Empire of the Suns

Deandre Ayton got to the rim in the first round. Chris Paul piled up points in the mid-range in the conference semifinals against the Nuggets.

The Phoenix Suns have swept the Denver Nuggets after an all-time playoff performance in franchise history from Chris Paul.

The Phoenix Suns have used various tests over the course of the season to get them ready for the defenses they'd see in the playoffs.

The Phoenix Suns have evolved into perhaps the scariest team in the Western Conference. The Denver Nuggets didn't have answers for it again in a Suns win.

There is shattered glass below the Denver Nuggets' "break in case of emergency" case for the panic button against the Phoenix Suns.

Suns head coach Monty Williams wondered after Phoenix's Game 2 conference semifinals win if he'd just seen his team's best defensive half of the season.

The Phoenix Suns looked like the better team in Game 1 against the Denver Nuggets and it was even more emphatic for Game 2.

The Phoenix Suns won Game 1 in a way that has to be concerning for the Denver Nuggets despite how early it is in the series.

"I've seen the bottom and once he got here, that energy changed," Suns guard Devin Booker said of his head coach, Monty Williams.

The Phoenix Suns delivered quite the haymaker to the Denver Nuggets and took full advantage of a lively crowd in a win on Monday.