Unexpectedly, in a game that looked like it was lost, the Suns made a miraculous reversal, and at the moment of the final whistle, Durant shook his fist and roared in celebration, indeed such a crazy reversal is quite rare in his career.
How crazy was the Suns' comeback? In this game, the Kings led by as many as 22 points, and they led for 46 minutes and 18 seconds throughout the game. However, at the last moment, they suffered an epic collapse. In this battle, the Suns only led by 35 seconds, and the biggest advantage was only 2 points, which happened in the last minute of the game, which was enough.
It's rare for the Kings to crash like this in their history, statistically having a 226-1 record when leading by at least 22 points in the final quarter of the game (the league has been counting single-quarter/half-time statistics since the 1996-97 season). Now, that record has been rewritten to 226-2.
What's more, statistically, it was the biggest fourth-quarter comeback since the restart of the park. Since August 23, 2020, teams trailing by 22 points or more in the fourth quarter have a 0-1244 record.
Of course, the key to all this was Durant, who scored 12 points in the last five minutes of the game, and the Kings scored only four points. Durant, who had been in a slump for three quarters, staged a moment of death in the final period.