Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Phoenix 51-21, Los Angeles Clippers 47-25
Game 1 on Sunday, 20 June: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Phoenix, 120-pts-114
Game 2 on Tuesday, 22 June: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Phoenix, 104-pts-103
Game 3 on Thursday, 24 June: Phoenix loses at Los Angeles Clippers, 106-pts-92
Game 4 on Saturday, 26 June: Phoenix wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 84-pts-80
Game 5 on Monday, 28 June: Los Angeles Clippers win at Phoenix, 116-pts-102
Game 6 on Wednesday, 30 June: Phoenix wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 130-pts-103

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Phoenix Suns visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 130-pts-103 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1480 victory. With the series 1480 win, the Phoenix Suns improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 18-20 overall and 3-7 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1480 loss, the Los Angeles Clippers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 7-10 overall and 0-1 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Phoenix Suns in series 1480 was WWLWLW: Series 1480 thus becomes the sixth NBA Semifinals-round series, the 22nd NBA series (all rounds), and the 50th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Phoenix Suns thus return to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1993 and for the third time overall.

After Game 5: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and defeated the Phoenix Suns 116-pts-102 to drop the Phoenix Suns best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1480 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 8-3 and a Game 6 record of 6-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-6 and a Game 6 record of 4-4.

After Game 4: The Phoenix Suns visited and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 84-pts-80 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1480 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 6-2 and a Game 5 record of 4-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 5 record of 1-0. The sole series in which the Los Angeles Clippers had previously trailed 3-games-1 was series 1405, in the 2019 NHL Preliminary round against the Golden State Warriors.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Clippers hosted and defeated the Phoenix Suns 106-pts-92 to drop the Phoenix Suns best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1480 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 11-3 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 8-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 4 record of 5-1. With the series 1480 Game 3 win, the Los Angeles Clippers extend their best-of-7 NBA playoffs Game 3 winning streak to five games (irrespective of Games 1-2 outcomes).

After Game 2: The Phoenix Suns hosted and topped the Los Angeles Clippers 104-pts-103 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1480 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 5-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 3 record of 2-1. Both Game 3 and series victories by the Los Angeles Clippers in the wake of a 2-games-nil deficit occurred in the 2021 NBA playoffs, in the Preliminary and Quarterfinals rounds.

After Game 1: The Phoenix Suns hosted and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 120-pts-114 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1480 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 13-5 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 7-11. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-4 and a Game 2 record of 4-3.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Phoenix Suns finished four games ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers. From 1947 through the 2021 NBA Quarterfinals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 30-12 (.714, with an active six-series winning streak) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1480 is the 38th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Phoenix Suns, and the 17th for the Los Angeles Clippers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Phoenix Suns have an all-rounds series record of 17-20, a Semifinals-round series record of 2-7, and a Game 1 record of 18-19, while the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 7-9, a Semifinals-round series record of 0-0, and a Game 1 record of 9-7. Series 1480 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Phoenix Suns defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in their only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting, in series 983 in the 2006 NBA Quarterfinals.