The Suns have reacted. After a disastrous streak that even left them out of the play-inthe Arizona organization has taken flight to the point of achieving three consecutive victories, the last one last night by 112-110 once morest a tough rival like Memphis.
The truth is that it was a round game for Phoenix, although it was regarding to get complicated at the last minute. To begin with they saw Chris Paul on the floor, something that had not happened for more than two weeks. The veteran accepted the challenge of returning to face Ja Morant and he surpassed it with a great game of 22 points and 11 assists. With him in charge, the Suns quickly gained an advantage to go to halftime 25 points up. The meeting seemed resolved, but as we said, it was not so far away that they ended up escaping.
The Grizzlies always give war and despite being outmatched at the start, they didn’t just give up. After the break they closed the gap until they were only two points down with seven seconds to play. They defended hard and stole the ball, but there was no time left… The courage shown did not have the desired reward. After the clash, Chris Paul pointed out that they still have work to shape the chemistry they want.
“We just have to build trust. Over the last few years, that’s what has led to our best moment in games being the last four or five minutes. You build that confidence by putting yourself in those sticky situations,” he says.
CP3 was really good, but not only. Mikal Bridges contributed 24 points and Torrey Craig signed another 20. From the bench, Dario Saric contributed in all facets of the game with 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals.
two face match
This is how Ja Morant sees it. The Memphis point guard, who finished with 27 points and eight assists, believes that the match was marked by two very different halves from which the Suns emerged victorious. “It was a story of two halves. They put their foot on the accelerator in the first half. We did it in the second and we were able to reduce the deficit to just two points”.
Despite the defeat, the second in a row, the Tennessees remain in second place in the Western Conference with 31-15, a balance that leaves them a game and a half behind Denver and with an advantage of four and a half games over the third-placed team. , the Sacramento Kings.
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