To me, talent wise, the Clippers have more basketball talent than the Suns. But the Suns play a more team oriented style, similar to the Spurs in 13/14 and Warriors (although this Suns team is nowhere near as talented, and experienced as those teams).
I'm interested to see what Monty does with Ayton tonight, because unlike Gobert, Porzingis, and Boban, the Clippers literally have no answer for Ayton offensively. They haven't been able to stop him at all in these first 3 games, save for the 2nd half of Game 3, and like I said, that wasn't even a lot to do with Ayton IMO.
They should run a lot of fist and Spain PnR that they perfected against Denver to drag Zubac out of the paint enough, like how they treated Jokic in the 2nd round. Post-up Booker on the block on Beverley, rather than trying to run him around screens.
The Suns never adjusted in Game 3 to how the refs were calling the game, and that is a HUGE typical issue with relatively young teams in the playoffs, and why young teams never experience success (rarely anyway).
One big thing to note is FT attempts. The Suns have 25 less FT attempts than the Clippers through 3 games, despite shooting nearly 30 fewer 3 point attempts, and dominating the paint.
If the Clippers get a similar whistle tonight, and the Suns don't adjust, this could be an ugly 20-30 point blowout for the Clippers IMO.
