On April 29, Beijing time, the first team to be eliminated in the NBA was born, and the Suns lost 116-122 to the Timberwolves at home and were swept out of the game 4-0. In this game, Durant and Booker really fought, KD scored 33 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks, and tried his best at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, just like yesterday's James, but failed to lead the team to win like Lao Zhan, Booker scored 49 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists on 13-of-21 shooting, and made 20 of 21 free throws, scoring and free throws to create career highs. Bill, one of the Big Three, had no choice but to pull his hip and get 9 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 6 turnovers, especially the mistakes at key moments in the fourth quarter, which directly made the Suns lose hope of a reversal.
The Suns are very miserable, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build a luxury division, but now they have become paper tigers. What will happen to Durant in the future, it is still unknown, he has been swept twice in the past 3 years, and has reached the second round at most after leaving the Warriors, there is no doubt that Durant's historical status continues to decline, although James has left the team many times, he has at least led the Cavaliers and Lakers to win the championship, and KD has almost no high achievements except for the Warriors career. There's no doubt that Booker is still the heart of the team, but there is no doubt that Beal is leaving, and he's the league's most overrated star.
Before the start of the playoffs, no one thought that the Suns would go out 0-4, you must know that in the regular season, the Suns swept the Timberwolves 3-0, but in the playoffs, it is also worth pondering. Domestic basketball celebrity Su Qun hit the nail on the head, and he bluntly said that no team would dare to form a Big Three like the Suns in the future. Indeed, the Suns' lineup is a bit like the Heat at its peak, but the Heat's defensive ability at that time was outstanding, even if the bench players were weak, they could continue to win by relying on James, Wade and Bosh, but the Suns' Big Three were not good at defense, Durant was okay when he was young, but now his defensive ability is also seriously degraded.
Therefore, the Suns have now become a typical example of the opposite, after the defeat, other teams will certainly not be like the Suns, crazy hoarding of stars, only to be wiped out in a humiliating way. From the Suns' game, it can be seen that the regular season and the playoffs are really different games, in the regular season, you can rely on the stars to win, the Suns play the Timberwolves, and in the playoffs, the shortcomings will be infinitely magnified, and they are targeted by the opponent, the Suns' No. 4 and No. 5 positions are too poor, and there are no tough defensive players on the front line, only Allen can barely play a tough battle, and he was injured as a result.
Moreover, the Suns have had infighting, and when Beal was replaced, coach Vogel wanted to high-five him, but Beal directly pushed Vogel's hand away, and the discord between the coaches has become a fact, and the two will stay at most one, and there is a high probability that they will be swept away at the same time. Beal has a contract of tens of millions, and his performance is not as good as that of a base-salary player, Vogel signed a five-year 31 million contract with the Suns, and his annual salary is also a high salary among coaches, but his coaching ability is also unsatisfactory. The Suns supermarket is about to open, and all but Durant and Booker could be sent away.