Saturday games in the NBA kicked off as early as noon in the United States, with the summit meeting between Phoenix and Philadelphia. After 48 minutes of quality basketball, the Suns extended their winning streak to five with 111: 120 at home. On the other hand, the Eastern leader suffered a second consecutive loss.
Phoenix (9:16) – Philadelphia (9:18) 111: 120
The Suns’ last playoff appearance occurred somewhere in 2010. Precisely because of this – in order to interrupt this long drought – Chris Paul joined the break. At least according to things as they are today, the club from Arizona has definitely made a good decision. The host has achieved an eighth victory in its last nine games and has established itself at the top of the very crowded West.
After the dramatic win over Milwaukee in its previous game, Phoenix met another power from the East and had a hard time in the first quarter, which it finished 28:23 behind, with Joel Ambide and Ben Simmons doing whatever they please. The Suns started getting into things in the second quarter and went down to the break at a 53:53 tie. After her, Devin Booker took command.
The Suns’ fantastic guard scored 16 points from his 36 in the third quarter and gave the Suns a 5-point lead at the end (81:86). After getting down a bit to rest, his back line teammate Chris Paul took the reins from him and closed out interest in the final quarter, while also getting help from Dario Sharich, who returned to play after about a month out.
Boker led the winner with 36 points as stated, while Paul finished with 18 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds. The Phoenix bench was great and finished with 49 points in common, 15 of them by Sharich and 11 by Itwan Moore. On the other hand, Joel Ambide’s 35 points and 8 rebounds were not enough for the Sixers this time.
as expected
about 37 feet out
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– Phoenix Suns (@Suns) February 13, 2021