After Beal's comeback, the Suns have won three in a row, and it has to be said that the strength of the Big Three is more than enough for the playoffs. However, in this game against the Trail Blazers, Durant was out because of a hamstring injury, according to head coach Vogel, in the last quarter of the last game, Durant sprained his hamstring, but fortunately there was no major problem, and he did not accept **, so it seems that it should just be a rotation. Even so, the Suns still have Booker and Beal, and the two giants combined are enough to beat a fish-belly team.
There's no exaggeration to call the Trail Blazers a fish-belly team. The Trail Blazers are now in second-to-last place in the West, with a better record than the San Antonio Spurs. And in this game, the Trail Blazers have as many as 8 players on the injury list, and as many as 6 players will not play, including the team's scoring champion Simmons Jr.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers were mainly anti-away, Grant got 9 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Henderson also had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, the team scored 29 points in a single quarter, and the Suns who were fighting at home only scored 20 points, Allen scored 8 points and 1 rebound on 3-of-4 shooting, Beal shot 2-of-6, Booker shot 1-of-6, and the two core players failed to stand up. After returning from the second quarter, the Suns gradually found their form, Nurkic and Metu each scored 7 points, Beal also had 6 points and 1 rebound, and the team scored 35 points in a single quarter without Booker scoring a point.
The Trail Blazers fell into a scoring drought, with Henderson scoring six points and two assists, Brogdon scoring six points and one assist, and the team scored only 18 points, and at halftime, the Suns outscored the Trail Blazers by eight points at 55-47. In the second half, the Trail Blazers' offense was even more indescribable, the whole team only scored 14 points, the Suns seized the opportunity, Nurkic got 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-4 shooting, Metu had 7 points and 3 rebounds, Booker had 5 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Gordon hit 2 three-pointers, and the team scored 31 points in a single quarter and took a 25-point lead in one go.
With such a huge point difference, Booker didn't plan to play at first, and Beal took the team to play for a while, but was hit by a wave of 6-0 small climax by the Trail Blazers, and he had no choice but to call a timeout. After the timeout, the Suns stabilized the situation, Booker also returned to the court, and Beal scored seven points in the final quarter to help the Phoenix Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers by 21 points 109-88.
Without Durant, the Phoenix Suns won the game, and it was a big win, and in this game, Booker was in extremely bad shape, with only 10 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists on 4-of-16 shooting, but Beal had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist on 8-of-16 shooting, Nurkic 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Metu 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Allen 12 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Gordon 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Bol Bol also had 11 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team of 6 scored double-doubles, the only thing that can be said is that the Trail Blazers are indeed uncompetitive。
In order to put it badly, the pioneer is indeed outrageous, and it can even be said that he doesn't want to have a face. Henderson, the team's highest scorer, had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists on 7-of-18 shooting, Grant had 15 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 6-of-12 shooting, Brogdon had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and Walker on the bench had 10 points and 10 rebounds.