The Western Conference Finals is underway in a matchup that sees the young upstart Phoenix Suns against the Los Angeles Clippers. The road to the conference finals has been drastically different for both the teams. The Phoenix Suns beat the defending NBA Champions Los Angeles Lakers in 6 games in the first round. In the second round they swept the NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in 4 games. The Los Angeles Clippers won their first round matchup in 7 games after trailing 2-0 initially against the Dallas Mavericks. In the second found they beat the Utah Jazz, who the best record in the NBA, in 6 games. This occurred after trailing 2-0 in this series as well. The Clippers become the first team in NBA history to come back from 2-0 twice in the same playoff season.
The Clippers will be without one of their star players Kawhi Leonard due to ACL sprain. Leonard availability is seen as a day by day situation. The Suns will be without their star player Chris Paul due to Health and Safety Protocol. This situation is also a day by day situation as well depending on any further information that is given out likely on Monday.
This will be a hard fought series with each having the ability to defend very well because most of their perimeter defenders are versatile. It will come down to a battle between Devin Booker of the Suns and Paul George of the Clippers. I predict that the Suns will win in 6 games with the X factor of the series being Deandre Ayton.
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