On This Day: Suns Sweep Nuggets, Advance to Western Conference Finals

Although it's Monday, it's never a bad time to bring the brooms out.

On this day one year ago (June 13, 2021) the Phoenix Suns completed a four-game sweep of the Denver Nuggets by winning Game 4 125-118. The Suns advanced to the the Western Conference Finals and would eventually play the Los Angeles Clippers for a shot at the championship.

Phoenix Suns Starters

Chris Paul

Devin Booker

Jae Crowder

Mikal Bridges

Deandre Ayton

Phoenix Suns Bench

Dario Saric

Cameron Payne

Cameron Johnson

Torrey Craig

Suns-Nuggets Game 4 Highlights

The backcourt of Paul-Booker combined for 71 points to put Denver away for good, with Paul shooting 14-of-19 (73.7 FG%) and dishing seven assists. Their efforts would be too strong for a Denver lineup that saw three starters score over 20 points.

Defensively, Crowder left it all out on the floor with 10 rebounds and four blocks on the night. League MVP Nikola Jokic was ejected in the third quarter for fighting and became the first winner of the award to be swept in a playoff series since Magic Johnson in 1989.

Nikola Jokic got Cam Payne in the face. It wasn't close to as bad as it looked live, but the windup -- even though he was going for the ball and eventually got ball -- is why he's in the locker room right now.

Is LeBron, CP3, Steph getting ejected for that? It's a flagrant 1. pic.twitter.com/c3WCSf16gL
— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) June 14, 2021

Phoenix's 125 points was the highest they scored all series despite two other games also reach 120+ points. Game 3 still saw the Suns reach 116 on the scoreboard.

The Suns had officially moved on to the Western Conference Finals with their victory, and it's a feeling many fans hadn't felt before. Phoenix looks to get back on track in the 2022-23 season.

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