Booker Durant blasted 61 12 12 The Suns counterattacked and refused to make a big comeback, ending the losing streak
61+12+12！Booker Durant scored like crazy, and the Suns couldn't afford to lose by another 14 points, ending two games.
On March 3, Beijing time, the NBA's regular season begins, and the Phoenix Suns will challenge the Memphis Grizzlies on the road. In the last round, Durant single-handedly led the Nuggets to a difficult victory, suffering two defeats. Durant was 8-of-15 in the first half and 0-of-10 in the second, and Nurkic had six fouls to cost the Suns the game. This time, Booker's comeback made Durant a lot less tired.
The Grizzlies are a bottom-of-the-table team, they are now ranked 14, 5-13, but have won their last two games and are trending upward.
The first quarter was scoreless, with the Grizzlies shooting 3-of-11 from the perimeter and the Suns making 2-of-7, but the Suns were more efficient in the restricted area. Booker had eight points, two rebounds and three assists in the first quarter, while Brandt scored 8-of-5 from the field. In the first quarter, both cores of the Suns had good performances, but the Grizzlies relied on a few goals to maintain the lead, and the first quarter ended with a 27-27 tie between the two sides;
In the second quarter, both sides went into a scoring drought, with the Grizzlies' three three-pointers and the Suns' four three-pointers, both of whom shot well, but their restricted areas were chaotic. This section, Grizzly superstar JJackson missed a shot and made all four shots to score 11 points; But Durant was "fishing" in this quarter, only 2 3-pointers, in this quarter, the Grizzlies had a 24-23 advantage, the score was 51-50, and neither side scored a lot of points;
In the third quarter, the Grizzlies finally showed their true colors, and they began to attack like crazy, shooting from beyond the three-point line, while the Suns chose to shoot from beyond the three-point line and focused on the three-point line. Booker was mediocre in the quarter, shooting 3 of 7, but he made 12 of six consecutive free throws in the restricted area, and at halftime, the Suns extended the gap further to 34-21 and finally ended the game 72-84, and the Suns entered the final quarter with a 12-point lead;
At the beginning of the 4th quarter, Booker used three points to widen the score as soon as he came up, Nowell made a layup, Diop also had 3 points, and then Bane made layups one after another, Diop also scored a layup, and then at half past 2, both sides entered a scoring drought, and at halftime, the Suns still maintained a 12-point advantage. Jackson made 2 of 2 free throws, Allen made 2 of 2 free throws, Bane made 2 of 2 free throws, and Goodwin made 2 of 2 free throws and 2 of 2 free throws.
Jackson dribbled to the basket, Durant passed the ball to Eubanks, Jackson dribbled the ball through the half court and then made a layup, Durant's back pass Williams also scored, Diop also scored 2+1, and the gap between the two teams became 14 points! However, the Grizzlies didn't stop there, and with Bane and Jackson scoring five points in succession, they tied the score again, and in the end, they won 116-109 over the Grizzlies to end their two-game loss.
In this game, Booker scored 34 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, Durant scored 27 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists on 10 of 14, Nurkic had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, Diop 8 points and 3 rebounds, Allen 9 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Okogie 3 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, Goodwin 7 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
For the Grizzlies, JJackson had 37 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Bane had 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Williams had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, 2 Yongbo had 2 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Roddy had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, and Aldama had 7 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.