On December 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Suns defeated the Wizards 112-108 at home, and the team completed a 16-point comeback. In this game, Durant scored 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, scored the winning 2+1 at the critical moment in the final quarter, and Booker contributed 27 points and 8 assists. On the Wizards' side, Poole scored 14 points on 5-of-17 shooting, had 4 turnovers, and the performance was once again hip-pulling, Kuzma scored 17 points on 7-of-22 shooting, and Gafford had 26 points and 16 rebounds.
The Suns were very iron in the first quarter, although Durant scored 11 points, but the rest of the players only scored 10 points in total, Booker only had 3 points on 1-of-4, Allen scored 2 points on 1-of-5, and the team was suppressed by the Wizards in the game, losing by 8 points in a single quarter. In the second quarter, the Suns still couldn't find their shooting touch, and Durant's offense was also inaccurate, and Booker shot 9 times, but only scored 7 points with 3 shots, and the team only scored 25 points in a single quarter, and in the entire first half of the game, the Suns only scored 46 points, completely passive in the game, 12 points behind the Wizards.
The Suns finally found their shooting sensations, Booker and Durant combined to score 17 points, of which Durant blossomed inside and out, scoring 11 points in a single quarter, and Gordon, Eubanks and Little were also able to add icing on the cake, the team scored 35 points in a single quarter, recovered 4 points, and narrowed the score gap to 8 points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Suns launched a wave of 21-8 offense in the first 8 minutes, and the team successfully overtook by 5 points. At the critical moment, Allen hit a three-pointer again, Gafford scored three points in a row, and the Wizards worked hard to chase the points. Then Avdija hit two free throws, Booker responded with a half-volley, Poole got rid of the defense and scored a layup, the score gap was still 3 points, and then, Nurkic covered the foul, Gafford scored a basket, and the Wizards chased to 1 point. In the last 40 seconds, Durant broke through the dunk Gafford with the ball, and caused a foul, and there were free throws, Kuzma made Booker foul, but Vogel's challenge was successful, and the Wizards could only use foul tactics, Durant hit a free throw, and the game lost suspense. In the end, the Suns won 2+1 with Durant, and they won the game at home, and the team completed a 16-point comeback to end the losing streak.
The Suns were completely lost in the first half, and the team was completely out of shape, which also made them trail the Wizards by as many as 16 points and were crushed by their opponents. Thankfully, the team rebounded in the second half, especially in the final quarter, where they played a wave of high-quality offense to close the gap, and with accurate outside shots, they managed to overtake the score. At the critical moment, the team also withstood the pressure, with Durant winning 2+1, the team successfully closed the game, and after losing two games in a row, the team finally ended the losing streak at home, and it was not easy to win. List of high-quality authors