Welcome to the Morning Shootaround, where every weekday you’ll get a fresh, topical column from one of SI.com’s NBA writers: Howard Beck, Chris Mannix, Michael Pina, Chris Herring and Rohan Nadkarni.
Chris Paul doesn’t really like flying on airplanes. Even though it’s kind of a prerequisite for his job, he’s never quite gotten used to it. His body tenses up a bit. His hands are never perfectly still. It’s not that Paul, a 16-year NBA veteran, is scared. He simply hates when he’s not in control.
In the third quarter of Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, the Suns were experiencing some turbulence.