(Basketball news) The Phoenix Suns made a incredible comeback against the Los Angeles Clippers as they beat them 123-109. For the Suns, Booker scored 38 points as Durant added 25 while Deandre Ayton added 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting-and most importantly got 13 rebounds as Torrey Craig hit 5 of 8 3s and had 17 points, and Chris Paul had 16 points and eight assists. For the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard led the scoring with 31 points after he scored 38 in Game 1 while Russell Westbrook added 28 points on 9-of-16 shooting. With this win both the teams head to LA as the series is now tied at 1-1.

“He’s an all-around player,” Durant said about Booker. “He can do everything at an elite level on a basketball court.”

“People talk about adjustments all the time and we make them,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “But sometimes basketball is just being able to sit down and guard the ball, keep your man from getting to the basket and contesting the shot.”

“We know it is going to be a tough series,” Westbrook said. “They came back and took care of business tonight.”

“We tried to blitz. We tried to fire. We did a lot of different things,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “They played great.”

The Boston Celtics showed their dominance as they beat the Atlanta Hawks 119-106. For the Celtics, Tatum had the exclamation point and finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds as Jaylen Brown added 18 points. For the Hawks, Dejounte Murray led the Hawks with 29 points as Young had 24, but shot 9 of 22 from the field and 2 of 8 from beyond the arc. The Celtics are looking to sweep the series and will go to Atlanta for the two games as they series is 2-0 in the favour of Boston.

“We’re so much more of a dynamic team when D-White is asserting himself and being aggressive and not being passive.” Tatum said. These last two games (White) being aggressive, making the right play, attacking the rim and not necessarily waiting makes us that much more of a better team.”

“(Tatum and Brown) get a lot of attention. It just opens up the court for myself,” White said. “When the opportunity is there I just have to attack and do what I do.”

“We’ve been a group that’s hung our hat on defense all year,” Brown said. “We play both sides of the ball and we do it at a high level. Sometimes it goes unnoticed. … But when it comes down to it, the playoffs, that’s where our defense matters the most.”

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