In the NBA's age of high-paced offense and escalating three-point shooting numbers, the league's two best defensive teams in the postseason reigned supreme.
The Phoenix Suns will take on the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Finals after the Bucks earned a Game 6 win over the Hawks in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Within the 28-year drought for Phoenix in the NBA Finals, new generations of Suns fans have been born and are experiencing a West title for the first time.
Chris Paul one-armed his way against the Lakers, sat out two games against the Clippers due to COVID-19, only to return and injure ligaments in his hand.
The Phoenix Suns are heading to their third NBA Finals in franchise history, and they did it in 2021 by winning their way against the Los Angeles Clippers.
This is about a game and a moment and a triumph we will never forget. With even bigger games yet to come. So raise a glass, Suns fans. And sometime after a holiday weekend, the real fireworks begin.
Suns play-by-play voice Al McCoy has been on the radio waves since the 1972-73 season. He's watched the team at its highest moments. Now he adds another.
The Clippers' Patrick Beverley was ejected for shoving the Suns' Chris Paul heading into a timeout in the final minutes of Phoenix's NBA Finals-sealing win.
Paul George is coming up big for the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference Finals, causing one of his teammates to question an unflattering nickname he has been given on the internet.