The NBA Western Conference semifinals series between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets features a trio of former Arizona Wildcats big men, and all three saw the court in Game 1.
It was Deandre Ayton and the Suns who emerged victorious Monday night with a 122-105 win over Aaron Gordon, Zeke Nnaji and the Nuggets.
Ayton finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the postseason.
He had Phoenix Suns Arena rocking early with a poster dunk on Denver’s Michael Porter Jr.
Ayton first had to get by Gordon, who wanted nothing to do with the fellow Wildcat.