Before the season started, anyone who had to predict the record of these Nets after 19 regular season games would surely have picked something like 5-14. There are still a few optimists and perhaps a more pessimistic majority. With a utility model made of junk and no clear structure, and with Cooper Flagg as a reward for anyone who managed to own the selection No. 1 in the draft, there’s little reason to think the New Yorkers will be remotely competitive. And yet…
…on November 28th we are talking about a team that has a winning percentage close to 50% and is currently eighth in the Eastern Conference with a 9-10 record. And not exactly beat the Wizards nine times. The men of Jordi Fernández attacked the slopes in just three days Kings, Warriors and, this morning, the Phoenix Suns, who beat the Arizona team 117-127 immediately they will mark the territory with a beat of the Lakers , which proved one of the surprises of an already strange morning.
The way in which the victory was achieved is not so surprising, because the Nets were led by the scoring of Tyrese Martin, who, after scoring 33 points in 21 games played so far in the NBA (16 in Atlanta and 5 in Brooklyn. ) rose to 30 at the Footprint Center. The guard kicked the door to the entrance of the championship with three points, scoring a huge 8/10 that confirmed him as the revelation of the day and that sent his team flying. Together with Dennis Schröder and his 29 points, it became a dream for the Suns, who promised themselves to be very happy and fell for a player that they probably didn’t know before the start.
So a surprise was created that gradually took shape and that ended with the visitors proving clearly dominant throughout the second half, where they won by up to 18 points. Even Devin Booker and Kevin Durant’s 31 and 30 points each couldn’t stop this trend, making it the second loss of the season for the Suns in games where they had all of their Big 3.
Problems for Beal
The Big 3 started the match but did not finish it. Bradley Beal had to go to the locker room during the final quarter because he was knocked down a few minutes earlier and, although he tried to continue, the discomfort forced him to stop. The guard did not finish his second game after his return from injury, which further extended the drama of the physical problems he has experienced since his arrival in Phoenix.