Now what?
We re not wasting any time spinning forward to next season, where a host of current contenders and potential superteams will aim to unseat Giannis Antetokounmpo & Co. in 2022.
What will the Los Angeles Lakers look like in Year 3 of the LeBron James-Anthony Davis partnership? What kind of juggernaut will the Brooklyn Nets evolve into as their star trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving (hopefully) returns to full health? Are these Suns one and done, or is a repeat Finals trip in their future?
Let s take a way-too-early look at where all 30 teams stand immediately following the Bucks impressive road to the NBA championship.
1-0 leads are great, but now Tuesday is a must-win for Suns over Lakers
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On Sunday, the 2nd-seeded Phoenix Suns were energy-boosted by their home crowd and excised a lot of demons with a dominating win over the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
The crowd, which was thankfully at least 90% Suns fans despite Laker fans deep pockets and willingness to travel, was so hyped up they issued deafening boos to the Lakers starting lineup introductions after drowning out the arena music on a Chris Paul pregame alley-oop dunk in warmups.
“When I came out and saw that many people and heard the noise,” head coach Monty Williams recalled. “I was like, ‘Holy smokes, this is pretty cool.’ I had to get myself under control emotionally because I hadn’t been in that environment in a long time, and it certainly helped us tonight to have our fans, as crazy as Suns Nation is, going nuts like that for our guys.”
Our Favorite NBA Style of 2021 So Far
5 Fits That Prove NBA Courtside Style Has Never Been Stronger
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Sport’s relationship with fashion has been a rocky one, and the NBA, in particular, has seen its fair share of highs and very, very lows. From the gargantuan suits of the 2000s through to a perfectly tailored, Thom Browne-outfitted Cleveland Cavaliers, you can never quite be sure of what you’re going to get. The last season has, at the very least, proven that COVID gave the players a chance to take a long, hard look at their wardrobes, and the outcome is really, really promising.
Utah Jazz fall to the Los Angeles Lakers and lose ground in the race for the #1 seed
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The Utah Jazz announced early Saturday that Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley and Derrick Favors, who are all nursing minor injuries, as out. That’s not to mention the fact that Donovan Mitchell will be out for at least a week with a severe ankle suffered on Saturday against the Indiana Pacers. The first reaction to the news was that this might be a tough game, even though the Los Angeles Lakers are without their stars LeBron James & Anthony Davis. But the Jazz have a deep team and they battled hard but ultimately fell to the equally deep Los Angeles Lakers.
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