In terms of performance, they did not have the same evening on the floors, but Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton ended Game 3 of the Finals with a common feeling: frustration.
The first was awkward (10 points to 3/14 in the shoot) and never entered the game when the second (18 points) had a very good first period, before being nailed to the bench in the third quarter -time, weighed down by mistakes. Their rebound is therefore expected for this fourth round, this Wednesday evening.
The art of bouncing back
“You have to have a short memory, move on”, announces the rear of Phoenix on ESPN. “He is a great player, but above all a man”, continues Mike Budenholzer. “We will have to be even better on him, we are prepared to see a very good Booker for this Game 4.”
Ayton has the same speech when talking about his teammate. “He’s pretty scary when he comes out of a bad game”, warns the pivot. “I know his mentality and matches like that don’t stop him. I know he’s going to take it up a notch. “
The pivot also owes revenge to Monty Williams and his teammates. Good at the start of the match with his offensive contribution, the faults shortened his second period, his third quarter especially since he spent it entirely or almost (more than 10 minutes) on the bench. And he is aware that the Bucks will no doubt be coming for him again.
A first collective response
“I will not let these faults change my aggressiveness, nor this match disturb me”, he explains. “I’m going to show my hands, demonstrate to the referees how I defend. I’m getting ready and I know what’s going to happen. “
What if Booker sees in this expected reaction from the “Good pressure”, Chris Paul, he expects above all a collective response after this loss of 20 points (120-100) Sunday night. “This is not golf, nor tennis”, reminds the playmaker. “We’re together and the whole team must have this setback across their throats. We didn’t want to lose this match. “
| Tirs | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Devin Booker | 67 | 33.9 | 48.4 | 34.0 | 86.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 25.6 |
| Chris Paul | 70 | 31.4 | 49.9 | 39.5 | 93.4 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 16.4 |
| Deandre Ayton | 69 | 30.6 | 62.6 | 20.0 | 76.9 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 14.4 |
| Mikal Bridges | 72 | 32.6 | 54.3 | 42.5 | 84.0 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 13.5 |
| Jae Crowder | 60 | 27.5 | 40.4 | 38.9 | 76.0 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 10.1 |
| Cameron Johnson | 60 | 24.0 | 42.0 | 34.9 | 84.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
| Dario Saric | 50 | 17.4 | 44.7 | 34.8 | 84.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 8.7 |
| Cameron Payne | 60 | 18.0 | 48.4 | 44.0 | 89.3 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| Torrey Craig | 32 | 18.8 | 50.3 | 36.9 | 80.0 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 7.2 |
| Abdel Nader | 24 | 14.8 | 49.1 | 41.9 | 75.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 6.7 |
| Frank Kaminsky | 47 | 15.2 | 47.1 | 36.5 | 61.7 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| E’twaun Moore | 27 | 14.4 | 45.5 | 31.4 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Langston Galloway | 40 | 10.9 | 44.9 | 42.4 | 95.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.8 |
| Jevon Carter | 60 | 11.9 | 42.2 | 37.1 | 57.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| Jalen Smith | 27 | 5.8 | 44.0 | 23.5 | 71.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| Damian Jones | 14 | 6.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Ty-shon Alexander | 15 | 3.2 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
