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That 'competitive edge' starts with Chris Paul, but it doesn't end there. 'The thing I found most appealing about this group, beyond the fact that I think they are a complete basketball team, that there is this competitive edge about it,' Burke said. Phoenix went out and took down the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in six games, swept the third-seeded Denver Nuggets and eliminated the fourth-seeded Clippers to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 1993. 'Competitive edge' goes beyond Chris Paul Suns center Deandre Ayton echoed their sentiments, but winning in the postseason is the only way true respect has ever been earned in the NBA. 'They're complete and they're formidable.'īurke understands the Suns faithful felt their squad wasn't getting the respect they deserved during a 51-win regular season in an NBA shortened 72-game regular season. 'I like their chances against either (Milwaukee or Atlanta),' Burke added. Game 1 will be either Tuesday or Thursday in Phoenix as the finals can be seen on SLING TV. They do not lean into the 3-point revolution as heavy as most teams, but what they do is they make enough of them and they seem to make timely ones.' 'Their young pieces are playing with a maturity beyond their years. 'I think this is a complete basketball team who is in no way shape or form awed by the stage that they are on,' Burke said about the Suns, who are 12-4 in this year's playoffs. So both teams have missed their best player, but Burke likes Phoenix's chance against either Milwaukee or Atlanta even if Antetokounmpo or Young is healthy for the finals. He's listed as questionable for Game 6 while Antetokounmpo is doubtful. Trae Young sat Game 4 and 5 with a bone bruise on his right foot for the Hawks.

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The Bucks have a 3-2 series lead going into Game 6 Saturday in Atlanta as two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo missed Game 5 with a hyperextended left knee injury he suffered in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. The second-seeded Suns will play either the third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks or fifth-seeded Atlanta Hawks. 'I am neutral, but it is for us, just like the casual sports fan, a captivating sports story in my estimation,' Burke said. Within a four-year stretch, they were the worst team in the NBA in terms of number of wins, a 11-year playoff drought and in one year, with three pivotal pieces going through this for the first time, they find their way all the way through to the NBA Finals.'īurke did ESPN's radio broadcast of Phoenix's 130-103 Game 6 win Wednesday over the Los Angeles Clippers at STAPLES Center to capture the Western Conference finals, took a red-eye flight back east and was in need of a good nap, but found a jolt of energy to talk about the nearly unexplainable, but truly remarkable journey of these Suns. 'This is the kind of story, to me, that captures the imagination of sports fans,' ESPN NBA commentator Doris Burke said Thursday afternoon. People just can't get enough of these Phoenix Suns right now.