated the Magic 112-107 and won three consecutive victories.
In this game, the Sun's Big Three played together, and together they scored 77 points, and the impact in turn also made the Magic a little overwhelmed. This time, Durant played very efficiently, scoring a game-high 31 points on 12-of-21 shooting, as well as 5 rebounds and 5 assists. After beating the Magic, the Suns have won three in a row and are back in eighth place in the West.
After Beal returned, he finally regained his touch this time, scoring 25 points and 2 assists on 10-of-13 shooting, showing his ability, and when he can contribute steadily, the Suns are still very competitive. Booker didn't feel very good this time, finishing with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 7-of-17 shooting. In addition, Nurkic had 19 points and 13 rebounds, Allen had 10 points, and the Suns are what we are looking forward to.