The game between the Suns and the Clippers on January 8, Beijing time, this game is a strong dialogue. Unfortunately, the Suns have a strategy on the offensive end, which is to play alone, which makes it difficult for them to play aggressively on the offensive end. Coupled with a series of mistakes in the final quarter, the Clippers opened up a point difference, and their defense also collapsed, and the Suns finally lost to the Clippers 111-138.
The Big Three were not bad at scoring on the offensive end in this game. Durant, in particular, showed an inexplicable performance throughout the game. 10-of-17 scored 30+7, the highest score on the team. It's a pity that under his rampage, the overall flaws of the other players are very big.
For Booker and Beal in particular, they combined for 35 points. It's okay to see the scores, but unfortunately, their positions overlap, which makes it difficult for them to be perfectly compatible on the court. And Beal missed the dribble, Booker couldn't organize, and the two men's turnovers reached eight. Even after the three of them were gone, they kept communicating in order to reach the possibility of possible compatibility. Looking at it now, if you don't go to the bench, it feels like it's hard to play.
More critically, the team's defense is still a huge problem. In the game, the opponent casually leads the opportunity ball, and there are continuous empty baskets under the basket. There is no way, Nurkic's interior defense is not good, and the outside defense is not able to maintain high pressure, resulting in a complete collapse on the defensive end. Even after coming to the end of the quarter, it was directly unguarded, and the Clippers went on a rampage, from falling behind in single digits to 20+, which is really helpless.
Now the Suns may still need to add teamwork on the offensive end. Because the reason why the last quarter collapsed was because the Big Three had been in singles all the time and had no connection. Singles are forgotten, as long as the bag is a mistake on the other side. In this disadvantage, the Suns collapsed on both ends of the floor. If the Sun can't make any more changes, the top-eight position is dangerous.