Paul, who was regarded as the strongest point guard in the league at his peak, when he was ruthlessly sent by the Rockets to the Thunder team preparing for reconstruction, almost all fans thought that São Paulo's career was likely to be out of luck with the championship, but after coming to the Suns, Paul only took one season to make this team that had not missed the playoffs for many consecutive years, transformed into the champion team of the West, after last season's Finals defeat to the Bucks, the Suns set sail again this season, once again towards the championship, Under paul's leadership, they also won the position of western leader and established a big lead, but Paul's accidental injury made many fans think that the Suns' record would have a significant decline, but under the leadership of Gemini Booker and Ayton, the Suns still maintained a very strong momentum, in this game with the Timberwolves, Ayton finished blowing down The downs won this match, and Booker was even more explosive Edwards and Russell. Helping the Suns beat the Timberwolves 125-116, winning six in a row in paul's absence to get fans to praise this is what a championship team should look like!
This season's Timberwolves have made great progress visible to the naked eye, especially downs, who is known as the new wolf king by fans, and has gained a lot this season, winning the three-point contest championship in the previous All-Star Game, and then facing the Spurs, and fully showing the strength of the three-point king, one person cut 60 points, but in this battle, Downs faced the same as Ayton, who is also a champion, Towns played 30.5 minutes in the game, hitting just six of his 13 shots, including 0-of-3 from three-point range, and only 15 points and 11 rebounds.
In contrast, Ayton not only hit a rare three-pointer, but also had a very high offensive efficiency under the basket, shooting 35 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 14-of-23 shooting, and he completed Downs at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, laying a solid foundation for the team's victory.
Under the influence of Paul, Booker is no longer a simple scoring machine, tandem the whole team's offense, and now it is also his best play, in this game, Booker is a personal score and organizational attack to catch, 15 shots hit 7 goals, contributed 28 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Timberwolves' two outside cores Russell and Edwards, also sluggish, the two shots in the game a total of 26 times, only hit 10 goals, including 3 of 13 three-pointers, only contributed 25 points and 11 assists, purely in terms of court dominance, the sum is not as good as Booker, the Timberwolves big three in the face of the Suns Gemini completely can not take advantage, but also the root cause of their defeat.
For the Suns, the old and strong Paul is one of their biggest chips to impact the championship, but in today's league, it is difficult to impact the success of the championship by relying on the outstanding performance of a player, and the rapid growth of Ayton and Booker has significantly improved the overall strength of the Suns, which is also very optimistic about many fans, the Suns can impact the success of the championship this season, whether Sao Paulo can get his wish, let's wait and see!