The Suns are back at home against the Rockets, and Beal is back, but Gordon and Little are sidelined. Suns starters: Allen, Durant, Nurkic, Beal, Booker; Rockets starters: Dillon, Smith, Shin Jing, Green, VanVleet.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Suns made a mistake and Jalen Green scored directly in an empty basket, and the Suns scored 4 points in a row. Shen Jingzao fouled free throws, Jalen Green also scored 4 points in a row, Van Jordan shot to lead to 6 points, and after Booker scored 5 points in a row, Van Jordan returned with three points to stop the Suns again. Back in the game, Jalen Green countered with a windmill dunk and a three-point shot, and then assisted on a three-pointer for Van Jordan and a basket. After Shin Jing hit another shot, the Rockets led by 14 points at 29-15, and the Suns called a timeout again. But after the pause, Van Jordan hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner, and Amen's 2+1 point difference came to 20 points. Udoka started off the bench, Bol Bol and Booker scored four straight points to finally stop the bleeding, and the White Devils broke through to make foul free throws and a fast-break counterattack layup. The Rockets led by 19 points at 38-19 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the two sides rotated the lineup, and the Rockets' offense began to fire again, Beal and Ball scored three points in a row and then played a wave of 7-1 small climax, the White Devils were replaced with crazy iron, and Jalen Green came back. But the Suns' counterattack continued, and Durant made a foul and went into a timeout. After the pause came back, the Rockets' offense was blind again, and the opponent played a wave of 10-0 small climax, and Okogie stopped the Rockets 2+1. Back in the game, Jalen Green was fouled twice without a whistle, but the Rockets inside Smith and Shin Jing made two frontcourt rebounds and rebounds, and Nurkic was mistakenly injured by his teammates and returned to the locker room. Jalen Green hit another three-pointer to give the Rockets a 10-point lead at halftime at 54-44.
In the second half, Durant scored 6 points in a row, Shen Jing scored a basket, Smith hit a three-point shot in the bottom corner to stabilize the situation, and after Allen made a foul free throw, Durant and Smith exchanged a match. After Dillon chased down a three-point shot, Booker immediately made a three-point foul and hit all three free throws. But Jalen Green suddenly exploded, hitting two three-pointers in a row to lead by 15 points, stopping the Suns. After the timeout, Jalen Green clashed with Beal, with Beal having two technical fouls and Green having one technical foul. But the Suns responded with a 7-0 spurt that narrowed to nine points, and Udoka took a timeout. But after the timeout, the Suns continued to fight back, and O'Neal hit a three-pointer to chase four points but received a technical foul. Jalen Green and Van Jordan hit back-to-back three-pointers to stabilize the situation. Booker made another three-point foul to chase 11 points, but Smith immediately responded with a three-pointer from the outside, and the Rockets still led by 10 points at 89-79 at the end of the third quarter.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Durant led the team. The White Devils made consecutive errors, Durant countered with a layup to chase nine points, and Udoka immediately called a timeout in exchange for Jalen Green and Van Jordan. Amen's rebound stopped the bleeding, Jalen Green broke through Durant for a layup, but O'Neal hit two three-pointers in a row to narrow the difference, and the Rockets called a timeout. After the timeout, Booker came back, and the Suns began to chase the points again, narrowing the gap to 3 points, and Smith broke through to make a foul free throw to stop the bleeding. The Suns fought back to chase 1 point, and Van Jordan and Jalen Green scored 5 points in a row to stretch it to 6 points, and the two sides fell into a hard-fought tug-of-war. Dillon hit a decisive three-pointer from the bottom corner, and the Suns called a timeout. As a result, back in the game, the Suns made a mistake and an offensive foul, and after the challenge failed, Shin Jing scored another basket and then stealed Booker. Durant and Booker scored 5 points in a row, Jalen Green scored with high difficulty, and Durant is still alive. But the Rockets rebounded back-to-back frontcourt, Booker also returned to the locker room with an injury, and the Suns announced that they had given up.
In the end, the Rockets defeated the Suns 118-109 away to complete revenge, let's take a look at the specific performance of the players!
Finish Booker! Jalen Green 34+9+4+2 angry Beal.
Jalen Green faced Booker in the last game, and today Green continued his hot offensive form. In the first quarter, he was 4-of-8, 1-of-2 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, scoring 11 points and 2 assists, with a plus/minus of +20.
In the first half, he shot 6-of-13 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range to finish with 17 points, three rebounds and two assists.
In the second half, Green did not fall into firepower, and in the third quarter, he hit two consecutive three-pointers to stop the Suns, and when the opponent narrowed the difference, he stabilized the situation with three points in the bottom corner and scored another 9 points in a single quarter.
It is worth mentioning that in the third quarter, Bill and Jalen Green pushed each other, and Green was not afraid at all, pushing Bill angrily and spraying the opponent! In the end, Bill ate 2t and was ejected, and Green ate 1t.
In the fourth quarter, he didn't drop the chain and scored a crucial 6 points. In the whole game, Jalen Green played 37 minutes, shooting 12 of 23, 6 of 12 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and slashing 34 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
Van Jordan 24+5+11
In addition to the Rockets' list, Van Jordan also scored and passed the ball today. In the first quarter, he shot 4-of-5 from the field and 3-of-3 from three-point range, scoring 11 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, with a plus/minus of +20.
In the first half, Van Jordan contributed 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. He also hit two three-pointers in the third quarter and also contributed a crucial three-pointer in the final quarter. In the game, he played 42 minutes, shooting 8-of-15 from the field, 6-of-11 from three-point range, and 2-of-3 from the free-throw line, contributing 24 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.
30+9+2 in the air, Durant made free throws to the milestone.
In the first half, Durant played poorly, shooting 2-of-6, 1-of-1 three-pointer, and 2-of-4 free throws, and only got 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.
But in the second half, he began to exert his strength, scoring 23 points, and struggled to support in the final quarter, but he still fell short.
In the whole game, Durant played 39 minutes, shooting 12 of 19, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 5 of 8 free throws, and 30 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.
With the addition of today's five free throws, Durant has hit 6,922 career free throws, and he has also surpassed Pierce to rank 10th in NBA history.