It was not exactly pretty, but the Suns’ managed to scratch out a must-needed win against the red-hot Minnesota Timberwolves.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Phoenix has now won three-straight and are 4-0 in games where Kevin Durant is on the court. The win keeps Phoenix .5 games ahead of the Clippers for the fourth seed in the Western Conference.
With a final score of 107-100, the Suns were at one point down by ten and they struggled to get anything into the basket.
Kevin Durant finished shooting 5 of 18 for 19 points in his home debut, at one point, the 13-time All star was 1-8.
Kevin Durant missed as many shots tonight (13) as he missed in his first three Suns games combined.
A rather aggressive regression to the mean there, if you want to even call it that for a scorer like him.
— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) March 30, 2023
On the bright side, the bad start from KD led to this amazing moment between him and head coach Monty Williams.
“What you shaking your head for? It’s part of it. Greatness doesn’t shake his head”
Monty Williams has some wise words of encouragement after Kevin Durant gets off to a slow start in his Suns home debut 🙌pic.twitter.com/qdgHuESXjE
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 30, 2023
However, big nights from Devin Booker and Chris Paul allowed Phoenix to take back the second-half league quickly and finish it off in the fourth quarter.
Booker ended with 29 points and five assists, which has become an every night thing for D-book in the month of March.
Devin Booker makes this shot from an IMPOSSIBLE angle 🤯 pic.twitter.com/pcPhnLm8aP
— Suns Nation (@SunsNationCP) March 30, 2023
This game was a prime example of why having Kevin Durant means so much.
He played his worst basketball in a long time tonight, but the Suns still have Devin Booker, so it doesn’t matter. The Suns still win.
4-0 with KD. It’s getting hard to think of a scenario where they lose.
— Suns Are Better (@SunsAreBetter) March 30, 2023
Devin Booker is a cheat code pic.twitter.com/0SqQxf7zss
— PHNX Sports (@PHNX_Sports) March 30, 2023
Overall, a win is a win, and with how tight the current playoff picture is, the Suns have to feel good considering the performance was nowhere close to their full potential.
Wolves had won 4 in a row, wins vs Clippers, @ GS, @ SAC.
Suns ended that streak. Came back from down 10 but KD on a bad shooting night he probably won’t have all season again.
GRITTY WIN.
— andrew leezus (@AndrewLeezus) March 30, 2023
KD scored his first point as a Sun in Phoenix 🏠 pic.twitter.com/NJqaFtkasc
— ESPN (@espn) March 30, 2023
"Incredible player, his instincts are off the chart. He has the intangibles that not many players in this league have."
Devin Booker shares some much-deserved love for Josh Okogie.#WeAreTheValley | @SweetJames pic.twitter.com/28yOYShPdy
— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) March 30, 2023
I think I just saw Devin Booker use witchcraft to bend that shot in. Only possible explanation from that angle
— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) March 30, 2023
