Kevin Durant and Key Suns Players to Watch vs. the Clippers - April 9

Minnesota's defensive effort in Game 2 was a transformative sight. In what appeared to be an effort to become one with their team name, they swarmed, smashed, hounded, snarled, took, and destroyed for 24 straight minutes to start the game. Not an inch of the court was safe.

Suns vs. Clippers: Players to Watch

Suns Key Players

Kevin Durant is averaging 27.4 points, 5.2 assists and 6.7 boards.

Booker is averaging 27.3 points, 7.0 assists and 4.6 boards.

Jusuf Nurkic averages 11.2 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists, shooting 51.1% from the field.

Grayson Allen averages 13.5 points, 3.9 boards and 3.1 assists, shooting 50.1% from the floor and 46.6% from downtown (second in NBA), with 2.8 made treys per contest.

Bradley Beal is averaging 17.6 points, 4.2 boards and 5.1 assists.

Clippers Key Players

Per game, Paul George gives the Clippers 22.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists. He also averages 1.5 steals (sixth in league) and 0.5 blocks.

The Clippers are receiving 16.7 points, 5.2 boards and 8.5 assists per game from James Harden.

Ivica Zubac averages 11.6 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists. He is draining 64.8% of his shots from the field (second in league).

The Clippers are getting 11.1 points, 5.0 boards and 4.4 assists per game from Russell Westbrook.

Per game, Norman Powell gives the Clippers 14.1 points, 2.6 boards and 1.1 assists, plus 0.6 steals and 0.3 blocks.

Suns vs. Clippers Stat Insights

Phoenix Key Stats

The Suns have a +228 scoring differential, topping opponents by 2.9 points per game. They're putting up 116.4 points per game to rank 10th in the league and are giving up 113.5 per outing to rank 14th in the NBA.

Phoenix prevails in the rebound battle by an average of 3.1 boards. It is grabbing 44.3 rebounds per game (eighth in the league) compared to its opponents' 41.2 per outing.

The Suns make 12.4 three-pointers per game (18th in the league) at a 38.3% rate (fifth-best in the NBA), compared to the 13.2 their opponents make while shooting 36.4% from beyond the arc.

Phoenix averages 116.5 points per 100 possessions on offense (fifth in the league), and gives up 113.2 points per 100 possessions (20th in the NBA).

Los Angeles Key Stats

The Clippers outscore opponents by 3.7 points per game (posting 116.1 points per game, 11th in league, and conceding 112.4 per contest, 10th in NBA) and have a +284 scoring differential.

Los Angeles records 42.6 rebounds per game (22nd in league), compared to the 41.9 of its opponents.

The Clippers knock down 12.7 three-pointers per game (14th in the league) compared to their opponents' 13. They shoot 38.5% from deep, and their opponents shoot 36.8%.

Los Angeles ranks fourth in the league averaging 116.8 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively is 14th, allowing 112.7 points per 100 possessions.

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