On April 26, 2023, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to play, and in the first round of playoff matchups of this game, the Suns ushered in the fifth game with the Clippers at home, after the Suns took a 3:1 lead, they were eager to win at home, end this round of the series, win more rest time for the main players, and finally with Devin Booker's outstanding performance in the third quarter, the team with 47 points finally won 136:130 against the Clippers. A 4-1 overall victory over the Clippers advanced to the Western Conference playoff semifinals.
In terms of statistics, Booker played well in this game, shooting 19 of 27 from the field in 42 minutes, 47 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists, in addition to Kevin Durant's 31 points, Ayton scored 21 points and 11 rebounds, Paul scored 15 points and 7 assists, and the Suns' five All-Star-level players who started helped them win the game.
Today's game is completely a performance of an offensive feast, in the second quarter the Clippers played a wave of 40:29 offensive climax to lead the opponent, the second half back, Devin Booker's excellent play, the Suns countered a wave of 50:24 offensive climax in the third quarter, into the last half of the fourth quarter of the game, when the Clippers came back, as Powell hit consecutive three-pointers to help the team chase the score gap to only 2 points, Westbrook made two errors at the key moment. In the end, the Suns seized the opportunity to hit a counterattack and widened the game gap to 4 points, which eventually caused the team to lose.
And who noticed Westbrook's move towards the end of the game? A little bit of losing and losing again. There were 9.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter of the game. At that time, the Suns leader Clippers 6 points, Paul held the ball and consumed time, the two sides also did not play, ended the game, and Kevin Durant, as the winner, also hugged the Clippers players for the first time, and when the camera was given to Westbrook, he did not hug Durant, he hugged Booker, and then returned to the locker room and did not come forward to hug Durant.
It can be seen that Westbrook is not in a good mood, his poor performance on 3-of-18 shooting in this game has buried his chances of getting a big contract in the NBA in the future, and where Westbrook's future career will go after the end of this season, the question that fans are most concerned about.