On January 8th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Suns ushered in the challenge of the Grizzlies at home, before the game, the Suns ranked 8th, the Grizzlies ranked 13th, the strength gap between the two teams was basically the same, the Suns had a slight advantage, and it was destined to be a hearty showdown, and the final win or loss still needed to see the players' on-the-spot performance.
In the first quarter of the game, the Suns had the home court advantage and took the lead in launching an offensive, playing a 32-26 attack wave in a single quarter, and in the second quarter, the Grizzlies adjusted in time during the interval of the segment, and the Suns were steady and steady, pursuing efficiency, and the scores of the two teams were also tight, and at the end of the half, the Suns temporarily led by 5 points. In the second half, the Suns remained efficient on the offensive end, while the Grizzlies were tired of coping, and in the third quarter, the Suns blasted a 34-28 climax to expand the difference to double digits, and in the final quarter, the Suns except for Durant, all of them encountered offensive dumb fire, and the Grizzlies seized the opportunity, and the final quarter blasted out a 35-18 attack wave, taking away the game in waves. In the end, the Suns lost 115-121 at home to the Grizzlies. Player ratings: 3 perfect, 4 passed, 1 crotch pull.
Perfect for 3 people
Durant (9.5 points): In the first quarter, he broke through the two-handed dunk with the ball, and in the next round, he received Booker's assist and hit a pull-up jump shot, scoring 4 points in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, Nurkic assisted Durant to throw and score, and then, scored a pull-up jump shot and caused a foul, and then grabbed a rebound in the front court and scored a rebound, and at the end of the half, Durant had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
In the third quarter, he scored a step-back jumper, and in the next round, Booker assisted a jumper.
In the last quarter, Durant turned on the scoring mode, first receiving an assist from Beal to score a jumper, and in the next round, receiving Allen's assist in an empty cut and picking, and then, he hit an emergency stop jump shot with the ball, and then received an assist from Beal and also hit a jump shot. At the end of the game, Durant had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
Nurkic (9 points): In the first quarter, he received an assist from Durant and hit a hook shot, and then grabbed an offensive rebound and made an easy layup, and in the next round, he scored twice, receiving an assist from Durant for an empty cut layup and causing Kennard to foul, scoring 6 points in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, Diop hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc with an assist, and then caused Biyombo to foul under the basket, hitting one of two free throws, and in the next round, Booker assisted in a drifting shot, and at halftime, Nurkic got 12 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
In the third quarter, he received an assist from Durant for an empty cut layup, and in the last quarter, he scored a supplementary basket, and then scored a hook shot from the inside. At the end of the game, Nurkic had 18 points, 19 rebounds and five assists.
Booker (9 points): In the first quarter, he received an assist from Nurkic and hit a shot, and then scored a step-back shot, and in the next round, he received an assist from Okogie to enter the net with a three-point shot, scoring 7 points in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, Booker broke through and caused Kennard to shoot fouls, hit both free throws, and in the next round, with the help of Nurkic to cover and score a pull-up jump shot, and then, the three-point bow and arrow, the basketball responded to the net, and at halftime, Booker scored 14 points and 5 assists.
In the third quarter, Nurkic hit an easy jumper with an assist, followed by a brace, and in the same way, he scored a step-back jumper with an assist from Nurkic again, and then, after receiving an assist from Allen, he broke through to a layup and caused Williams to foul. In the final quarter, Booker scored a layup with the help of a screen, hit 1 free throw, and scored 23 points, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
4 people passed
Allen (8 points): In this game, Allen still rained three points, shooting 4 of 7 three-pointers in the game, scoring 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers, providing outside firepower for the Big Three, and also working very the defensive end, with a plus/minus of +11.
Beal (7.5 points): With Durant and Booker on the floor, on the offensive end, Beal didn't have much drama, but he was very efficient, at the end of the game, Beal shot 5 of 12, got 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, however, it was a little unideal on the defensive end, with a plus/minus of -4.
Okogie, Diop (6 points): These two are role players, there are not many offensive scenes, the main task is defense, from the perspective of the whole game, the effect on the defensive end is very good, in addition, in the offensive also occasionally played, of which Okogie got 6 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals, plus or minus +8, Diop got 2 shots and 1 shot, got 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
1 person pulls the crotch
Metu (5 points): Seeing that he was about to play out some time ago, he didn't expect that it was actually a high start and a low walk, and this game was not surprising, he shot 2 of 7 on the offensive end, got 4 points and 1 rebound, and did not do a good job on the defensive end, with a plus/minus of -9. Overall, it's a bit unsatisfactory.
General comment: Today's Suns are not losing on the offensive end, but the defense is not able to limit the Grizzlies' play at all, when the Big Three are on the court at the same time, the Suns' defense is obviously not sharp, and the overall defense is weaker by more than one grade, and then, Vogel seems to have a headache.