On February 14, Beijing time, the Suns sat at home to face the Kings, before the game, the Suns ranked 6th in the West, and the Kings ranked 7th in the West, with only 05 wins, this game is a key card battle for the two teams, the Suns quickly controlled the situation under the leadership of the Big Three at the beginning to establish a lead, but after Beal retired due to injury, the scene took a sharp turn, the Kings overtook and established a double-digit lead, in the second half with Booker's outburst, the Suns overtook the score at the end of the third quarter, and the Suns pulled the lead to double digits in the final quarter, and the Kings erased the point difference with the advantage of the inside, and the suspense of the game was maintained until the last moment, Booker sent a key mid-range, Coupled with Allen's game-winning frontcourt rebound, the Suns defeated the Kings 130-125.
Data details] Kings: Sa Jr. 35 points, 18 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 blocks, Fox 40 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Huerter 10 points and 3 rebounds, Monk 22 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Barnes 9 points and 5 rebounds.
Suns: Durant 28 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Allen 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Booker 25 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, Nurkic 9 points and 9 rebounds, Gordon 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Royce O'Neal 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
Booker became the star of the game, in the first half of the poor form, the second half of the strong **, the decisive moment of the key mid-range, and finally led the Suns to victory.
Record Moment] Eric Gordon hit a three-pointer in the first quarter, bringing his career three-point tally to 1,989, surpassing Kidd to rank 15th in NBA history, ahead of Lowry, who hit 2,140 three-pointers.
Booker finished the third quarter with 15 points on 4-of-14 shooting. So far, Booker's athletic number of hits has reached 4,880, and he surpassed Marion to occupy the third place in Suns history.
Game Highlights] Before the game, it was revealed that the Suns will sign a veteran in the buyout market, Thaddeus Young, and at the same time are interested in veteran Gallinari, who was previously cut by the Pistons.
Before the game, the sun officially posted a theme poster: Celebrate the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon together tonight.
Shortly after the start of the first quarter, Beal left the court accompanied by staff, and soon after the Suns officially announced that Beal had a strained left hamstring and would not return to this game, and Beal scored 5 points and 1 rebound on 2-of-2 before the injury.
Bright Lens] Easy! Durant single-arm cleaved dunk.
Golf Quotient! Xiao Sa's second attack was tough.
Eat the cake! Eubanks glide chop.
Step on the gas pedal to the end! Fox countered with a two-handed dunk.
Difficult! Durant hits a solid mid-range shot.
Really not defensive! Munch kills the hinterland and folds the buckle.
Rare! Gordon Sr. dunks in the air.
The ultimate team! The Kings touched the ball with five touches, and Sa Empty cut the whistle to finish.
Game review] Fox hit a 3-point shot, Durant and Nurkic scored 4 points in a row to overtake, Huerter responded with 3 points, Beal also had 3 points, Murray dunked to overtake, Durant and Beal scored 5 points in a row, Fox scored 3 points to stop the bleeding, Booker and Gordon scored 5 points in a row, Xiao Sa responded with a basket, Gordon scored 3 points again, the Suns stretched the difference to 7 points, Fox scored 4 points in a row to chase points, Allen responded with a layup, Huerter also had 3 points, Allen and Gordon cut 7 points in a row, and the difference was stretched to 9 points, Monk, Xiao Sa, Fox responded with a 17-8 attack wave to tie the score at 37 in one go, and Huerter hit a back-up shot, and the Kings took a one-point lead at 39-38 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Fox hit a 2-point shot, Durant responded with a back, Monk hit two free throws, Durant scored 4 points in a row to overtake, Fox and Huerter scored 5 points in a row, Royce O'Neal scored 1 point on a free throw, Xiao Sa and Monk scored 10 points in a row, the King stretched the lead to 11 points, Okogie and Gordon scored 5 points in a row to stop the bleeding, the King responded with 5 points, Gordon scored 3 points again, Xiao Sa also made a layup, and the two teams started a tug-of-war around the 10-point difference, fortunately, at the end of the quarter, Gordon, Allen, and Durant scored 7 points in a row, At halftime, the Suns tied the deficit to three points at 64-67.
Yibian fought again, Durant scored 1 point on a free throw, Barnes, Fox, Murray, and Sa Jr. scored 9 points in a row, the Kings stretched the difference to 11 points, Durant and Nurkic responded with 5 points, Barnes hit a 2-point shot, Durant hit a pull-up shot, Fox scored 5 points in a row, Allen responded with a layup, Nurkic also had two free throws, Xiao Sa hit a layup, Booker 2+1 played, Monk hit a strong kill, Booker scored 1 point on a free throw, Allen also had three points, Okogie hit both free throws, Booker hit two free throws again, and the Suns chased the score to 87 draws, Then the two teams started a tug-of-war, with Booker's late quarter play, the third quarter ended, and the Suns led by 2 points 94-92.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, Durant hit a 3-point shot, Fox responded with 2 points, Gordon and Royce O'Neal hit two three-pointers in a row, Murray and Xiao Sa scored 4 points in a row, Durant jumped in response, Fox broke through, Little also had 3 points, the Suns stretched the lead to double digits, Murray hooked his hand, Fox hit both free throws, Barnes also had a mid-range shot, Xiao Sa hit a violent dunk, Xiao Sa also made a basket, the King tied the score in one breath, and then the two teams started a tug-of-war, and the lead changed hands many times, Booker hit a key mid-range shot at a critical moment, and Allen grabbed the winning frontcourt rebound, and finally the Suns defeated the Kings.
Kings: Fox, Huerter, Murray, Barnes, Sabonis Jr.
Suns: Booker, Beal, Allen, Durant, Nurkic.