At 9:00 on January 22, Beijing time, in the 2023-2024 NBA regular season, the Suns hosted the Pacers, and in the end, the Suns won five consecutive victories!
The Suns' four-game winning streak is just half a halftime away from the sixth-place Mavericks, while the Pacers are currently sixth in the East, and the seventh-place Heat are also halftime behind.
First Quarter: Suns 33:25 Pacers
Haliburton is out
At the beginning of the game, the Suns' Booker scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, Beal also scored 4 points on 2-of-2 shooting, and Durant scored 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting. The Pacers' Haliburton was out due to injury in this game, which had a big impact. However, the Pacers had 7 frontcourt rebounds in the first quarter, while the Suns had 0, but the Pacers' conversion rate was too low today. Siakam played 9:38 in the first quarter and finished with four points, one rebound and three assists on 2-of-3 shooting.
Second Quarter: Suns 32:36 Pacers
Jalen Smith
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers overtook the score with a 9:0 score of 34:33 and directly stopped the Suns.
Bill
Beal scored seven straight points, Durant broke through to score, and the Suns held the game at 42:38 to stop the Pacers. The Pacers' Toppin scored six straight points to tie the score at 46-46, while Durant scored five straight points on a mid-range shot and a three-pointer, and the Suns stopped the Pacers again at 51-46. Siakam came on the court, Nurki fouled the ball three times, and the Suns' big three attacked the Suns in turn, and the score expanded to 9 points at 60:51.
Siakam
Siakam scored five straight points for the Pacers at 57-62, while the Pacers hit a three-pointer from Hield to trail the Pacers by just four points at 61-65.
Half-time stats
The Suns scored 40-28 from the inside, while the Pacers shot 50 percent from three-point range compared to 28.6 percent for the Suns.
Third Quarter: Suns 26:22 Pacers
The Pacers scored five points in a row, Durant assisted Booker to score on a fast break, Suns 74:66, Nurki fouled five times in a row, Durant scored 7 points, Booker 6 points, Beal 2 points, Allen 6 points, Nuki 2 points, Eubanks 3 points, Pacers 4 points in the third quarter, Turner 6 points, Hield 3 points. At the end of the third quarter, the Suns led 8 at 91-83 into the fourth quarter.
Fourth Quarter: Suns 26:27 Pacers
Pacers rookie Jarres Walker hit consecutive three-pointers, Toppin hit one of two free throws, Durant scored eight consecutive points to stabilize the situation, and the Suns stopped the Pacers at 101:94. Hield hit a three-point shot, Toppin hit the basket and scored under the Pacers 99:103, the Suns took a timeout; Siakam hit a three-point shot, Nurki left the court with six fouls after 19 minutes of playing! Siakam hit two free throws to make a 102-103 one-point gap; two minutes for the two teams to no point; the game entered the last four minutes, a one-point gap; Hield hit a three-point shot, and the Pacers overtook the score 105:103! Durant hit a three-point shot 106:105 to stabilize the situation! Beal scored eight points in a row, 115In the fourth quarter, Durant scored 13 points, Beal scored 8 points, Booker scored 3 points, and Allen scored 2 points.
Both teams scored the top 3 in the whole game
Suns
Durant
Durant: 14-of-18 two-point shooting, 4-of-7 three-point shooting, 0 free throws, 40 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks
Booker: 8-of-17 two-pointers, 1-of-7 three-pointers, 7-of-9 free throws, 26 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals
Beal: 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 11-of-15 two-pointers, 0-of-1 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws
The Suns had the most of the game: Eric Gordon had four points, three rebounds and one assist on 1-of-6 shooting (0-of-5 three-pointers).
Pacers
Siakam
Siakam: 5-of-11 from two-point range, 1-of-3 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line for 15 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists
Jalen Smith: 2-of-2 from two-point range, 3-of-3 from three-point range and 2-of-4 from the free-throw line, finishing with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist
Hield: 1-of-2 from two-point range, 5-of-7 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
The Pacers had the most of the game: Mathurin had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists on 1-of-8 shooting (1-of-4 three-pointers).