In the Knicks vs. Suns game, Beal retired due to injury not long after he played, resulting in the Suns missing a strong player, the two sides could not open the scoring gap in the first quarter, and the Suns opened the gap by 6 points at 38:32 in the second quarter, and the Suns led the Knicks by 5 points in the first half into the halftime break.
In the third quarter, the Knicks narrowed the 3-point gap slightly at 34:31, and in the fourth quarter, the Knicks played a super attack wave of 42:23 led by Brunson who scored 16 points on 5-of-5 shooting in a single quarter, and directly knocked the game away, and finally the Knicks defeated the Suns by 17 points at 139-122.
For the Suns, Kevin Durant contributed 29 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists on 10-of-21 shooting, 4-of-9 three-pointers and 5-of-7 free throwsDevin Booker contributed 28 points, two rebounds and nine assists on 11-of-26 shooting, 1-of-5 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free throwsYoussef Nurkic contributed 21 points, 12 rebounds and two assists on 9-of-13 shootingGrayson Allen contributed 13 points, two rebounds and two steals on 5-of-5 shooting.
Booker and Durant didn't play too well in this game, and Nurkic can be said to have played perfectly, and he couldn't ask for more at this price. The Suns have won two in a row after losing this game, one year behind the Pelicans, who are ninth in the WestThe 5 wins are poor, thanks to the Warriors' recent stretch of hips, so they are 2 behind the SunsIt took 5 wins to temporarily stabilize the play-off position, but if the 10th place in the West has to win 2 games in a row to advance, it will still be difficult.
For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson contributed 50 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists on 17-of-23 shooting, 9-of-9 three-pointers and 7-of-9 free throwsJulius Randle contributed 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists on 10-of-16 shooting, and RJ Barrett contributed 21 points, two rebounds and three assists on 6-of-10 shooting and 8-of-8 free throwsEmanuel Quickley contributed 10 points, five rebounds and three assists on 3-of-8 shooting.
Randle averaged 19 per game in his first 15 games of the season1 point 99 rebounds 54 assists, 38% shooting from the field and 27 from three-point range5% and 67 free throw percentage7%, and the three-point shooting percentage is 135% combined. In the next 9 games, he averaged 28 points per game3 rebounds and 54 assists and 58 percent shooting4% and 39 percent from three-point range5% and 82 free throw percentage7%, with a total three-point shooting percentage of 1806%。
It's a pity that Randle didn't have the best improvement award in a single season for this performance, otherwise this improvement can really be won, just this performance, Randle is finally back on track, this is the level that the best team striker should have.
It was Brunson's performance in this game that was a pleasant surprise, not only setting a new career high for his own score, but also winning multiple records at the same time.
1. Brunson is the first player in history to score 50+5+5+5 and hit 5 three-pointers in a single game.
2. He is also the second player among active players to score 45+5+5+5+5 three-pointers, comparable to James;
3. 50 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in a single game in history, the fourth person in history after Barry, Jordan, and thick eyebrows;
4. Brunson made 9 of 9 three-pointers in this game, tying the all-time record for the highest three-point shooting in a single game, which was previously completed by only Ben Gordon and Sprewell.
5. Brunson became the third player in history after NBA Rick Barry and Jordan to score 50 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals in a single game.
6. Brunson surpassed the famous Reed in a single game 40+ times and ranked seventh in Knicks history.
And after so many records, Brunson once again led the Knicks to overtake the Pacers back to fifth place in the East, temporarily ahead of the Heat, who are seventh in the East in the play-in tournament5 wins difference. And Brunson is obviously better than Irving, if Cuban didn't pay so little attention to Brunson and renewed Brunson's contract in advance, maybe the Mavericks are now a strong team, the better Brunson is doing, the more uncomfortable the Mavericks management, Doncic fans and Cuban are estimated to be.