On January 2, the Suns defeated the Trail Blazers in the NBA regular season.
The Suns had a slow heat in the first quarter, trailing 20-29.
Second, in the third quarter, the Suns quickly turned the tide, full of power on both offensive and defensive ends, and quickly reversed the score, and opened the gap in the score all the way, at the end of the third quarter, the Suns led with a score of 86:61, and if there was no accident, they would win the game.
The Suns and Trail Blazers scored 35-18 and 31-14 in the second and third quarters, respectively.
In the first three quarters of the game, the Suns' Nurkic scored 18 points, Booker had 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Trail Blazers Grant had 15 points, Brown had five rebounds and Brogdon had five assists.
The Suns are far ahead in rebounding and outperform the Trail Blazers in free throws, two-pointers, and three-pointers.
In addition to Nurkic, the top scorers on the Suns team are Beal, Metu, Allen, and Gordon.
In other games, the Rockets defeated the Pistons 136-113, the Timberwolves lost to the Knicks 106-112, the Cavaliers lost to the Raptors 121-124, and the Pacers beat the Bucks 122-113.
The games between the Hornets and the Nuggets, the Mavericks and the Jazz, and the Heat and the Clippers were also more intense, with the Nuggets, Jazz and Clippers winning 111-93, 127-90, 121-104 respectively.
The latest NBA standings: Suns beat Trail Blazers, Rockets beat Pistons, Timberwolves beat Knicks
The latest NBA standings: Rockets beat Pistons, Bucks beat Pacers, Knicks beat Timberwolves
The latest NBA standings: Timberwolves lose to Knicks, Rockets beat Pistons, Bucks lose to Pacers
The latest NBA standings: Suns beat Trail Blazers, Rockets beat Pistons, Knicks beat Timberwolves