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The Suns sat at home to face the Hornets, and Beal ushered in a comeback in this game, and the Suns' Big Three finally got together again. Hornets starters: Rozier, McGovinns, Miller, Bridges, Richards!Suns starters: Booker, Beal, Grayson-Allen, Durant, Nurkic.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Durant and Nurkic carried the Sun's offense inside and out, and Miller felt good on the Hornets' side, and the scores of the two teams rose alternately, after 7-7, Nurkic made a basket + made foul free throws to help the team lead by 4 points at 11-7, Rozier jumped to stop the bleeding, and the Hornets responded with a wave of 6-0 to overtake 2 points, and the Suns called a timeout. After the timeout, the Hornets were still very hot, and Rozier's outside three-point shooting margin had reached 6 points. However, Nurkic stepped up, scored 6 points in a row with a violent dunk, hook hand, and dunk, and directly tied the score and stopped the Hornets. Back to the game, the two teams began to compete for three-pointers, Miller made four three-pointers in a single quarter, but couldn't stand the Suns more flowers, Gordon Sr. and Metu each scored a three-pointer, 36-30 lead 6 points to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the two sides rotated the lineup, but it was still difficult to solve, and the Suns just wanted to open the difference a little, and the Hornets could immediately score and bite tightly, and the difference did not exceed 7 points. After Durant broke through and drew a foul, 46-42 went into the first timeout of the quarter. As a result, after this timeout, the Hornets' offense suddenly went silent, and the Suns seized the opportunity to play a wave of 9-2 mini-spurt, Allen hit a three-point shot to lead 55-44 to 11 points to stop the opponent. Back in the game, the two teams started a three-point match, but the difference was always in double digits. At halftime, the Suns led by 10 points at 68-58.
In the second half, the two teams first started a battle against each other in the first half of the third quarter, but as they fought, the Hornets' offense began to mute, and the Suns gradually widened the gap under the leadership of Booker, leading by a full 20 points at the most, 92-72. But after taking a much larger lead, the Suns' defense slackened, and the Hornets seized the opportunity to narrow the score, returning to 14 points at 89-103 at the end of the third quarter.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Booker rested off the court, Durant and Beal led the team, the Suns firmly held their lead at about 15 points, Rozier made two fouls and two free throws, and then chased down a three-point shot, one scored five points in a row to chase 100-110, Vogel called a timeout. After this timeout, Durant scored five points in a row and reopened the lead, and the Hornets called a timeout. Back to the game, the two teams had a final showdown, Miller and Gordon exchanged three points, and after the round face hit two three-pointers, the lead reached 18 points, directly killing the game. Although the Hornets also scored 5 points in a row to narrow the gap and stop the Suns, the hole dug before was too big, and there was not enough time to reverse it.
In the end, the Suns defeated the Hornets 133-119 at home and won 2 in a row, let's take a look at the specific performance of the players!
Although this game failed to help the team win, Rozier's individual play was not problematic and he started a battle with Booker.
In the first half, he was on fire, shooting 6-of-10 from the field and 5-of-6 from three-point range, scoring 17 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 block.
Seeing that the Hornets were about to be beaten in the third quarter, Rozier stepped up and scored consecutive points to narrow the gap to within 15 points, and in the final quarter, he scored five consecutive points to stop the Suns.
In the game, Rozier played 39 minutes, shooting 14-of-22, 8-of-12 three-pointers, 6-of-6 free throws, and scoring 42 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.
In addition to Rozier, the Hornets' Eye-Eyed Miller offense is also remarkable. In the first half, he was 6-of-10, 3-of-5 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 17 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
In the second half, he cut back on his shots, and Miller shot 7-of-16 from the field and 6-of-10 from three-point range, contributing 20 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.
In these two games, Durant became an organizational forward. Today he was scoring and passing again.
In the first half, Durant contributed 11 points, rebounds and 2 blocks, and did not exert any force at all. In the fourth quarter, when the Hornets chased 10 points, he stood up for three points and scored 5 points in a row with the Golden Rooster to stop the opponent.
Throughout the game, he played minutes, shooting, three-pointers, free throws, and a double-double of points, rebounds and assists.
Booker played well-rounded and efficient today, and he had 15 points plus 2 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half, leading the team to a double-digit lead.
In the third quarter, he was even more firing and scored 12 points in a single quarter!At one point, the Suns led by more than 20 points.
After returning to the court in the final quarter, Booker scored another eight points to help the team win the game.
In this game, he shot 10-of-18, 5-of-7 three-pointers, and 10-of-10 free throws, contributing 35 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
Bill's comeback debut really pulled his hips!He played 16 minutes in the first half, shooting 2-of-5 from the field and 0-of-2 from three-point range, scoring 4 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 1 block.
In the second half, he had no desire to attack, playing only 30 minutes in the game, shooting 3-of-8 and scoring 6 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.