The NBA regular season continued with the Suns ending a two-game losing streak with a 124-108 win over the Clippers. In this game, in the face of the Clippers who took turns to rest Harden, Leonard, George, and Wei Shao, the Suns were a little uncomfortable, except for establishing a double-digit lead in the middle of the second quarter, the rest of the time, the Suns who played the whole core actually played back and forth with the Clippers' third team, and the two sides fought until the last minute, the Suns won thrillingly, and they avenged the last loss to the Clippers, and also avoided the embarrassing situation of being swept by the Clippers in a single season. After the win, the Suns' record came to 47-33 and remained in seventh place in the West, so where did the Suns win this game?
Durant, who shot 10-of-21 from the field, 2-of-9 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers, with a plus/minus of +8. To be honest, Durant's performance today is quite disappointing, I don't know if the Clippers have rested all the stars, or if Durant's own state is wrong, he always gives people a feeling of not being motivated, the overall efficiency is not high, and the output is also average. It looks like Durant thought he would win by going through the motions, but he didn't expect the Suns to be nailed to the pillar of shame.
Booker, who shot 13-of-24 from the field, 5-of-12 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, finished with 37 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover. Statistically, Booker performed very well today, and his offensive aggression in key moments in the final quarter was relatively high among the Big Three. But again, the Clippers took a turn to rest all the stars, and the Suns played like this, which is really embarrassing, and this is Booker's team, the Suns did not have a flat mentality, this is the responsibility of the leader, Booker did not inject too much tough temperament into this team, and in addition to scoring, to be honest, defense and organization are average.
Beal, 9-of-17 shooting, 4-of-7 three-pointers, and 4-of-4 free throws, Beal had 26 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 turnovers, with a plus/minus of +16 on the court. In terms of attitude, Beal is the most correct attitude among the Suns' Big Three, at least he did not despise the opponent, no matter what kind of player he faced, Beal worked hard to defend, ensured aggressiveness on the offensive end, and how to put aside the ability first, Beal could see that he really wanted to reverse the Suns' momentum.
Nurkic, 1 of 1 shots, 1 of 2 free throws, he got 3 points, 19 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 block and 4 turnovers, today the crossbow machine also doesn't know what to do on the offensive end, basically doesn't shoot, there is not much tough play under the basket, the rebounding ball still shows dominance, but he chooses more of a passing style of play, to be honest, it can't affect the opponent's defensive strategy, the Suns as a whole feel like they don't fancy the Clippers without 4 stars, and don't respect the opponent.
Royce O'Neal, who shot 6-of-12 from the field and 3-of-9 from three-point range, contributed 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover, with a plus/minus of +5 on the court. O'Neal finally entered the starting lineup, and his defensive performance today has nothing to say, this is a basic game, as long as the offense can grasp the opportunity, O'Neal is more suitable to start than Allen.
As a role player off the bench, Allen shot 2-of-5 from the field, all from beyond the three-point line, and he had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, with a plus/minus of +18 on the court. It turns out that Allen, who is average defensively, is indeed more suitable for the bench, and he can still open up space when he comes up, but when he starts the game, his shooting can be replaced, and on the defensive end, Allen has little contribution.
Other role players off the bench, Gordon shot 4-of-10 from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range and 1-of-1 from the free-throw line, and he had 11 points and one steal. Thaddeus Young shot 0-of-2 from the field and 0-of-1 from three-point range, and he only had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. The other players only got a chance to play in the last garbage time, which was somewhat unexpected, and the Suns really couldn't be happy when they played like this.