In a playoff game that ended this morning, the Phoenix Suns suffered another 93-105 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, suffering two consecutive defeats, and the series was rewritten to 0-2. Before the playoffs began, the Suns were considered a team that could play a game-down, but after two games, the team's prospects for advancement were not optimistic.
As one of the team's big three, Beal was in a slump in this game, in the 42 minutes he played, he only had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists on 6-of-17 shooting, and was inefficient and had as many as 4 turnovers, and the data showed that when he was on the floor, the Suns lost by 11 points.
In the first round of the battle between the two sides, Beal played 37 minutes, scored 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals on 6 of 10 shots, with comprehensive statistics and good efficiency.
As a 2012 scout, the 31-year-old Beal has played in the league for 12 seasons, during which time he was selected as an All-Star three times and was named to the All-Star Team of the Season once. Throughout his career, Beal has averaged 20+ points per game in 7 seasons, including 31.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists in the 2020-21 season.
It was precisely because of Beal's scoring ability that the Suns did not hesitate to send Paul, Shamet, 6 second-round picks, and 4 first-round picks in a three-way trade last summer to get him.
It was thought that the offensive trident combination formed by him and Durant and Booker could help the team go further in the playoffs, but the team management never expected that they only achieved a 49-33 record in the regular season this season, ranked sixth in the West, and even fell into the play-off zone for a time, and now in the playoffs, the team is on the verge of being eliminated again.
This season, Beal played 53 regular season games, during which he averaged only 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, shooting 51% overall and 43% from three-point range.
You know, Beal's salary is as high as $46.74 million this season and $50.2 million next season. If 1+1+1 does not have the effect of greater than 3, then it can only be said that Beal is a chicken rib, and the most important thing is that it seems difficult for the Suns to win around the current Big Three, then Beal is likely to face the fate of purge this summer.