After losing in Game 1, Phoenix beat the LA Clippers twice in a row to take the lead for the first time
Suns get the lead in series
The Phoenix Suns lost the first game of the series against the Los Angeles Clippers at home. Now, they are compensating for this loss with a win on the road in Game 3. After beating LA 129-124 last night, the Suns managed to get the lead in the series for the first time.
It was a great game yesterday. Both teams played really well and the winner was decided in the last minutes. And Devin Booker set a new record. He is now the third player in NBA history to score 105+ points on 60+ FG% in the first three games of the playoffs. The other two players are Michal Jordan (1992) and Charles Barkley (1994). He is also the player with the most points in a game in the current Playoffs.
Both teams will now rest tonight and play again tomorrow, in Game 4. The match is taking place once again in Los Angeles and the Clippers need to make good use of their home advantage to tie the series before coming back to Phoenix in Game 5.
Best Performances
Devin Booker set the new record for most points in one game in this NBA Playoffs, as he scored 45. Other than his great performance, we had Norman Powell also scoring 40+ points and a couple of double-doubles. Check out the numbers of the game.
Phoenix Suns
- Devin Booker – 45 PTS/6 REB
- Kevin Durant – 28 PTS/6 REB/5 AST
- Deandre Ayton – 12 PTS/11 REB
Los Angeles Clippers
- Norman Powell – 42 PTS/5 REB
- Russell Westbrook – 30 PTS/8 REB/12 AST
- Bones Hayland – 20 PTS
Bets
This game was a lot more as predicted than the previous ones. With lots of points and great stats, we had a lot more green in this game and even some reds were really close calls. Check out the outcome of our predictions.
- LA Clippers +7.0 points (LAC lost by 5)
- Over 224.5 points (253 points)
- Kevin Durant over 28.5 points (28 points)
- Devin Booker over 29.5 points (45 points)
- Nicolas Batum under 6.5 points (0 points)
- Chris Paul has a double-double (11 PTS/6 REB/7 AST)
- Ivica Zubac has a double-double (6 PTS/8 AST)
- Russell Westbrook has a double-double (30 PTS/12 AST)
- Deandre Ayton over 26.5 points and rebounds combined (12 PTS/11 REB = 23 total)
- LA Clippers over 108.5 points (124 points)
- Devin Booker has a double-double (45 PTS/6 REB)
