Today's NBA regular season Suns host the Knicks, the Big Three are all playing, the Suns have not been in good shape recently, and they urgently need a wave of consecutive wins to stabilize the rankings, but the strength of the Knicks should not be underestimated, and the Suns are destined to fall into a hard battle. Knicks starting lineup: Brunson + DiVincenzo + Barrett + Randle + Simms, Suns starters: Booker + Beal + Allen + Durant + Nurkic.
At the beginning of the game, Brunson and Randle scored one after another, Nurkic hooked and Allen responded with a layup, Sims made 2+1, Deven tossed, and Booker also responded with 2+1, the two sides played very fiercely during this time, Beal made a layup, Devan scored three points, Beal hit three points again, but landed on Devine's ankle, 90 degrees and fell to the ground in pain and exited the game, Devan was blown a malicious foul, Bill was too unlucky, just came back and was injured, and then the two sides continued to fight, the point difference could not be pulled away, Booker kept scoring, and the Knicks always responded, Allen hit a three-point shot, Durant threw a shot, Randle hit the board, Nurkic could also score three points, Durant made one of two free throws, Little pressed the whistle three-point iron, and the Suns fell behind by one point at 30-31 in a single quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Booker made a layup, Grimes made a three-point shot, Eubanks blocked Barrett, and Quickley made 2+1, Barrett lays up, the Knicks open up the difference, Booker and Metu score successively to stop the bleeding, but the Suns have many mistakes, the defense is also bad, the Knicks have been scoring, Durant reappeared, but the Grim Reaper suddenly broke out, first chased the three-point rush, Randle also responded with three points on the Knicks' side, Durant went down to earth, three points in the bottom corner and then scored, two rounds later, Durant continued to fire with three points, and then the three points could be scored, the Grim Reaper was completely crazy, Durant continued to score points in the middle of the shot, Allen outside ** Nurkic eats cake, Little hit another three-pointer, and the Suns beat the Suns 68-63 Knicks at halftime.
Halftime statistics, Durant 17 points and 3 rebounds, including 14 points in the second quarter, Nurkic 15 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, Allen 10 points, Beal 6 points, Booker 14 points and 7 assists, Little 3 points and 2 rebounds. On the Knicks' side, Barrett had 13 points, Randle had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, DiVincenzo had 5 points, Brunson had 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals, and Hartenstein had 2 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Yibian fought again, Booker hit two free throws at the beginning, Brunson soared into three points, Booker and Durant took turns to cut points, it was still Brunson's three-point response, the Suns defense couldn't watch, fortunately, Booker was bursting, shot three points and scored, Nurkic hooked his hand, Booker made a basket, but the Knicks were also tenacious and bit the point difference, Durant tossed, Little made a layup, Goodwin outside **, the Suns finally led by double digits, and Brunson responded with three points, the Suns couldn't do anything about him, fortunately, Allen made a layup to make 2+1, Randle throws, the difference is 8 points, Durant's shoes fell off and was thrown on the sidelines by Harten, Brunson can still hit the outside line, Nurkic dunks violently, and the Knicks frequently counterattack, how Brunson shoots, Durant and Eubanks teamed up to respond, and the Suns 99-97 Knicks at the end of the third quarter.
Brunson scored 19 points in the third quarter, the key end of the quarter, Barrett and Grimes scored successively, the Knicks overtook it, and then Durant and Booker missed three points, Brunson went down to the earth to continue to exert force, the Knicks took the opportunity to expand the lead, the point difference came to double digits, Durant was obviously overdrawn, the ball was cut, Brunson could still score three points in a row, the Suns were gone, unable to fight back, who noticed Durant's move at this time, the Grim Reaper gasped tiredly, and finally the Suns lost to the Knicks 122-139, and suffered a reversal。
Sun data, Durant 29 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, in the second half of the second quarter, Durant scored 11 points in a row with three three-point shots + mid-range shooting, which became the key to the Suns opening up the point gap, but unfortunately there was a problem with physical strength in the final quarter. Booker had 28 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists, and scored 11 points in the third quarter. Nurkic was a big surprise, contributing 21 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists, and Allen's 13 points were remarkable, and he was extremely efficient in 5 of 5 from the field. Bill scored 6 points, landed 90 degrees in the first quarter, I hope he is okay, I have to sigh that the Suns Big Three are also unlucky, Bill finally came back, but he was injured again, when will the Suns usher in a healthy Big Three?
Little had five points and four rebounds, and Goodwin had three points, three rebounds and nine assists. After losing to the Knicks, the Suns remain in 10th place in the West with 13 wins and 12 losses, 1 behind the Pelicans in front0 wins, the current Wild West, from the 6th Rockets to the 9th Pelicans, the rankings are changing dramatically every day, and further forward, the Nuggets at the 2nd place to the Kings at the 5th place can't close the gap, only the Timberwolves at the top of the list are very solid. The Suns are actually very good on paper, the problem is that there is no chemistry, there are too many singles, and then the Big Three can't be put together, resulting in the Suns becoming paper tigers, in the long run, the Suns and the Warriors are facing a very similar situation, both have the possibility of missing the playoffs, after all, the team in front, it is difficult for you to imagine who will fall behind, and the Suns have been overdrawing Durant's physical strength.
Knicks data, Brunson 50 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals, 19 points in the third quarter, 16 points in the final quarter, broke Durant, Randle 23 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, Barrett 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, DiVincenzo 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Sims 5 points and 3 rebounds, Quickley contributed 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. After beating the Suns, the Knicks remain in fifth place in the East with a 14-10 record.