The culture and water are clear.
The Suns lost to the Thunder 110-118, and Durant's 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists were unsatisfactory, especially in the final quarter, which was like sleepwalking, one of the main reasons for the team's loss.
Durant 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists throughout the first half of the game, Durant only scored 10 points in 2 of 7, so that by the time he came to the 7th minute of the third quarter, the Suns 60-84 had fallen behind by 24 points, but after all, he was the Grim Reaper and had the ability to turn things around, and the next 7 minutes:
Durant's three-pointer at the top of the right arc faced Dort's defense and forced a three-pointer; Eat Alexander 2+1;Heads-up Holmgren mid-distance; After helping Allen hit a three-pointer:
Durant's one-on-one defense of Jayway in the third quarter interfered with Jayway's three-pointer to help the Suns chase to 85-89 by only four points.
4 of 4 scored 10 points in a single quarter, especially the heads-up in which every ball was a superstar, which made people sigh that when the Grim Reaper returned, in the final quarter, Vogel came to a mysterious substitution.
Back-to-back battles, the first three quarters have played 29 minutes and 50 seconds, especially at the last moment, carrying the team to blast out a 25-5 counterattack, and playing back the suspense of the game, Durant needs to rest, especially the bench players are very powerful, once completed the overtake with 99-93, so that he can rest for a while, but what is incomprehensible is:
Alexander returned 8 minutes and 30 seconds, when Holmgren caused a foul, Dagneault took back the ace Alexander, and if the Suns want to win, Durant needs to return at this time.
Alexander steals and assists Jay to counterattack for a layup, O'Neal passes Beal to a turnaround, Wiggins counterattacks for a layup; Beal was tackled by Alexander to help Jay fight back; O'Neal Jr. hit a three-point iron, Alexander instigated, Wallace scored three points, and then chased to a 103-103 tie in the middle distance, at this time a scrum was formed, and Vogel got Durant back, with a game time of 5 minutes and 47 seconds, that is, he let Durant rest 6 minutes and 13 seconds in pure game time!
We often say that when you get cold, Durant who comes back is probably the same.
Durant made a mistake in passing, Wiggins counterattacked and made a layup, and Durant sent a sideline ball that was directly stolen by Wiggins and dunked.
Durant's three-point iron has been vacant in the right corner, but the three-point iron is iron.
Durant was blocked and turned around to the basket, but was directly blocked by Wiggins.
Durant's mid-distance striking and even his fame's stunt mid-distance ended in striking iron.
Durant was blocked again and forced to the basket, and Alexander was blocked again.
In the 5 minutes and 47 seconds he played, Durant did not score a point in 4 of 4, made 1 mistake and was hatted 2 times, and the plus/minus value of the game was -8, which not only did not have the effect of death, but also played a negative role.
In the third quarter, Durant has found his rhythm of the game, but the final quarter is like sleepwalking, and the only explanation, as mentioned above, Vogel's substitution, leaving him with a 6 minutes and 13 seconds rest in the final quarter may be the only answer.