The Arizona House of Representatives signed a proclamation Thursday that April 16 would be Phoenix Suns Day. Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers ruined that Sunday at Footprint Center.
The Suns erased a 16-point, first half deficit, but Leonard scored 38 points to lead the Clippers to a 115-110 Game 1 win in the Western Conference first-round series.
Game 2 is Tuesday in Phoenix, but the fourth-seeded Suns lost homecourt advantage with the Game 1 loss.
A sellout crowd of 17,071 left the arena stunned as the fifth-seeded Clippers got huge shots from Leonard and Eric Gordon late and a big block from Russell Westbrook on a driving Devin Booker with Phoenix down three with 10.1 seconds left. Read More