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09.02.2022 / 06:53

Suns hold off Sixers 114-109 for NBA-best 44th victory

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - FEBRUARY 08: Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns and Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers look on during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center on February 08, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User ex PHILADELPHIA - Devin Booker never tires of watching Chris Paul do his thing to lift Phoenix to big wins.Paul did his part for the Suns in back-to-back nights on the road against top teams in the East — first, Chicago and then Philadelphia — and gets to try it again next game in a rematch with the NBA champs."You’re a cold piece of work, CP3," Booker said.Booker scored 35 points and Paul had 16 points and 12 assists to lead the Suns to their NBA-high 44th win, 114-109 over the 76ers on Tuesday night.The Suns rallied from a 14-point deficit to win for the 14th time in 15 games, raising their record to 44-10.Up next this week for Phoenix, an NBA Finals rematch at home against the Bucks."Our goal is what everybody knows it is," coach Monty Williams said.

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Suns' Chris Paul expected to play against Clippers after being listed as available

DENVER, CO - JUNE 13: Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns warms up before Game Four of the Western Conference second-round playoff series at Ball Arena on June 13, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by LOS ANGELES - Chris Paul is expected to play for the Phoenix Suns Thursday night in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Clippers.Paul was upgraded to available from probable on the league’s injury report and participated in the team’s shootaround on June 24.

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Report: Suns' Chris Paul clears NBA's health and safety protocols

DENVER, CO - JUNE 13: Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns warms up before Game Four of the Western Conference second-round playoff series at Ball Arena on June 13, 2021 in Denver, Colorado.

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Suns win in return to playoffs, beating Lakers 99-90

PHOENIX – All-Star guard Chris Paul was grimacing in pain early in the fourth quarter, playing essentially with one shoulder. Cameron Payne had just been ejected. Players had to be separated and emotions were heated.

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Suns' Paul dealing with shoulder injury vs. Lakers

PHOENIX – Phoenix Suns All-Star point guard Chris Paul is dealing with a right shoulder injury during his team's playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

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Booker scores 31, Suns dominate OT to beat Cavs 134-118

CLEVELAND – Devin Booker scored 31 points, Chris Paul had 23 and 16 assists and the Phoenix Suns stayed in step with Utah atop the Western Conference by outlasting the under-manned Cleveland Cavaliers 134-118 in overtime on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win.

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Suns beat Jazz 121-100, now tied for NBA's best record

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns had their All-Star backcourt on the court and playing well. As for the Utah Jazz, their All-Star backcourt was injured and on the bench.

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Suns beat Clippers, clinch first playoff spot in 11 years

PHOENIX – Chris Paul scored 28 points, Devin Booker added 21 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-101 on Wednesday night to clinch a spot in the playoffs for the first time in 11 years.

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Suns snap Knicks' nine-game win streak with 118-110 victory

NEW YORK – Devin Booker scored 33 points and the Phoenix Suns capped a grueling road trip with a 118-110 victory Monday night that snapped the New York Knicks' nine-game winning streak.

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Walker ties season high with 32 points, Celtics beat Suns

BOSTON – Kemba Walker matched his season high with 32 points and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 99-86 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.

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Suns survive heave from Embiid in 116-113 win over 76ers

PHILADELPHIA – Joel Embiid grabbed a two-handed rebound, turned and heaved an 85-foot, right-handed strike with a throw ripped from Bryce Harper's playbook that banked off the glass and rattled off the front and back of the rim and out.

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Booker, Paul lead Suns to 117-113 OT win over Jazz

PHOENIX – Devin Booker scored 35 points, Chris Paul added 29 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz 117-113 in overtime Wednesday night in an entertaining matchup between the top two teams in the NBA.

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Suns roll past LeBron-less Lakers for 111-94 win

PHOENIX – Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton both had 26 points, Chris Paul had a triple-double with 11 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds and the Phoenix Suns beat the LeBron-less Los Angeles Lakers 111-94 on Sunday night.

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Devin Booker scores 35 points, Suns beat Blazers 127-121

Devin Booker returned from the knee injury that kept him out of the All-Star Game to score 35 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers 127-121 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.

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USA Basketball picks 57 players for men's Tokyo Games pool

USA Basketball is a step closer to choosing the team that will play in this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, releasing the names Thursday of 57 players who are part of the pool to fill the squad.

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NBA reveals All-Star skills, 3-point, dunk participants

Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Phoenix’s Devin Booker have been 3-point champions at All-Star weekend before, and they’ll try to win that trophy again Sunday.

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Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic makes All-Star team

New Orleans forward Zion Williamson now can be called an NBA All-Star, and only three others in the game’s 70-year history have gotten there at a younger age.

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Chris Paul memoir 'Sixty-One' coming out in September

NEW YORK – NBA All-Star Chris Paul has an off-court project in the works: His first book.

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Suns keep rolling, top 76ers 120-111 for 5th straight win

PHOENIX – Devin Booker scored 36 points, Chris Paul added 18 points and 10 assists and the rising Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia 76ers 120-111 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory.

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Booker hits winning 3 in return as Suns edge Mav 109-108

DALLAS – Devin Booker hit a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left in his first game since Jan. 22 and the Phoenix Suns rallied past the Dallas Mavericks for the second straight game, winning 109-108 on Monday night.

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George scores 39 points, Clippers hold off Suns 112-107

PHOENIX – Paul George scored 39 points and the Los Angeles Clippers held on to beat the Phoenix Suns 112-107 on Sunday night after nearly blowing a 31-point lead in a matchup of two of the Western Conference's top early season teams.At 5-2, the Clippers are tied with the Suns and Los Angeles Lakers for the West lead.George was 7 of 10 from 3-point range and Los Angeles was 17 of 29 overall. Kawhi Leonard added 15 points, but shot 4 of 21 from the field, and Luke Kennard came off the bench to add 14 points.

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Chris Paul helps Suns hold off Nuggets, improve to 5-1

DENVER – Chris Paul hit a clutch jumper with 7.3 seconds remaining after a successful coach's challenge on the other end and the Phoenix Suns moved to 5-1 for the first time since 2009-10 by holding off the scuffling Denver Nuggets 106-103 on Friday night.With Phoenix leading 102-100 with around 30 seconds remaining, Mikal Bridges was called for a foul that would've sent Gary Harris to the line. But Suns coach Monty Williams successfully challenged the play, with replays showing Bridges slid underneath Harris with no contact.Phoenix won the jump ball and Paul hit a jumper to send the Suns to the victory after blowing a 16-point lead.

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Booker, Bridges lead new-look Suns past Mavericks 106-102

PHOENIX – Devin Booker scored 22 points, Mikal Bridges added 18 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-102 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.Chris Paul had eight points and five assists in his debut with Phoenix. The 10-time All-Star was quiet for much of the game but made a few clutch plays in the final minutes.

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AP source: Chris Paul acquired by Phoenix from Oklahoma City

reacted to the trade news with a tweet: “... what a business," he wrote.It is a huge leap for the Suns, who went 8-0 inside the NBA's restart bubble at Walt Disney World in a frantic, but futile, quest to make the playoffs.

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It's Game 7 for Thunder-Rockets, Game 2 on tap in Heat-Bucks

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The last time the Houston Rockets played a Game 7, they didn’t have Chris Paul and they wound up losing.Paul wants to see history repeat itself.The former Houston guard simply has willed fifth-seeded Oklahoma City into a deciding game of its Western Conference first-round series against the fourth-seeded Rockets, with Game 7 — the last game of the opening round of this postseason — set to be played Wednesday night.“Ain’t nothing like it,” Paul said.The winner moves on to Game 1 of a West semifinal series against the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.

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Paul has 28, helps Thunder force Game 7 against the Rockets

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Chris Paul gave the Oklahoma City Thunder at least one more game in the bubble, scoring 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter for a 104-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night in Game 6 of a Western Conference first-round series.Paul made two free throws with 13.1 seconds left and the game tied at 100, and Danilo Gallinari added two more after a turnover by Russell Westbrook to finish it off.Game 7 will be Wednesday night, with the winner advancing to face the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers.

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Rockets can clinch, Thunder look to force a Game 7

The law of averages says an Oklahoma City Thunder starter will make a 3-pointer relatively quickly on Monday night.Someone better, or else.Houston — which famously wasted a chance to reach the NBA Finals by missing 27 consecutive 3-pointers in Game 7 of the 2018 Western Conference finals — is a game away from the second round of these playoffs, after watching the Thunder suddenly forget how to shoot on Saturday night.

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Schroder scores 30; Thunder top Rockets to even series

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Dennis Schroder scored a career playoff-high 30 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 117-114 on Monday to even the first-round Western Conference playoff series at two wins apiece.Chris Paul scored 26 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder, who won despite allowing 23 3-pointers.James Harden had 32 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for Houston. Eric Gordon scored 23 points and Danuel House added 21 for the Rockets, who won the first two games of the series.Former Thunder star Russell Westbrook sat out for Houston again with a strained right quad.

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Schroder, Paul help OKC over Houston 119-107 in OT

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Dennis Schroder scored 29 points, Chris Paul added 26 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated in overtime to beat the Houston Rockets 119-107 on Saturday night and cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1. James Harden scored 38 points for Houston, but fouled out 53 seconds into overtime — the first time he's fouled out this season.The Thunder scored the first 12 points of overtime, powered by two 3-pointers from Paul, to take a 116-104 lead.

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CP3 leads Thunder's rout of cold-shooting Lakers, 105-86

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Chris Paul had 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 105-86 victory over the poor-shooting Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.Danilo Gallinari scored 19 points and Steven Adams had 18 for the Thunder (42-25), who never trailed in their first win over the Lakers in four meetings this season. Oklahoma City pulled even with Houston for the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoff picture with five games left.LeBron James had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers (51-16), who had another possibly concerning offensive performance while dropping to 2-2 in the bubble.

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NBA Foundation created, pledges $300 million to Black growth

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The NBA's Board of Governors and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized plans to create the first NBA Foundation that will work to spur economic growth in the Black community, announcing Wednesday that the initial contribution will be $300 million over the next decade.Each team will donate $1 million annually, or $30 million collectively, over those 10 years.

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ESPYs: Black Athletes Call on Sports Stars to "Use Your Platform" to Address Racism

A slew of athletes and stars made an appearance during a powerful segment on Sunday's ESPYs to address the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police and urge others to "use your platform" to address racism. Super Bowl champion Malcolm Jenkins kicked off the segment talking about how the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile — who were both shot and killed by police in 2016 — "changed my life." "I remember feeling hurt and defeated, confused about what I wanted to do next," he said.

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Roots Picnic partners with Michelle Obama's "When We All Vote" organization for virtual festival

PHILADELPHIA - The Roots Picnic will look a little different as the world continues to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.This 2020 festival will be a virtual experience and has also partnered with Michelle Obama's "When We All Vote" organization.The virtual festival will feature musical performances as well as segments with musicians and athletes.The Roots Picnic will stream exclusively on YouTube Saturday, June 27.Performers include The Roots, H.E.R., Lil Baby, Roddy Rich, SZA, and more.Michelle Obama, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Paul, Tom Hanks, Liza Koshy, Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross, Janelle Monáe and Elaine Welteroth will all be making special appearances.AdvertisementStarting Today and Continuing Throughout the

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NBA star Kyrie Irving calls on players to boycott 2019-20 season

The NBA players association, led by President Chris Paul, voted with the NBA Board of Governors and team owners to approve Commissioner Adam Silver's proposal to resume the season on July 30. However, NBPA Vice President Kyrie Irving is against the whole idea, and is calling on other NBA players to opt-out of the games due to safety and "social justice" concerns.Last week, another Brooklyn Nets superstar, Kevin Durant, was the first player to publicly announce he will opt-out of the NBA games due to health and social justice reasons.

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Chris Paul, JJ Watt to appear in Amazon's 'Regular Heroes'

LOS ANGELES – NFL star J.J. Watt, NBA player Chris Paul and country singer Brad Paisley will appear in an Amazon series that highlights everyday people who are supporting their community during the coronavirus pandemic.Paul will make a guest appearance on the fifth episode of “Regular Heroes” on Friday.

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Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift & More Encourage Fans to Vote in Primary Elections

Selena Gomez to Ariana Grande are making sure their fans are getting their ballots in.Grande and Camila Cabello partnered with HeadCount, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works with musicians to help register their fans to vote and participate in democracy.

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Cam Newton feels like 'fish out of water' as free agent

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cam Newton says he feels like a “fish out of a water” being a free agent for the first time in his nine-year NFL career.

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