Clippers Blowout Suns 138-111; George Scores 25 in Win
The surging Los Angeles Clippers were riding a five-game winning streak before falling 106-103 to the Lakers on Sunday evening.
The surging Los Angeles Clippers were riding a five-game winning streak before falling 106-103 to the Lakers on Sunday evening.
Although the Clippers played with heart in Game Three of their first-round series against the Phoenix Suns, they fell short 124-129.
The Phoenix Suns bounced back to win Game 2 on Tuesday in the Western Conference Playoffs, beating the Clippers 123-109. The series is now tied 1-1 as the teams head to the Crypto.com Arena for Games 3 and 4.
On Wednesday, the Lakers notched a much-needed win against the Phoenix Suns, 122-111, at the Crypto.com Arena.
Devin Booker scored a game-high 35 points and Chris Paul made history by becoming the third player in NBA history to reach 11,000 assists as the Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-95 on Sunday evening at Crypto.com Arena.
It was an ending like no other and one that was filled with drama until the final buzzer. Deandre Ayton crushed home an alley-oop pass from Jae Crowder with 0.7 seconds left, giving the Phoenix Suns an emphatic 104-103 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. “Jae just made a great pass,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “That’s the deal. He put it where only DA could get it. It was great awareness by him.” A long sequence of replay reviews favored the
Forward Anthony Davis scored 34 points in the Los Angeles Lakers game three battle against the Phoenix Suns. A major catalyst to the Lakers’ win was their performance in the second half.
The Phoenix Suns shot 16 three-pointers to defeat the outmanned Los Angeles Lakers 114-104. Forward Kyle Kuzma (right heel contusion) and center Marc Gasol (health and safety protocol) did not compete in the contest.
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A crowd of 20,000 people rose to their feet and cheered as Vanessa Bryant and the Bryant family emerged out of the Staples Center tunnel towards the rose-adorned stage positioned near center court for Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s public memorial service on Monday morning.
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been fined $25,000 for escalating an on-court altercation by pushing Minnesota Timberwolves center Gorgui Dieng in the face, it was announced Thursday by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The incident, for which Booker and Dieng were each assessed a technical foul and ejected, occurred with 5:24 remaining in the third quarter of the Timberwolves’ 118-91 win over the Suns on Jan. 22 at Talking Stick Resort Arena. To view the incident, click on the following link: http://www.nba.com/video/2019/01/24/timberwolves-vs-suns
The Lakers improve to five games above .500 for the first time since 2013 with a Sunday matinee victory over the Phoenix Suns inside Staples Center. The Lakers’ second-quarter turnaround was ignited by Michael Beasley, who finished with a season-high 14 points and four rebounds.
Trevor Ariza has agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract with the Phoenix Suns, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday.
Young NBA stars on the rise headlined NBA All-Star Saturday Night.
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