PHOENIX — Some of the scar tissue from last spring's shocking letdown against the Dallas Mavericks still hung in the air for the Phoenix Suns and their fans — so much so, they didn't just need to salvage a split against the Los Angeles Clippers but the method was just as necessary.
Headed into the game, so much of the focus was rightly on Kevin Durant's slender shoulders,. But Booker was sitting right there, waiting to take control.
That was only part of the evening, though. The Clippers played in the wounds of last May’s failure Sunday night, out-hustling and out-toughing a team many feel has a great chance of emerging through the muck and getting to the NBA Finals. The perfect record Phoenix had with Durant in the lineup was impressive, but the Suns needed to get punched in the mouth and experience some adversity to test them a bit. It just so happened it was a costly lesson that puts them one step closer to elimination.
Chris Paul seemed to reemerge from his own slumber, hitting 6 of 8 — most of them late in the fourth quarter to keep the Suns from feeling too much heat, finishing with 16 points and 8 assists.
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