After leaving the Brooklyn Nets, Durant still failed to find his own championship fleet. Last season's Suns were extraordinary, but after all, they still couldn't cross the Denver Nuggets, so the team management made a big move, sending away the former league's No. 1 point guard Paul, as well as the champion Lang Ayton, and getting Beal and Nurkic, the team looked better, but the effect was still not satisfactory. The team currently sits in sixth place in the West, relying more on the individual ability of the Big Three than on teamwork.
In this game, the Suns will challenge the Brooklyn Nets away, and for Durant, this is definitely a game of great significance. Bridges and Cameron Johnson face their old bosses and are equally looking to prove themselves.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Durant got 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Booker had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Gordon, who came to the start, also had 5 points and 1 assist, and the team scored 30 points in a single quarter, but the Nets also scored 30 points at home, including Cameron Johnson 8 points and 1 rebound, Claxton 8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. After returning from the game in the second quarter, Durant continued to exert his strength, scoring 8 points and 4 assists on 3-of-4 shooting, Nurkic scored 13 points and 2 rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting, and Okogie scored 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team scored 34 points in a single quarter.
The Nets withstood the pressure, Bridges had 9 points and 1 steal, Thomas had 6 points on 2-of-2 shooting, Dinwiddie also had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, the team scored 31 points in a single quarter, and at halftime, the Suns only led the Nets by 3 points at 64-61. In the second half, Durant scored 11 points and 2 assists on 4-of-7 shooting, Nurkic had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Booker was 8 points, 4 assists and 2 steals on 4-of-4 shooting, the team scored 42 points in a single quarter, the Nets were a little unable to resist, Dinwiddie scored 8 points and 3 assists, the team only scored 26 points, and the difference between the two teams came to 19 points.
In the final quarter of the game, Lonnie Walker became a wonder soldier, scoring 14 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 3 steals on 5-of-7 shooting, leading the Nets to continue to narrow the gap, and after Johnson hit a three-point shot, the Nets only trailed the Suns by 10 points. Gordon and Booker hit back-to-back three-pointers, making the game completely out of suspense. With the final whistle blowing, the Phoenix Suns defeated the Brooklyn Nets by 16 points 136-120.
Phoenix Suns won the game, Durant was unrelenting in the face of his old master, 33 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists on 10-of-16 shooting, superstar-level performance, Nurkic ushered in an explosion, 28 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists on 11-of-15 shooting, Booker also had 22 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, Beal only had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 3-of-8 shooting, but Gordon withstood the pressure, 6-of-10 shooting, 5-of-9 three-point shooting, and got 17 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, The crucial three points of the final quarter once again gave people a glimpse of the veteran's big heart.
The Nets played perfect team basketball, with 6 players scoring double-doubles, Thomas got 25 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Bridges had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and shot 6 of 12 three-pointers, Cameron Johnson had 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Dinwiddie had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Claxton had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and Lonnie Walker on the bench also had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, including 14 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 3 steals in the final quarter. Then you can definitely win a few more games this season.