NBA Playoffs Clippers-Suns: Here's What Twitter Is Saying Before Game 5

The Phoenix Suns host the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.

The Phoenix Suns can eliminate the Los Angeles Clippers from the NBA Playoffs on Monday night in Phoenix.

The Suns have a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals series heading into Monday night.

Here is what Twitter is saying before Game 5.

The @Suns won a thrilling Game 4 behind 19 PTS, 22 REB, 4 BLK from @DeandreAyton... now they sit one win away from their first trip to the #NBAFinals presented by YouTube TV since 1993. #ThatsGame

Clippers/Suns GAME 5 - Tonight at 9pm/et on ESPN pic.twitter.com/NchB8weHbM

— NBA (@NBA) June 28, 2021

PG ready for Game 5 with the season on the line.

Clippers-Suns at 9 ET on ESPN 📺 pic.twitter.com/cm0Jtpurv1

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) June 28, 2021

Monty Williams said he's gotten a lot of texts and phone calls from people wishing him well during the Suns playoff run, including his HS coach, Brett Brown and Doc Rivers

— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) June 28, 2021

We’re back pic.twitter.com/ezCVOZq8LB

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) June 28, 2021

Book and CP3 are in the building for Game 5 ☀️

Will the @Suns advance to the Finals tonight? pic.twitter.com/t1A4s39zqy

— ESPN (@espn) June 28, 2021

Clippers coach Ty Lue pic.twitter.com/KsP18q0UFL

— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) June 28, 2021

Gettin’ ready for go time in Phoenix.

— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) June 28, 2021

Devin Booker spoke about the time he met Kobe, and how he told him to "be legendary." @DevinBook pic.twitter.com/Op3dm6Lzp7

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 28, 2021

I asked Monty Williams about Deandre Ayton's progress in the last 2 years as the backline defender on ball screens pic.twitter.com/QhZOZ1pWl1

— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) June 28, 2021

Ivica Zubac (sprained MCL) is out tonight vs. Suns pic.twitter.com/2ghO4oZc17

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 28, 2021

The Phoenix Suns are 6.5-point favorites over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night in Game 5, according to FanDuel.

More on the Los Angeles Clippers and the series can be read here.

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