Showdown in the Western Conference!
It’s set: The Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors will play the absolute top game in the NBA! The visitors arrive as the leaders in the Western Conference and the home side is right behind them. Both teams have the highest winning percentages in the league and the duel unites several leaders at the same time.
So the selection from Frisco runs with Stephen Curry, together with Kevin Durant of the Nets the best shooter in the NBA, who converts the most threes per game on top. The visitors again have Chris Paul at hand, who leads the scoring for assists and is in a very good third place for steals.
For the clash between the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors, the tip is aiming for a home win.
Phoenix Suns – Statistics & current form
Suns head coach Monty Williams can be very happy with the way the season has gone so far. Only three of the 20 league games played have been lost and his team has looked “on fire” for weeks. This is reflected in a current series of 15 victories! Anyone who would have thought that his team was still mourning the lost finals was wrong.
On the contrary, it is obvious that the Suns are eager to make the next attempt to win the first championship in their history this season. They’ve been to the NBA Finals three times so far, but so far the franchise from the Copper State hasn’t been able to make that dream come true.
“CP3” in impressive form again
The fact that things are going so well again this season is once again thanks to the tireless Chris Paul. The oldie has likewise never captured the title in his career and basketball fans all over the world would especially like to see him do so.
“CP3” has long been a playing legend despite the lack of a championship ring on his hand, as he has an enormously high spalding IQ. With an average of more than ten successful assists, Paul leads the assist ranking in the NBA, as mentioned at the beginning, and at home Paul surpasses his average once again with 11.7 assists.
With this in mind, the odds on more than eight assists by CP3 in the game between Phoenix and Golden State also lend themselves well.
Projected Phoenix Suns lineup:
Booker – Paul – Ayton – Crowder – Bridges
Golden State Warriors – Statistics & current form
While it was to be expected that the Suns would be strong again this season with their largely unchanged squad, this assessment was much less appropriate with regard to the Warriors. Klay Thompson, one of Golden State’s key players, is still out of action and the timetable for his comeback remains unclear.
For the time being, he will now play in the G-League for the Santa Cruz Warriors. A preparatory measure for the re-start in the NBA, which was also announced for centre James Wiseman.
The fans must therefore continue to do without the full “Splash Duo”, as only Stephen Curry is available. However, the chef is already going strong again. Curry is scoring 28.6 points per game so far this season and, as mentioned above, is the NBA’s leading scorer.
His three-pointers are already falling at a rate of over 40 percent and Curry better not be fouled, because his free throw rate of 94.2 percent is just as impressive.
Curry carries his teammates along
Head coach Steve Kerr knows, of course, that the success so far is primarily linked to Curry, but the rest of the squad is also currently buoyed by the 33-year-old’s performances. An example for this judgement was the recent game against Raptors, in which Curry for once did not shine and only scored a dozen points.
The fact that this game was won nevertheless shows that the rest of the Warriors have been quite effective this season. Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole each scored more than 30 points in the game and once again proved their equally good form.
Maximum 220 points in top game?
With the visitors also leading the league in defensive rating, odds of less than 220.5 points by the final siren in the Suns-Warriors clash are equally linked to value. This is also supported by the fact that the home side is hardly inferior to its upcoming opponent in this rating with third place.
Projected line-up of Golden State Warriors:
Wiggins – Looney – Poole – Payton – Curry
Phoenix Suns – Golden State Warriors Head-to-head comparison / H2H record
The last direct duel between the three-time Western Conference winners from Arizona and the Warriors took place last May. At that time, the men from San Francisco narrowly prevailed 122-116.
However, the six-time champions have suffered defeats in their two most recent visits to the Valentine State, losing by 21 and 22 points respectively. The odds are now slightly in favour of the home side for the rematch between Phoenix and Golden State at the Purple Palace.
Phoenix Suns – Golden State Warriors Tip
Even though the game is at 04:00 home time on Tuesday night, setting the alarm clock should be worth it. The Warriors and Suns are the best teams so far this season. The home side has already beaten the top team from Brooklyn and has notched up less than its 15th win in a row.
For the game between the Phoenix Suns and the Golden State Warriors, it would therefore seem interesting to bet on a home win. Although the visitors from the Pacific Division arrive as the league leaders and recently achieved their seventh success in a row thanks to a win against the LA Clippers, home advantage should be the deciding factor in this game against the eleven-time winners of the Western Conference.
The home side have also gained confidence from their recent win over the Brooklyn Nets, who are considered by the bookmakers to be a particularly hot candidate for the title. The Warriors’ past two clear losses away from home in Arizona also support the prediction of the runners-up’s next success.
Unibet offers betting odds of 1.75 on the clash between the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors.
