The Clippers locked the five seed with the win over the Suns (119-114). The two teams will meet again in the first round of the playoffs.
Russell Westbrook, who scored 25 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished out 9 assists, was asked about facing Phoenix and his former teammate Kevin Durant in the series.
“For me honestly getting back into the playoffs is more important,” Russ said, via Andrew Greif. “Matchup and all that, I’ll figure out in the next couple of days but excited just with the matchup and just play and compete at a high level, which we haven’t probably played a series against each other. It’s probably the first time, I think? I don’t remember. So year, it’ll be good. Exciting.”
