Et is well known that the NBA reaches its final stretch of the regular season with an uncertain and open Conference. While the East already has its berths spread out and perhaps has the two best (Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics) basketball teams, the West is the complete opposite.. 12 (11 real) sets with options, a talent for decanting series in each corner and a lot of calculator. Because it begins to take into account avoiding bomb pairings.
“And if it pays to lose.” It is something that must already be suspected in the thinking minds of various teams. Especially, those who fight to be fifth classified. Mainly, the Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Pelicans might be fifth. The clash in the first round -avoiding Play-In- would be, then… Kevin Durant’s Phoenix Suns.
Kevin Durant scares before the Playoffs: 30 points and bordering on perfection
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The most difficult one. The season leaves three teams untouchable at this point in the movie (Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings), and the Suns are, in a way, in no man’s land. And they are probably the team that shows the most in the final weeks with the return of Kevin Durant, a great Devin Booker and the intelligence of Chris Paul. A champion candidate, fully fledged.
The thing is clear. The Suns start as favourites, more with the home court factor in their favor, once morest any rival. They will be exciting duels, and in possible qualifying rounds between Durant once morest Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James or Stephen Curry (although they do not defend themselves directly) opens authentic glorious battles. But Phoenix looks more like a team.
Kevin Durant debuts with the Suns illuminated by a great Devin Booker
Before the Clippers they win (2-1) the face to face, to the Warriors dominate them (3-1) and include dialectical battles between Klay Thompson and Devin Booker of all kinds, to which Lakers they also win (2-1), in addition to being the last ones that eliminated them in the Playoffs, Thunder y Timberwolves (3-1) same story and only the Pelicans They keep the ‘H2H’, because in some great duels they tie at two wins this season. Of course, the factor that changes everything was mostly missing… Kevin Durant.
