The Suns latest win streak ends at 7
- mattalcock23
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min read
The Valley Boys came stuck in the 4th Quarter in LA with a 113-103 loss to the Clippers.
On the 2nd night of a back-to-back, the Suns looked visibly tired late in the game in LA. After an epic OT victory over the league-leading UTA Jazz the night before, the Suns could not pull off another big victory.
Game Flow from viziball.app
As you can see above, Phoenix were looking good at the half up 56-54 and even built on that lead in the 3rd Quarter. However the Clippers made their back into the game via some hot 3-point shooting from Paul George (7 of 9) and the rest of the team. As good as the Clippers were from 3, the Suns were ice cold.
Stats from ESPN
The Suns were 6-24 from beyond the arc as opposed to 18-37 for the Clippers. The only reason we managed to stay in the game for so long was because we kept getting to the Free Throw line (30 Free Throws total).
The Clippers did do a good job on Devin Booker by throwing different players at him throughout the game. PG13, Kawhi and Rondo all had a go of trying to slow down Book or by sending quick double-teams to get the ball out of his hands.
Notable scorers for the Suns were Booker with a hard earned 24 and Bridges with 20. Crowder put up 0 in nearly 30 minutes and CP3 only had 13 after playing heavy minutes the night before. For the Clippers, PG13 had 33 and Kawhi had 27.
I am not worried about this loss as for me it was more of a scheduling loss than anything. Playing 2 of the best teams in the league never mind the West is a tall task. We may see the Clippers again down the road and they now own the tie-breaker over us with this victory.
Next up for the Suns is a home game on Saturday night against the WAS Wizards.
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