DEANDRE Ayton scored a team-high 25 points and the Phoenix Suns dominated the visiting Dallas Mavericks on the boards en route to a 121-114 victory in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Monday night.
Devin Booker contributed 23 points to a balanced attack, with nine rebounds and eight assists. Chris Paul had 19 points, Cam Johnson 17, Mikal Bridges 13 and Jae Crowder 11 as the top-seeded Suns held serve in a best-of-seven that continues on Wednesday in Phoenix.
Coming off a hard-fought win over the New Orleans Pelicans in six games, the Suns wasted no time gaining the upper hand on the fourth-seeded Mavericks, scoring the game’s first nine points. Crowder contributed a 3-pointer to cap the run. With Ayton hitting 12 of his 20 shots, the Suns outshot the Mavericks 50.5% to 47.1%. Phoenix led the NBA with a 52.3% shooting percentage in the first round, while Dallas allowed just 44.3% shooting, third-best in the league, in its opening-round win over the Utah Jazz.
Ayton picked up right where he left off in the first round, when he had four 20-plus-point games, with a high of 28. He and Crowder each had eight rebounds.
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