What's going on in Portland right now? The Blazers do not stop winning and last night, they added a new team from the Top 8 to their hunting board, the Suns, for a very large victory (127-108).
To take it too largely, the Blazers counted on seven players at 10 points or more, including the 24 points of a Deandre Ayton very efficient (11/12 on shots), well served throughout the evening by his teammates. Starting with Anfernee Simons and Scoot Henderson (16 assists two).
Brand otherwise less well distributed for the Suns who mainly observed the exploits of Devin Booker, trying to bring Phoenix back in the spot. But visitors began to seriously slide when the break approaches. When the Blazers, boosted by the activity of Simons, finished the first period on a 10-0 to return to the locker room with 15 points ahead (61-46).
The 3rd quarter was not going to allow the Suns to question this gap. Worse, their bad transmissions were expensive. Shaedon Sharpe cuts a guess of Devin Booker to go in “Windmill”, then Scoot Henderson also intercepts a ball in front of Booker to serve Ayton in transition. And this is how the Blazers counted 20 points ahead (86-66).
The premises, who scored 14 points more than their opponents after a lost ball (24 to 10), will increase the gap up to 27 units in the following quarter. The Suns, who had been authoritarian the day before on the Warriors prosecution, did not have the energy to fight this evening.
What to remember
– The Devin Booker soloist number. With 37 points, the rear clearly supernatched, while only Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal reached the 10 -point bar on the Suns side. After the break, Booker completely scored the first 15 points of his team without missing the slightest shot! Efforts in vain because his “scoring” did not allow us to return to the score.
– A concern for protection. Deandre Ayton was well “helped” by the lack of interior resistance displayed by the Suns. The latter were exceeded under the circle with 66 points conceded in their racket, the double of their number of points registered in the opposing racket (32).
– The Blazers get closer to the Spurs … After a series of four victories, and a defeat against the Thunder, the men of Chauncey Billups follow a third victory in a row. A sudden change in dynamics for this still promised team in the lowlands of their conference. With a balance sheet of 20 victories for 29 defeats, they are now less than three games from Spurs, current 12th to the west. What imagine them mingling with the race for the play-in in the coming weeks?
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How to read the stats? Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; O = offensive rebound; D = defensive rebound; T = total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; +/- = Differential points when the player is on the field; Pts = points; EVAL: evaluation of the player calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
