The NBA regular season continues, the Suns' home game against the Rockets has ended, the two sides are still very different in overall strength and team record, the Suns won a wave of two consecutive wins before this game was once expected to continue to narrow the gap with the fourth place in the standings, but the trend of this game can be said to be unexpected according to the final result, the Suns were behind the whole game to chase points, and finally lost to the Rockets at home.
Suns starters Beal, Booker, Durant, Allen, Nurkic. The Rockets started Dillon, VanVleet, Smith Green, Shin Jing.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Rockets entered the state early, full of firepower, Green scored 11 points and two assists in the first quarter of the game with 4 of 8 shots, Van Vleed, also 5 shots and 4 three-pointers, 3 shots and 11 points and one rebound, one assist and one steal of the comprehensive data, under the leadership of the two, the Rockets scored 38 points in the first quarter of the game, on the other hand, the Suns fought at home and they did not find a feeling on the offensive end, and the frequent iron was only 19 points in a single quarter, and they once fell behind by 20 points when the game was the most in the first quarter.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Suns' offense recovered slightly, Beal's three-point shot pulled up the team's momentum of chasing points, Nurkic made one of two free throws, and hit the Suns with two or three points to chase the difference to 15 points after a small climax, VanVleet responded from mid-range, but the Rockets' offense suddenly stalled in the second quarter, and the sudden power outage caused their lead to be constantly caught up by the Suns, and the Suns scored 25 points in a single quarter in the second quarter to narrow the gap by half, and they were still 10 points behind after the game.
In the third quarter of the game, the feeling of the offensive end of the two sides revived again, and the big battle of the bomb was opened. Durant pulls out a jump shot, scored 4 points with one hand, and the team chased the difference to 6 points, Shen Jing scored a layup, helping the team stabilize the situation, Durant dunked again, meaning three-point ideas, find the feeling After hitting, the two sides fell into a confrontation, just singing, I appeared on the court and frequently launched an impact on the basket, the Rockets felt quite hot on the outside of this game, which is also the key to their ability to face the Suns to chase points and maintain their lead, both teams hit the 35-point screen in the third quarter, and the Rockets fought away in the third quarter. At the end of the day, he was still 10 points ahead.
In the final quarter, Thompson hit both free throws, Smith scored a layup, and Durant made a strong layup to chase the difference to 9 points. O'Neal hit two three-pointers in a row and scored 78 points from the basket to help the team keep closing the score until it was only three points away. Smith hit both free throws to help stabilize the Rockets. Okogie followed up with a layup, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, VanVleet made a key three points, Dillon also scored three points, the Rockets stabilized the situation, and a wave re-established the lead, Booker also left the game injured, and finally the Rockets maintained the lead to the end, upsetting the Suns on the road.
Not to mention that the Rockets maintained a hot hand at the beginning of this game, outside the three-point line, at the beginning of the fourth quarter was still above 4 percent, and the team's Green and VanVleet hit a total of 11 three-pointers, and the team also relied on Green and VanVlee's play to take the lead, and finally overturned the Suns on the road and won the game.
The Suns' side of the offensive end of the game was slightly sluggish, although Durant maintained an efficient output and constantly attacked the basket to score for the team when the team was behind, but Booker's slump and Beal's two consecutive T ejections had a big impact on them, and Nurkic also missed the second half of the game, which had a great impact on the team, and in the end they lost the game at home. The key point is that after the loss, the Suns' record began to decline and the position was shaky, knowing that the Kings and Mavericks behind them were eyeing each other. Booker also left the court with an injury at the end of the game, and the Suns have a difficult schedule for the rest of the game, which is very unfriendly for them later.
Rockets stats: Shin Jing 21 points and 8 rebounds, Green 34 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, VanVleet 24 points and 11 assists, Dillon 11 points and 6 rebounds, Smith 14 points and 3 rebounds.
Suns stats: Durant 30 points and 9 rebounds, Booker 24 points and 5 assists, Beal 7 points, Nurkic 7 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, O'Neal 20 points and 11 rebounds. A new season of sports