LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Chris Paul scored 28 points as the Phoenix Suns punched their ticket to the postseason for the first time in 11 years with a 109101 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.
Paul scored 15 of his points in the fourth quarter. The Suns improved to 44-18 on the season and are now two games ahead of the third place Clippers and one game back of the Utah Jazz (45-17) atop the West.
The Suns were coming offan East Coast road trip where they went 3-2, including snapping the New York Knicks' nine-game winning streak.
Paul also had 10 assists and three steals and Devin Booker added 21 points and six rebounds against the Clippers.
Clippers new signee DeMarcus Cousins did not play Wednesday after scoring 16 points in their last game. Los Angeles was without all-star Kawhi Leonard (foot) for a fifth straight game.
Paul George had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Marcus Morris added 16 points in the loss.
In Philadelphia, Seth Curry scored 20 points as the Philadelphia 76ers clinched a playoffspot with a 127-83 rout of the short-handed Atlanta Hawks.
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