In the Suns career debut, Kevin Durant contributed 23 points efficiently and Devin Booker added 37 points. The Suns beat the Hornets 105-91 and avoided losing streak.
Durant played 26 minutes, made 10 of 15 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, scored 23 points efficiently, and had 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 pots.
Over the past three years, Durant has proved that he is still the top attacker in the entire league in the Nets. In the fourth stop of his career, the 34-year-old chose to play with Paul (Chris Paul), Booker and Ayton (Deandre Ayton) Teaming up and continuing to accumulate honors, he knew that he didn’t have much room for error and had to make decisions carefully.
Wearing the Suns jersey for the first time, Durant cooperated tacitly with his teammates and sent two beautiful assists in the game. Not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, Durant quickly integrated into the system. The inside net he and Ayton weaved gave opponents a great shock.
In the first game following returning from injury, Durant was still subject to strict playing time restrictions. Although, measured by statistics, Durant’s performance in this game was not outstanding, but he made 10 of 15 shots (66.7%). Positive and negative efficiency value +13, these two indicators are the highest among all players.
Teaming up with Booker to score 60 points, Durant said, “As a player with good efficiency, if we want to go to the position we want to go, that’s what we need to do. We must remain aggressive on the offensive end, Open things up for the guys. Going forward, we need to keep playing like that.”
