you need to feel Phoenix Suns To some extent, the crowd.
For the second time this year, the Footprint Center was the beatdown location where the marquee game was no longer seen on Wednesdays.came first Last season in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals,among them Dallas Mavericks Blew out the door on the Phoenix 123-90.
This time it was the Boston Celtics, who suffered a 125-98 crushing defeat by Chris Paul, who had returned from a heel injury. The game, which was televised nationally on ESPN, was supposed to be an Eastern and Western Conference top-team battle with the NBA’s Celtics at his 20-5 and the Suns at his 16-8.
Instead, it seemed like the Celtics were facing a tanking team.
The game was competitive until almost halfway through the first quarter when Boston broke an 18-3 run. It only got worse from there. By the end of the first quarter, the Celtics had a 10 lead. By halftime they had him leading by 27. At their peak in the third quarter, they were up an incomprehensible 45 points.
All season, the Celtics didn’t look like a team that had suffered an NBA Finals loss and one of the most eventful offseasons in the league.
this was not Jason Tatum Any of the Supernova games (There have been many this season). Tatum and his co-star Jaylen Brown both scored a perfectly respectable 25 points.
The true source of the Celtics’ success was a perfect night for almost every role player. Grant Williams Scored 14 points on 6-for-6 shooting with no turnovers. Blake Griffin, still starting for an injured Robert Williams III, nearly achieved a double-double of 9 points and 9 rebounds.sniper Malcolm Brogdon He was 7/9 with 16 points and 5 assists.
Marcus Smart When Derrick White Although not prolific offensively, their defense made the night miserable Devin Booker (6/17 from the field) and Paul (2/6 with four turnovers).
This is basically what the Celtics have been doing all season under interim head coach Joe Mazura, now winning double figures in 11 games. Meanwhile, Sans may be thinking of things to do.
