At 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 14, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Phoenix Suns are at home to face the Brooklyn Nets. Prior to this game, the Suns were ranked 9th in the West with a 13-10 record, and as one of the most luxurious teams in the league, the Suns were plagued by injuries at the beginning of the season, and now, they can finally welcome a full starting lineup!Booker, Beal and Durant all made their return with three-pointers for the first time this season in the regular season, and when it came to Beal's return, Booker said: "Injuries are frustrating. Injuries limit your playing time, and when you get into the rhythm and start turning things around, you get substituted again. I just told Bill to keep a balanced mentality, but we're happy to have him back. ”
Bill himself said: "I don't think we need to spend too much time grinding, we're all selfless players, we all have a common goal in mind, and we're all willing to make sacrifices. "On the other side of the Nets, before this game, 12-10 ranked 8th in the East, the Nets, as one of the dark horse teams in the Eastern Conference, they do not have All-Star level players, the only Simmons who has been selected as an All-Star, fell from the altar early, and can only average 65 points. However, the Nets are not short of scoring points, they are a team with all the soldiers, Bridges, Cameron, Dinwiddie and others, all have a certain degree of independent offensive ability, the young Thomas starting point is not high, but super talented, Thomas can average 23 per game this season4 points, ranking first in the team.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Suns sent Durant, Booker, Beal, Nurkic and Metu, and the Big Three finally combined. On the Nets' side, Thomas, Bridges, Dinwiddie, Johnson and Claxton were fielded. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Claxton jumped to win, the Nets took the lead in getting the ball, Thomas chased a three-point shot at the top of the arc and scored the first goal of the game, Durant flew to the basket and hit it steadily, and also opened the Suns, Bill Booker took turns to break through and score 4 points in a row, Cameron hit a mid-range jumper, and Thomas flew into the center of the net. The two teams will start a big battle when they come up, and you chase me to catch up and take the lead alternately. However, at the end of the first quarter, the Nets suddenly set off a wave of offense.
Bridges scored eight straight points on an inside and outside shot, and O'Neal also made a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and the Nets took a five-point lead. At the end of the first quarter, the Nets led the Suns by nine points, 31-22. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Cameron scored three points at the top of the arc to help the Nets take the next city, Goodwin hit the restricted area and threw a shot to make a counterattack for the Suns, Watford accelerated to break through and fly to pick up the basket, Little ate the cake in the penalty area and slammed the double hammer slam slam stunning, O'Neal took off in the paint area and put the basket to score two points, Booker quickly and whipped a dragon to break through directly, Smith made a basket with a dragonfly under the basket, Metu flanked the three-point shot through Yang in 100 steps, Booker hit the basket and caused damage, standing on the free throw line and making two free throws。 In the second quarter of the game, the two teams launched a battle against each other, and both sides were very efficient.
However, it was still the Nets who held a lead of about 10 points, and at halftime, the Nets led the Suns by 8 points 64-56, and in the first half, Cameron had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Durant had 13 points, and Booker had 17 points and 6 assists. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Beal scored an empty basket under the empty basket easily, opening the third quarter of the game, Durant mid-range jumper hollow into the net, Thomas moved one step sideways, 100 steps outside the three-point line through Yang, Beal 45 degree angle three-point shot is also colored, Durant stride meteor impact inside flying layup and then win, Nets to the third quarter, the offensive end is a little stagnant, the Suns seized the opportunity, the Big Three linkage force, Nurkic also turned over the river on the inside, and soon tied the score. Beal didn't get many shots, but his shooting percentage remained above 6 percent.
After the third quarter of the game, the Suns 88-86 overtook the Nets by 2 points, and in the final quarter, Thomas scored consecutive points to help the Nets regain the lead, Beal and Little played to help the Suns chase after them, at a critical moment, Dinwiddie suddenly broke out, hit a desperate three-pointer, and Thomas did not lose a single free throw, and in the end, the Nets beat the Suns 116-112, and the Suns Big Three teamed up for the first time but suffered a black start.
In terms of statistics, on the Nets' side, Cameron Thomas had 24 points and 4 assists;Mikal Bridges 21 points and 3 rebounds;Spencer Dinwiddie 16 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists;Cameron Johnson had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists;Nicall Claxton had 14 points and seven rebounds. On the Suns' side, Devin Booker had 34 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists;Kevin Durant had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists;Youssef Nurkic had 15 points, 22 rebounds and 3 assists;Bradley Beal 14 points and 4 assists;Nassir Little had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Hundreds of spectators