Thursday night’s NBA standings, following the mid-season trading deadline, were highlighted by the Bucks and Suns Finals rematch in Phoenix.
The first 22 minutes of the match were competitive and closed, but after that, it was an uncontested competition as Phoenix scored a 131-107 victory.
After falling by as much as six points at the start of the second period, the Suns dominated the middle two quarters as they overcame the Bucks 66-43.
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The sun expands its dominance across the league
The win, 19 of their last 22 games, extends the Suns’ league best record to 45-10, 4.5 games better than second-best team Golden State. Warriors.
Phoenix has been almost unstoppable since they turned the game around from a 1-3 slow start. The win also extends the Suns’ dominant 19-3 record against the East, which clearly looks to be the better conference this season.
The Suns are 21-6 against ,500 teams this season.
No other team has 20 more wins or losses than the winning team.
In a class of their own. pic.twitter.com/O4J3cdIK5v
– StatMuse (@statmuse) February 11, 2022
After Thursday night’s game, the Sun is the owner of The league’s best net rating is 7.9.
“They’re defending champions. We’re hurt. But from a confidence standpoint, yes,” Suns head coach Monty Williams said of the significance of the win.
“DA is the reason we won this game, both offensively and defensively,” Chris Paul said after the game.
Deandre Ayton not only scored the highest 27 points of the team, but he was also a huge reason why the Suns held off Giannis Antetokounmpo – who was on a 44-point performance compared to a few days ago – only 18 points out of 5 of- 14 times. shot from the scene.
Meanwhile, the Suns All-Star duo of Paul (17 points, 19 assists) and Devin Booker (17 points, seven assists) did their thing.
Devin Booker and Chris Paul have been on fire in their last 10 games🔥
Book: 29.5 PPG, 45.9 FG%
CP3: 19.4 PPG, 12.5 APG, 52.6 FG%The Suns have a league best record of 45-10. pic.twitter.com/gW8910VQTs
– ESPN (@espn) February 11, 2022
This is Paul’s second game to have 19 assists while the rest of the league has a total of 0. He alone has more assists than the Bucks, who have recorded 18. .
Paul did all of this while spinning the ball exactly twice. He is currently leads the league in support/revenue ratio with 4.41 among the standout pitchers with significant games and minutes.
On the other hand, while he has only scored 17 points, Booker has had nine 30-point games in the past month.
Phoenix have three games left before the All-Star break with their remaining opponents Magic, Clippers and Rockets.
