Durant welcomes two milestones! Booker's 44 points were beaten by the Magic!
On the 29th Beijing time, the NBA's NBA regular season continues, Orlando is facing Phoenix at home, the Magic team has just been defeated by the Grizzlies, and the Suns have been forced to a draw by the Pacers, both sides have the desire to win, Booker's recent performance is also expected, this Booker's performance, let's take a look at the process of this game, and the next thing is the player! Game progression.
Soon after the opening, Beal scored 4 points in a row, and the Suns pulled one back again, Fultz and Suggs combined for 6 points, Durant shot, Wagner and Banchero scored one after another, and in the second half of the second quarter, led by Booker and Gordon, the Suns opened the first quarter with an 11-point difference. In the second quarter, Banchero and Isaac were only 2 points apart, but Booker's goal after goal gave them a 5-point advantage at the break.
Durant, Gordon and Booker also had a three-pointer, and the Suns led by 13 points at one point, but with his substitution, their offense became sluggish, and that gave the Magic a chance to take a three-point lead in the fourth quarter. In the final stages of the game, the Suns' physical exhaustion was exposed, and Orlando relied on the performances of Banchero and Wagner to pull the score to 113-98.
In this game, Banchero performed the best, as we said, their offensive ability is poor, Durant is their only attacker, without Durant, they will be in a very disadvantageous situation, without Wagner Jr., the Suns may have collapsed, this game, Banchero made 9 of 18 free throws, scored 26 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Wagner had 11 of eight rebounds and seven assists.
Fultz 14 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, Suggs 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, Carter 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, Carter, Fultz returned, which greatly increased the strength of the Magic team, plus Wagner, got 16 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist, and in this game, he only took 20 minutes to get 16 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist! He's gotten more minutes to play, but he's not doing well defensively.
After winning this game, the Magic have ranked first in the East with Miami with a score of 24-22, they were still 2nd in the West before, but now they are competing for 8th place in the West, so it is normal for their results to decline, because their main force is still relatively young, and their formation is not perfect, and they lack a team that can provide them with enough space, but this team has good talent and defensive ability, and once this core grows, their future will be very bright.
In this battle, Booker played very hard, 17 of 26 shots, 1 of 3, 44 points, 4 rebounds, 3 3 of 1, 6 rounds later, Booker's 4 points were 40+, but due to Durant's lack of aggression, Booker was full of firepower on offense, but the efficiency was not high, the first two rounds combined, he scored 106 points, but in the end it was two consecutive defeats.
Maybe Durant's mood is a little low, maybe Vogel is in a different way, in short, Durant doesn't have much fighting spirit, this game, he shot 7 out of 12, efficiently led the team to score 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and in the 4th quarter, he only shot 4 three-pointers, the results of this game were not satisfactory, but Durant made two important achievements in this game, and his personal career scored more than 28,000 points, The three-point shooting percentage is also ranked 19th in the world.
Beal didn't come up with any decent results, 4 of 13 shots, 3 points, 5 6 assists, only 9 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, although Beal is good, but as a 3 forward, he has very little ball, and he doesn't have much time to possess the ball, which also leads to his performance is not ideal, Vogel has not come up with a reasonable combination, and during this time, there have been some discordant situations in his locker room.
In this battle, the Magic hit the weakness of the Suns, the offense was weak, but this was not the worst thing, the most terrible thing was that their bench attack was too weak, in this battle, the Suns' bench players were only 7 people, and a total of 18 points, while Magic, Wagner got 16 points, plus the substitute players, a total of 43 points, and the gap between the two people has reached 25 points, that is, even their starting lineup is difficult to defeat the opponent! The reserve gap is simply too great.
This season, the Suns have been fighting for a championship, but from this point of view, they are still far from the championship hopes, so they need to make some trades as soon as possible to strengthen themselves, they need to find a suitable No. 5 player, and they are also interested in Miles Bridges, I think the probability that they can buy him is not high, and it is a good deal to be able to buy Hayward. Speaking of which, what do you think of the sun and magic right now? Please leave a comment.