NBA regular season: Suns narrowly beat Kings in the card battle Durant Booker scored 53 points, and Beal retired injured

On February 14, Beijing time, the Suns sat at home to face the Kings, before the game the Suns ranked 6th in the West, the Kings ranked 7th in the West, the two teams were only 0.5 wins away, this game was a key card battle for the two teams, the Suns quickly controlled the situation under the leadership of the Big Three at the beginning to establish a lead, but after Beal retired due to injury, the scene took a sharp turn for the worse, the Kings overtook and established a double-digit lead, in the second half with Booker's outburst, the Suns overtook the score at the end of the third quarter, and the Suns pulled the lead to double digits in the final quarter, plus Allen grabbed the winning frontcourt rebound, and the Suns defeated the Kings 130-125.

【Data Details】

Kings: Sa Jr. 35 points, 18 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 blocks, Fox 40 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Huerter 10 points and 3 rebounds, Monk 22 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Barnes 9 points and 5 rebounds.

Suns: Durant 28 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Allen 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Booker 25 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, Nurkic 9 points and 9 rebounds, Gordon 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Royce O'Neal 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

【Star of the Field】

Booker became the star of the game, and after a poor first half, he rebounded strongly in the second half, and finally led the Suns to victory in the middle distance of the decisive moment.

【Record Moment】

Eric Gordon hit a three-pointer in the first quarter to bring his career three-point tally to 1,989, the 15th most in NBA history, ahead of Kidd with Lowry, who hit 2,140 three-pointers.

Booker finished the third quarter with 15 points on 4-of-14 shooting. So far, Booker's athletic number of hits has reached 4,880, and he surpassed Marion to occupy the third place in Suns history.

【Contest Highlights】

Before the game, Woj revealed that the Suns will sign with veteran Thaddeus Young in the buyout market, and at the same time are interested in veteran Gallinari, who was previously cut by the Pistons.

Before the game, the sun officially posted a theme poster: Celebrate the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon together tonight

Shortly after the start of the first quarter, Beal left the court accompanied by staff, and soon after the Suns officially announced that Beal had a strained left hamstring and would not return to this game, and Beal scored 5 points and 1 rebound on 2-of-2 before the injury.

【Bright Lens】

Easy! Durant's one-arm split dunk

Xiao Sa's second attack was tough

Eubanks' glide split

Fox countered with a two-handed dunk

Durant hit a solid mid-range shot

It's really not defensive! Munch directly kills the hinterland and folds the violent buckle

Gordon Sr. dunks in the air

The Kings 5 touched the ball and Sa Kong cut the whistle to finish

【Contest Review】

Fox hit a 3-point shot, Durant and Nurkic scored 4 points in a row to overtake, Huerter responded with 3 points, Beal also had 3 points, Murray dunked to overtake, Durant and Beal scored 5 points in a row, Fox scored 3 points to stop the bleeding, Booker and Gordon scored 5 points in a row, Xiao Sa responded with a basket, Gordon scored 3 points again, the Suns stretched the difference to 7 points, Fox scored 4 points in a row to chase points, Allen responded with a layup, Huerter also had 3 points, Allen and Gordon scored 7 points in a row, and the difference was stretched to 9 points, Monk, Xiao Sa, Fox responded with a 17-8 attack wave to tie the score at 37 in one go, and Huerter hit a back-up shot to give the Kings a one-point lead at 39-38 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Fox hit a 2-point shot, Durant responded with a lean, Monk hit two free throws, Durant scored 4 points in a row to overtake, Fox and Huerter scored 5 points in a row, Royce O'Neal scored 1 point on a free throw, Xiao Sa and Monk scored 10 points in a row, the King stretched the lead to 11 points, Okogie and Gordon scored 5 points in a row to stop the bleeding, the King responded with 5 points, Gordon scored 3 points again, Xiao Sa also made a layup, and the two teams started a tug-of-war around the 10-point difference. Durant scored seven straight points to tie the gap to three points at halftime 64-67.

Yibian fought again, Durant scored 1 point on a free throw, Barnes, Fox, Murray, and Sa Jr. scored 9 points in a row, the King stretched the difference to 11 points, Durant and Nurkic responded with 5 points, Barnes hit a 2-point shot, Durant hit an emergency stop, Fox scored 5 points in a row, Allen responded with a layup, Nurkic also had two free throws, Xiao Sa hit a layup, Booker 2+1 hit, Monk hit a strong shot, Booker scored 1 point on a free throw, Allen also had three points, Okogie hit both free throws, Booker hit two free throws, the Suns chased the score to 87 draws, and then the two teams started a tug-of-war, with Booker's play at the end of the quarter, the third quarter ended, and the Suns 94-92 overtook by 2 points.

Entering the final quarter of the competition, Durant hit a 3-point shot, Fox responded with a 2-pointer, Gordon and Royce O'Neale hit two three-pointers in a row, Murray, Xiao Sa scored 4 points in a row, Durant responded with a jumper, Fox broke through, Little also had 3 points, the Suns stretched the lead to double digits, Murray hooked his hand, Fox hit both free throws, Barnes also had a mid-range shot, Xiao Sa hit the dunk again, Xiao Sa also made a basket, the King tied the score in one breath, and then the two teams started a tug-of-war, the lead changed hands many times, Booker hit the key mid-range at the critical moment, Allen grabbed the winning frontcourt rebound, and finally the Suns beat the King.

【Both starts】

Kings: Fox, Huerter, Murray, Barnes, Sabonis Jr

Suns: Booker, Beal, Allen, Durant, Nurkic