In what could charitably be described as a bad college basketball game, the Suns took a 3–1 lead in the conference finals with a 84–80 win over the Clippers on Saturday. Both teams shot under 40% from the field and combined to hit only nine threes total in what was a glorified rock fight.
Phoenix led by 14 after the first half, but Los Angeles chipped away in the second half, coming within one point of the Suns but never tying or taking the lead. For nearly four minutes in the fourth the game was stuck at a score of 71–70, emblematic of both teams’ offensive struggles.