.Suns guard Devin Booker outscored the Clippers 25-24 in the third quarter of Tuesday's Game 5. Booker had 47 points and 10 assists for Phoenix, which took control in the third before a furious Clippers rally fell short, ending L.A.'s season.
healthy, the Clippers began this season with hopes of establishing a franchise “first” — advancing to its first NBA Finals, and claiming its first championship. But with sprained right knees sidelining George the entire postseason and Leonard the last three games of this series, the Clippers could not advance past even the first round,The Clippers’ resolve was unquestioned — but so were their limitations while unable to ultimately match Phoenix’s combination of star power and shot-making.
Phoenix became only the fourth team in NBA history to score 50 points in a playoff quarter. Put another way: Suns guard Devin Booker outscored the Clippers in the quarter, 25-24.Clippers star Paul George, who has not played since late March, said Tuesday in Phoenix that his rehab from injury is a six-week process.
It was their gutsiest effort of the season — and it was undone, for a final time, but the kind of live-ball turnovers that had haunted them throughout the postseason, that saw double-digit leads evaporate in previous games, and with them, a chance to steal a series. Clippers coach Tyronn Lue and Suns forward Ish Wainright have a brotherly relationship and ties to Missouri spanning 15 years.
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