The arrival of kevin durant has completely revitalized its era Phoenix Sans and even in games in which the forward is not available (he was injured in the warm-up), those led by Monty Williams show a version worthy of one of best teams in the conference and why not the championship.
The suns they crushed the Oklahoma City Thunder (which came from Golden State’s comfortable win) by 132-101with guidance a Devin Booker of historical performance: the escort ended with 44 points and a 17-23 pitch in just 27:30 minutes.
His 44 points are a record for a Phoenix player among those with 30 minutes or less on the court. The Suns have never had such a scoring performance in such a short period of time. He broke Booker’s record Paul Westphal (39 in 30 minutes in 1979), yes Tom Chambers (38 out of 28 in 1989) already Cameron Johnson (38 out of 28 in 2022).
Of course, while it represents a franchise high, 44 was far from the overall maximum for a game under 30 minutes: this brand is owned by Klay Thompsonwho in a Warriors-Pacers game in 2016 scored no less than 60 points in 29 minutes.
If we put it dam in 28 minutes (what booker played tonight), the leader is also Klay: 52 in 27during a 2018 Warriors-Bulls (in which he broke the triples record, with 14 conversions);
The truth is that far from Durant’s entrance into the team complicating Booker’s scoring volume, the star’s arrival seems to have motivated the former Kentucky even more. In the three games they shared the court, the shooting guard filled in 37, 35 and 36 degreeswhile this Wednesday, without KD, he went to 44.
So Booker reached another record this Wednesday: series of four straight games of 35 or more points. No one had ever accomplished that in the history of the Phoenix franchise: Charles Barkley, Charlie Scott and Booker himself they had the record, with three “+35” in a row. Next Saturday, the Michigan native will have a chance to extend the streak to five when Phoenix takes on their shaky defense Sacramento Kings.
Devin Booker becomes first player in Suns franchise history with 4 straight 35+ point games
The game’s other very good news for Phoenix came from the performance of terrence rosesin just his fifth game with the Suns: the former Orlando scored 24 points in 23 minutesfilling that role of direct offense off the bench, which could end up leading to more than one game during the playoffs.
At the most crucial time of the year, the season begins to smile on the Suns. Even on a night that started with an alarm, due to the particular injury of Kevin Durant. great candidates
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
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Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
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