The NBA regular season Suns challenged the Nets away, and this game was a historic moment for the Suns, as the Big Three finally ushered in their first combination, and the Suns started this game with Beal, Booker, Durant, Metu and Nurkic. The Nets started Bridges, Johnson, Thomas, Dinwiddie and Claxton.
In the first quarter of the game, judging from the beginning of the Suns, Booker used as the point of possession and blocked Nurkic one after another. The next few offenses were all one-on-one, with Durant finishing and Beal shooting!As long as one of the three has the ball, everyone else will be the point of contact, and overall, the Suns' offense is not smooth.
The Nets are really difficult to do in the face of the Suns' lineup, and it is obviously too difficult to try to wrap Durant and Booker. Durant didn't feel good in this game, but it was Beal, who scored on mid-range shots and was the best player for the Suns. The Suns' offense was not smooth, and it was difficult to limit the Nets defensively, and Thomas and others could cause damage by hitting the interior one after another, but it gave the Nets a start to the lead.
The Suns rotated the lineup with Durant and Beal to lead the team on the court, the Nets' tactics were very clear, when Durant held the ball, the Nets helped defend the package, and Durant did not pass the ball to Beal, the Suns fell into a scoring drought, and the Nets Bridges began to play, leading the Nets to play a wave of 11-0, Bridges scored 8 points alone, and also assisted O'Neal to shoot a three-point whistle, and the Suns trailed the Nets 22-31 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Suns' offense still did not change much, only Booker scored 2 points in the first 2 minutes, but the Nets felt hot, and Johnson made two three-pointers in succession. Many people commented that Vogel is a defensive coach, but they really can't see how much effort he can do on the defensive end, whether it is to deal with the Nets' impact on the inside or outside shooting, it has no effect.
In the face of this situation, Booker didn't pay attention to Vogel's tactics, and directly held the ball on the court alone, successively holding the ball to impact the interior to score, and also gave Metu a three-point assist, which helped the Suns solve the offensive problem. Bill on the court was very embarrassed, nothing, and couldn't even touch the ball in many rounds.
After Durant came on the court, he switched offense and went straight to the three-point shot, and then assisted on Nurkic for a layup. But the Suns' defense was useless, not only allowing the Nets to grab offensive rebounds and score baskets, but also allowing Dinwiddie to make easy layups. Then the Suns scored by Booker, who scored three points in succession, and broke through with the ball!But the defensive end did a poor job, allowing the Nets to pull the score away, and the Suns trailed the Nets 56-64 at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, the Suns were full of firepower, and seemed to give up those concerns on the offensive end, as long as there was an offensive opportunity, they made a decisive shot, Booker, Brandt, Beal and Little all scored three points, Booker continued to perform well, and scored inside with the ball one after another, which once helped the Suns exceed the score.
The Nets were in trouble on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the quarter, with Bridges feeling power-out, and the defensive end was having a hard time dealing with the Suns' sudden outburst. Then it was only by hitting the inside that he stabilized the situation a little, and Thomas and Bridges both broke through the inside line to cause fouls and score through free throws.
In this quarter, the Nets feel really iron, and there are no outside shots, while the Suns are just the opposite, not only can they shoot on the outside, but Nurkic on the inside is also very tough, scoring on the inside one after another, even if the shot misses, they can also fight for some offensive rebounds, completely dominating the inside line of the Nets.
It wasn't until Booker went off the court that the Nets slightly limited the Suns' offense, which slightly recovered some points difference, and the Nets trailed the Suns 86-88 at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Thomas began to exert his strength, making two three-pointers in a row, and O'Neal also hit a three-pointer to help the Nets overtake the score. After Durant came on the court, the Suns once chased the score to 1 point. But he let the Nets go outside one after another, allowing Dinwiddie and Bridges to shoot three-pointers, and allowing the Nets to pull the score away.
Then the Suns missed various shots, although the Nets' touch also declined, so the Nets still maintained the lead, and in the final two minutes, as Dinwiddie regained his three-point touch, the Nets led the Suns by six points. After the Suns paused, Booker grabbed a long-range three-point miss, Dinwiddie scored a layup, and then Durant and Booker scored through free throws, Booker assisted his teammates to complete the dunk, chasing the score to 2 points, and in the last 3 seconds, the Suns fouled Thomas, hit both free throws, the Suns trailed by 4 points, and there was no suspense in the game, with Booker missing three points, the Suns finally lost the Nets 112-116.
Player statistics for both sides in this match.
Suns: Booker 34 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists, Durant 27 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, Nurkic 15 points, 22 rebounds and 3 assists, Beal 14 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, Metu 8 points and 4 rebounds, Little 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Goodwin 2 points, Diop 2 points and 2 rebounds.
Nets: Thomas 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Bridges 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Dinwiddie 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, Johnson 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Claxton 14 points and 7 rebounds, Smith 8 points and 6 rebounds, O'Neal 8 points.