116-122! The Phoenix Suns didn't take their last chance, and despite their toughest game of the series, all of their attempts pale in the face of Edwards, who scored 31 points in the second half. At the beginning of the season, when they formed the "Durant + Booker + Beal" offensive trident, I am afraid no one thought that they would become the only team to be swept out of the first round of this year's playoffs.
Durant and Booker are obviously still a little angry, the former only rested for more than 1 minute on the court, quite a sense of desperation, hitting 12 shots from 17 shots, 2 of 3 shots from beyond the three-point line, and 33 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks, seriously, you can't ask him to do more.
Booker fought hard, played 45 minutes on the court, shot 13 of 21, he constantly attacked the basket, a total of 21 times on the free throw line, hit 20 shots, 49 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, the data shows that when he was on the court, the Suns also outscored the opponent by 1 point, he is one of only two players in the Suns team with a positive plus/minus.
Compared with Durant and Booker's all-in, Beal, who said after the last game, "I've never been swept in my career, I'll never let this happen" seems to be a bit inconsistent with his words and deeds.
Throughout the game, he started and played 31 minutes, hitting only 4 of 13 shots, and even more dismal 1-of-5 from beyond the three-point line, scoring only 9 points in the game, as well as 6 fouls and 6 turnovers, and the data shows that when he is on the floor, the Suns are net 12 points against opponents, the lowest plus/minus on the team.
He ruined Booker's career night with a war criminal-level performance, while also handing the Suns out of the playoffs.
In the four games of the series, Beal averaged 16.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, shooting 44.1% overall from the field, 43.5% from three-point range, and 2.5 three-pointers per game. At first glance, this is definitely a good stat, but if you look at his salary of more than $50 million, it doesn't seem like a good value for money, not to mention that he is averaging a whopping 3.3 turnovers and 3.8 fouls per game.
Born in 1993, Beal is only 31 years old this year, just four years ago, at the age of 27, he was a top scorer who averaged 31.3 points per game, and just four years later, his regular season scoring shrank to 18.2 points. The Sun's management thought they were forming the Poseidon Trident, only to find out that they were nothing more than good-for-nothing dung forks.
When the final whistle blew and Booker kept his head down and said nothing, Durant was so excited about the media interview that he even talked about the Summer Olympics, apparently wanting to forget about the terrible series as soon as possible. Suns owner Ishbia's big gamble looks like a loss, and Phoenix fans, who were still dreaming of a championship just a few seasons ago, are now falling back into the despair of missing the playoffs for 10 consecutive years.
Haha, when you see that Beal has 3 years left on his contract worth a total of $160 million, and the management's empty pockets, you might as well continue to brew emotions, the darkest moment seems to have not yet come!