The Phoenix Suns’ six-game winning streak came to a halt last night against the NBA’s best offense (121.4 pts on average), but the Brooklyn Nets came from a long way off to win in the Arizona.
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However, they were deprived of two of their mega stars, injured, Kevin Durant (hamstring injury) and Kyrie Irving (back pain). But since the arrival of James Harden, the Nets know they have one of the most monstrous offensive dangers in the NBA. The defector from Houston flew over a meeting yet very poorly started for his family (38 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists).
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Because, well led by their duo Chris Paul-Devin Booker, the Suns had their hands on the game from the start, taking control of operations in the first half. With 42 points scored in the second quarter, they had a large lead at the break (75-54), the gap then rising to +24.
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Yet it was then that the boys of Monty Williams were going to forget to play, and this release was going to be fatal for them, because, on the other side, the Nets were relying on James Harden.
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Harden does the show
The whimsical bearded man began a recital, he lit behind the award-winning line, with an average address (5/11 in the end), but his energy signaled the awakening of the Nets, who, leaning on an efficient bench (40 points), would begin their inexorably recovered, while Phoenix lost control.
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Gradually returned to the game (100-88, at the end of the third quarter), Brooklyn was on the heels of the Suns in the last quarter (108-106).
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“Guys are in the right excitement »
Steve Nash, coach de Brooklyn
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It was all about a decisive three-point shot from Harden, which gave the Nets their first advantage of the game (124-126), thirty-one seconds from time. He then added two shots without trembling and signed for the Nets the most beautiful comeback in the history of the club since his arrival in the NBA in 1976!
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The final rush of Chris Paul (29 points in the end including 17 in the 4th quarter) and the good game of Devin Booker (22 points) were not enough to save the Suns, in a game they had yet so easily had in hand .
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Brooklyn garnered a fourth victory in a row, and offered his coach, Steve Nash, a magnificent return to the floor of Phoenix that he has known well. “All vibrations are positive, Nash liked. Guys are in the right excitement. It’s a great moral lesson: playing without Kevin (Durant) and Kyrie (Irving), and finding a way to recover from a delay of 24 points, that shows a lot of heart. “
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