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Cam Johnson warned the Phoenix Suns are “starting to click” after they extended their winning run to three games at the expense of the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday.
The Suns have the best record in the NBA of 30-8 following a 106-89 triumph over the Clippers at Footprint Center.
Johnson scored a career-high 24 points, while Chris Paul finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to leave the Suns sitting pretty at the top of the Western Conference.
Forward Johnson says there is more to come from Phoenix
“We’re having a lot of fun playing together,” Johnson said. “Things are starting to click.”
Paul’s tally of rebounds was a career-best for the 36-year-old in what his 1,128th regular-season NBA game.
The 11-time NBA All-Star said: “Some teams’ biggest issue is that they don’t know what they want to run or who they want to go to down the stretch.
“I think we have a good sense of that. We know what our go-to plays are.”
Suns head coach Monty Williams says his players deserve great credit for the way they are going about their business.
He said: “I just think the players have done a really good job of driving our culture. We have unreal guard play, which really helps.”
The Clippers are 19-20 following back-to-back defeats, but head coach Tyronn Lue could not fault the application his players showed.
He said: “We scrapped and competed. That is a good ball club over there and they played well. Their stars took over down the stretch and took over the game.”
