Pemain depan Phoenix Suns Cameron Johnson telah bermain bola basket untuk waktu yang lama, tetapi sulit untuk membayangkan bahwa dia memiliki malam yang lebih baik di atas kayu keras daripada yang dia lakukan dalam kemenangan 115-114 yang disiarkan secara nasional pada hari Jumat atas New York Knicks.
Johnson mencetak 38 poin tertinggi dalam kariernya, 21 di antaranya datang pada kuarter keempat, dan memasukkan lemparan tiga angka setinggi 30 kaki yang memenangkan pertandingan saat waktu habis, sangat menyenangkan penonton Footprint Center yang riuh rendah.
Guard Knicks Alec Burks memiliki peluang untuk membuat Knicks unggul tiga poin sebelum aksi heroik Johnson, tetapi gagal dalam lemparan bebas kedua. Pemain depan Suns, Mikal Bridges, datang dengan bola lepas dari rebound dan menemukan Cameron Payne, yang mendorong bola ke frontcourt sebelum akhirnya memberikan assist yang memenangkan pertandingan kepada Johnson.
“Mikal datang dengan penguasaan bola yang besar, dan Cam Payne mendapatkannya. Alih-alih berlari, saya malah meringkuk di belakang dan melambat,” kata Johnson setelah pertandingan. “Dia memberikannya dengan benar kepada saya dan saya agak mengambil keputusan dari sana. Permainan besar-besaran oleh Cam Payne. Permainan besar-besaran oleh Mikal Bridges. Dan tanggapan besar-besaran dari hari lain.”
Berikut penampakannya dari dalam arena. Panas dingin.
Johnson mendapatkan 11 untuk 16 dari lapangan dan 9 untuk 12 dari luar busur, dan sembilan 3 juga merupakan karir yang tinggi. Penampilannya datang pada waktu yang tepat, karena Suns sekali lagi tanpa pemimpin Chris Paul dan Devin Booker. Johnson membantu Suns menghapus keunggulan 14 poin Knicks, dibantu oleh pengusiran Julius Randle pada kuarter ketiga.
“Saya baru saja memberi tahu orang-orang kami setelah interaksi yang terjadi, saya berkata, ‘Oke kita akan memenangkan pertandingan ini,'” kata pelatih Suns Monty Williams setelah pertandingan. “Kami hanya harus memiliki mental yang kuat untuk mengambilnya satu per satu, dan sungguh menakjubkan melihat grup kami, huddles — setiap timeout, para pemain tidak pernah merasa seperti kami keluar dari sana.”
Dalam lima pertandingan sejak jeda All-Star, semuanya tanpa Paul dan dua pertandingan terakhir tanpa Booker, Johnson memiliki rata-rata 23,4 poin per game dengan 58,5 persen tembakan 3 poin untuk membantu Phoenix melaju 3-2 selama rentang itu dan meningkatkan ke liga- 51-12 terbaik musim ini.
“Banyak emosi dalam yang satu ini, tapi itulah yang kami lakukan,” kata Johnson setelah menang. “Kami menyelesaikan banyak hal. Kami bermain bersama. Kami tetap bersama. Kami tidak hancur. Kami telah melihat banyak kesulitan selama bertahun-tahun. Kami memiliki sekelompok pria yang benar-benar peduli satu sama lain dan benar-benar peduli. memenangkan permainan.”
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