Durant propels Suns to overcome Warriors’ last scare

of phoenix suns They defeated the Golden State Warriors 123-115, snapping their fifth straight win. The Warriors made up for a 16-point deficit with the help of substitute players, and threatened a complete comeback in the final stages of the game.

kevin durant He finished with 32 points and eight rebounds, the best of any local player, and had five consecutive games with 30 or more points. It was his ninth chance this season.

Devin Booker The local team finished with 25 points.During his time in Golden State, he klay thompson He scored 23 points and hit six triples in 10 attempts. The shooting guard had his highest score so far this season.

croatian Dario Saric He rose to 17 points, tied with the rookie. brandin podzemski They led a second force of Californians and nearly rang the night bell.

Thompson was the star at the start of the game, scoring with ease from anywhere on the court. A triple with no angle, a layup. The Warriors guard rallied and finished the first quarter with 11 points.

It was a very draining period, with up to 15 fouls called, three of them against one player, Saric, who barely managed to stay on the court for the first four minutes.

Frank Vogel was forced to rally his team with a triple by Stephen Curry to give the visitors an 11-16 lead.

The Suns responded based on a partial score and were up 14-4 at the start of the second quarter, but after a timid response from the Warriors, they gave up another 11-0, giving the home team the highest score in the game up to that point. You have a lead. 51-42, 9 points with 3 minutes left in halftime.

Coach Vogel’s team stopped Golden State from scoring this time with excellent defense, forcing them to lose as many as nine games, but most of all, the secondary added points, including Josh Okogie’s second hit alone, scoring eight points. Showed another team that can increase the number of players. For example, a room.

Things didn’t go as planned for Chris Paul, who seemed very nervous and lost his nerve when he was called for a foul on Durant, leading to referee Scott Foster, one of the oldest referees in the league. he argued very excitedly. 29 seasons in the NBA.

He received two technical fouls for continuing to protest, resulting in his ejection. Steve Kerr went out to defend a player, but the team pointed the extra point and sent Devin Booker to the free throw line to continue the extra point.

The Suns reached a new high of 16 points at halftime, with lights bouncing off the heroes as they headed to the locker room down 63-47.

Phoenix knew that his rival was at the most delicate moment and jumped out. Booker and Durant each scored five points in the first two minutes, increasing the lead on the scoreboard to 22 points (75-53).

The Warriors and Kerr himself seemed to have given up on the game, rotating more and showing inconsistent scoring. For the local team, Eric Gordon added the first six points of the night, finishing with 13 points, all in the second half.

In the third quarter, Chiimezee Metu blocked a shot from Moses Moody and the score was 91-75.

With the starters sitting, Golden State managed to cut the deficit to 10 points. Podzemski’s counter finish caused another local timeout.

Kerr held on for a few more minutes, something less common. “Splash Brothers” appeared with nine episodes left, but it didn’t have a big impact.

The Warriors, who once again had substitutes on both sides, drew suspicion from their hometown after losing almost six straight games, but with Jackson Davis’ 2 plus 1 point, they had less than 2 points remaining, resulting in an astonishing 114-108 record. Reached. 5-17.

Coach Vogel put Booker, Durant, Allen and Nurkic back on the court and they played until the final horn.

In between the controversial officiating call and free throw observation, the entire Footprint Center was lit up by eight more people and was much calmer. But Podzemski came on at the end, won the important ball and scored the goal.

Durant’s protest resulted in a technical. Golden State added one more point to get within three points and that was it. Durant knew how to make time pass and be safe from the free throw line to the final 123-115.