On the 28th, Beijing time, the NBA Suns relied on 22 three-pointers to tie a new high this season, withstood the counterattack of the Clippers at home, narrowly defeated the opponent 111-109, and closed the recent three consecutive wins.
Booker (No. 1) scored a team-high 26 points and made five three-pointers
The home court Suns felt hot from the outside in the first quarter, Durant contributed 2 three-pointers with 10 points, Jones scored 9 points on 3-of-3 shooting from the outside, and the team made 8 three-pointers to lead the Clippers 34-30. In the second quarter, the Suns continued to bombard the Clippers from the outside, taking a 13-point lead at 60:47 at halftime.
In the second half, the Suns' crosshairs fell, the Clippers took advantage of the situation to catch up, and the "bearded" Harden scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the Clippers once overtook the Suns, but in the end the Suns still led with a 5-point lead into the deciding quarter. Although the Suns relied on the recovering outside firepower to stretch the lead to a 13-point difference in the decisive quarter, the Clippers did not give up, played a wave of fierce offense, and chased the score to 1 point difference with 40 seconds remaining, but Bill cut to the foul and made 2 free throws with 30 seconds left, and then the Clippers Powell made only 1 of 2 free throws, and the Clippers finally failed to reverse the Suns with foul tactics and ended the recent 2-game winning streak with a 2-point difference, and the Suns successfully closed the 3-game winning streak.
Harden (right)
The Suns made a season-high 22 three-pointers today, shooting 46.8%, Booker made five three-pointers and scored a team-high 26 points, with seven rebounds and eight assists, Durant had 24 points, four rebounds and five assists, Jones also scored 17 points with five three-pointers, and Allen made four three-pointers off the bench with 18 points and six rebounds. The Clippers had 24 points, six rebounds and 10 assists but seven turnovers, Zubak had a brilliant 25 points and 16 rebounds, Powell scored 23 points and Reynard contributed 17 points.