At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 11, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, the Golden State Warriors are sitting at home, facing the Phoenix Suns, and the showdown between the two giants in the West is about to start, and both teams have been in good shape recently. Before this game, the Warriors ranked 11th in the West with a record of 24 wins and 25 losses, and the record of the past 6 games was 5 wins and 1 loss, which can be regarded as a winning rate of 5, the Warriors experienced a lot of difficulties at the beginning of the season, and entered the second half of the regular season, they are also gradually on the right track, Curry's hand is also back, and the young Kuminga is even more hot, becoming the Warriors' brightest star, the last 12 games, Kuminga contributed an average of 23 per game8 points 63 rebounds, shooting 60% from the field and 45% from three-point range.
Speaking about the team's situation this season, Curry said in an interview: "Each of us is contributing. That's how we've built our streak and want to keep it going. The second half of the season is up to us to win as many games as we can and be a team that no one wants to meet in the playoffs and then see. On the other side, the Suns, before this game, ranked 5th in the West with a record of 31-21, and the Suns were also 5-1 in the past 6 games.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Suns are sending Durant, Booker, Beal, Allen and Nurkic. On the Warriors' side, Curry, Thompson, Kuminga, Wiggins and Dream Green are fielded. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Dream Green jumped to win, the Warriors took the lead in getting the ball, Wiggins flew through the layup and scored the first goal of the game, Durant's mid-range back-to-back dry pull-out jumper was into the center of the net, and it also opened for the Suns, Dream Green chased three points at the top of the arc and suddenly gave a cold arrow, Booker also had a drifting jump shot after receiving the ball, Allen cut the basket and threw a steady shot, Thompson shot a bow outside the three-point line in the bottom corner and shot a hundred steps through Yang, Curry shot a three-point shot at a 45-degree angle and pierced the heart, Looney scored a strong attack in the penalty area, and Eubanks hit a shot back in the box.
In the first quarter of the game, the score of the two teams was very intense, the Warriors took the initiative slightly, Booker broke through the lightning to make a layup 2+1, and Curry scored three points in the bottom corner and scored another goal. At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Suns by five points at 33-28. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Durant hit a mid-range jumper on a drift to help the Suns take the lead, Kumingga stepped up and scored 4 points on a meteor flying, Bol made a strong layup in the restricted area to make it 2+1, Okogie was not to be outdone, and scored 5 points in a row, Durant scored two points on a layup in three steps, Beal and Curry shot each other three-pointers, Booker lowered his center of gravity, accelerated the lightning layup and scored two more points, Wiggins also hit a 45-degree angle empty three-pointer, and the situation on the court was still a stalemate. The scores of the two teams are chasing me and catching up with each other and taking the lead alternately.
At halftime, the Warriors led the Suns by one point at 59-58. In the first half, Durant had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Booker had 9 points, Beal had 6 points, Curry had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and Kuminga had 14 points and 2 rebounds. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Beal flanked three points ** and pierced the heart, opening the third quarter of the game, Curry's bottom corner three-point shot was decisive and excellent, and immediately with color, Nurkic received the ball under the basket and turned to shake off the defense and scored easily, Allen flew into the basket and threw a small throw in the paint area, Booker drifted at a 45-degree angle and shot a hole through the basket, Dream Green arc top fake fax burst into the interior to score two points, Curry felt hot, outside three points scored another goal, Gordon started at the top of the arc, and the basket hit the inside line to score two points, Booker drifted for another goal from mid-range.
It is worthy of being the two most popular teams in the West, and the two sides maintained a gap of less than 5 points throughout the game, and after the third quarter of the game, the Warriors led the Suns by 2 points 84-82. In the final quarter of the decisive battle, Durant and Gordon helped the Suns complete the overtake, and the play of Quiñones and Podzemski helped the Warriors regain the lead, the situation on the court was still extremely stalemate, and at the critical moment, Curry's outrageous three-pointer was too far back to shoot through the heart, killing the game, and in the end, the Warriors narrowly defeated the Suns 113-112.
In terms of statistics, on the Suns' side, Booker had 32 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists; Kevin Durant 25 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists; Bradley Beal 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists; Grayson Allen 10 points and 4 rebounds; Youssef Nurkic had six points, six rebounds and three assists. On the Warriors' side, Stephen Curry had 30 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists; Jonathan Kuminga 21 points and four rebounds; Draymond Green 15 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists; Andrew Wiggins 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists; Gary Payton II had 11 points and three rebounds. Hundreds of spectators