<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Deandre-Ayton-and-3-frontcourt-players-with-best-shot-at-first-NBA-All-Star-team-next-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Deandre Ayton and 3 frontcourt players with best shot at first NBA All-Star team next season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-08-30T22:11:54-07:00">August 30th, 10:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-08-30T22:11:54-07:00">August 30th, 10:11pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With a brand new NBA season just around the corner, fans are in anticipation if their favorite big men will finally be named an All-Star. There’s a lot of talented big men in the NBA which have made and will continue to make the All-Star team. However, it doesn’t mean that there’s space for some new blood.</p><p>The following players, given their talent and rising popularity, just might make their first All-Star team this 2021-22</p><h2><b>4. Deandre Ayton</b></h2><p>Let’s face it: Deandre Ayton was a bit overshadowed by Luka Doncic as the best player of the 2018 draft class. Ayton was the first pick and he’s been doing very well for himself. But the talk of the town has been that young Slovenian guard. However, things took a turn in the 2020-21 NBA season after the Phoenix Suns did not just lock the second seed but also made it all the way to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/phoenix-suns/records" rel="noopener">NBA Finals</a>.</p><p>In the Suns’ playoff campaign, Ayton played extremely well. He held his own against Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis, outplayed league MVP Nikola Jokic, abused the Los Angeles Clippers, and gained the respect of the Milwaukee Bucks. In this process, Ayton became regarded as a foundational piece of the Suns.</p><p>The playoff performance will not just only Ayton the momentum for the upcoming season, but also the admiration of the fans and the media. Now, whenever people talk about the Suns, they won’t just mention the Point God Chris Paul or Devin Booker. Ayton will now become synonymous with the team and its success for the years to come. Sure enough, it could start with him being named to the All-Star team in the 2021-22 NBA season.</p><h2><b>3. John Collins</b></h2><p>John Collins has been balling out since entering the league in 2017. It’s only now—after the Atlanta Hawks made an unexpected deep playoff run—that everyone has been yapping about Collins. After all, winning is what matters in this league. Losing only makes people forget you.</p><p>While the Hawks have a ton of excellent role players in Bogdan Bogdanovic, Clint Capela, Danilo Gallinari and Lou Williams, just to name a few, no one will smack you in the face if you declare that Collins is the second-best player behind Trae Young.</p><p>Don’t let the <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/collijo01.html" rel="noopener">slight dip in Collins’ stats last season</a> fool you. It was mainly because of the additions of some potent scorers like Bogdanovic and Gallinari to the fold. But as we all know, numbers don’t reveal the entire picture. Collins has co-existed very well with Young. As a mobile big man, he’s excellent at pick-and-rolls and can essentially guard multiple positions.</p><p>It’s important to note that the Hawks got out of the rut after the coaching change. As such, their regular-season record wasn’t really a good indicator of how good the team is. This is why everyone was caught off guard with their playoff campaign. With this in mind, we can assume the Hawks to start off hot in 2021-22. Fans will continue to heap praise at Young. Collins, too, will be included in these discussions.</p><h2><b>2. Tobias Harris</b></h2><p>Tobias Harris has been in the league since 2011, but it’s only in the last couple of years that he’s gaining recognition as one of the top forwards in this league. We can say that he started turning heads in his last two years with the Detroit Pistons, where he shot just a little over 40 percent from downtown. After which, he had a two-year stint with the Clippers where he further improved his stroke from deep. Now with the Philadelphia 76ers, people regard him as the third star behind Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.</p><p>The thing about Harris is that he’s constantly improving his play. Last season, he actually shot a career-best 51.2 percent from the field. He also averaged 3.5 assists, which is another NBA career-high. In the coming season, we may see more improvements from Harris’ play.</p><p>Given the controversy surrounding Ben Simmons, Sixers fans might divert their attention to Harris and realize how much value he brings to the team. This strange turn of events could just lead to an All-Star nod for Harris for the first time in his career.</p><h2><b>1. Jerami Grant</b></h2><p>In his first season with the Detroit Pistons last year, Jerami Grant <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/grantje01.html" rel="noopener">boosted his average</a> to 22.3 points from 12.0 points the previous season. In effect, he was immediately tagged as one of the building blocks of the Pistons. The team rightfully added 2021 first overall pick Cade Cunningham to the fold. He’s a high-IQ player with next-level playmaking abilities. In short, Cunningham is one of those players who makes everyone around him better.</p><p>This facet of Cunningham’s playstyle is something Grant will greatly benefit from. Though Grant can create his own shots through isolation plays, he’s also a very good slasher. He knows when to cut and he seems to be in the right place at the right time always. With this, we may see a slight uptick in Grant’s averages. An average of 25.0 points per game is feasible. But more importantly, the Pistons will likely squeeze out more victories than before. Fans and the media will realize that Grant has that NBA All-Star gene in him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Deandre Ayton and 3 frontcourt players with best shot at first NBA All-Star team next season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/download-1-32.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns star Chris Paul reveals old animosity towards Deandre Ayton over being a ‘loser’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-08-26T16:51:40-07:00">August 26th, 4:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-08-26T16:52:17-07:00">August 26th, 4:52pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chris Paul is widely credited for being an integral piece in the Phoenix Suns’ memorable NBA Finals run last season. Many believe that it was his leadership that turned this team around. As it turns out, CP3’s influence on the Suns also involved an early-season squabble with teammate Deandre Ayton.</p><p>According to Paul himself, he shared a few heated moments with the Suns big man early on:</p><blockquote>“Me and Deandre Ayton was getting into it like hell to start the season,” Paul admitted, via <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2021/08/26/phoenix-suns-chris-paul-talks-about-what-drew-him-to-phoenix-in-first-interview-since-new-contract/5604375001/">Dana Scott of azcentral</a>. “Because I’m hard on him and I ain’t no loser …“My thing is you’ll find a way and that’s the hardest part for me because I always say this: Show me somebody that’s OK with losing and I’ll show you a loser. Like, for real, for real. I ain’t never gonna be cool with losing. Ever.”</blockquote><p>This isn’t surprising at all considering Chris Paul’s reputation. He embodies the term “floor general” and is never afraid to call out any of his Suns teammates when necessary. What cannot be denied, however, is that CP3’s intentions are always for the betterment of the team. It’s never personal and we’re sure Deandre Ayton was able to figure this out sooner or later.</p><p>In the end, all the behind-the-scenes drama between Paul and Ayton paid off big time. Ayton emerged as one of the top big men in the NBA last season and the Suns were just <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-devin-booker-gets-truthful-five-word-reminder-from-deandre-ayton-after-losing-in-nba-finals/">two wins away</a> from an NBA title.</p><p>At this point, we are certain that Chris Paul, Deandre Ayton, and the rest of the Suns are not resting on their laurels. The mission is far from done, and they will be doing everything in their power to get another shot at a chip this coming season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns star Chris Paul reveals old animosity towards Deandre Ayton over being a ‘loser’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-Deandre-Ayton-Suns-Bucks-NBA-Finals.jpg"></figure><h1>Giannis Antetokounmpo gets unexpected comments from Deandre Ayton after NBA Finals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-21T22:14:29-07:00">July 21st, 10:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-21T22:14:29-07:00">July 21st, 10:14pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Giannis Antetokounmpo has been the toast of the town after willing the Milwaukee Bucks to their first NBA title in 50 years. It was also quite poetic that he scored 50 points in the process. Which he celebrated by an even more poetic move of ordering 50 pieces of chicken nuggets.</p><p>Giannis was the unanimous choice for Finals MVP, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/giannis-antetokounmpo/ac1b0975/gamelog">monster numbers</a> of 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 1.8 blocks. He practically did everything for the Bucks, as he also outplayed Phoenix Suns big man Deandre Ayton. The 22-year-old Ayton looked flustered in the last three games, as he had no answer for Giannis’ bullying his way to the cup.</p><p>But despite getting embarrassed by Giannis in the series, Ayton took it all in stride. While it’s clear he failed to stop the two-time MVP, he didn’t sound bitter talking about their matchup (via <a href="https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2021/7/21/22586468/jae-crowder-deandre-ayton-phoenix-suns-milwuakee-bucks-nba-finals-game-6-takeaways">Bright Side of the Sun</a>).</p><blockquote>“I mean, it was fun. Just like any other matchup that I faced. I think I seen—this is the most time I’ve ever seen Giannis, but, yeah, man, it was fun. I love competing, I love the challenges, man, but I just wish I could win. But at the same time, it was fun, I learned a lot. Just with consistency when it comes to this thing called competing, you can’t really have any mishaps at this high level.”</blockquote><p>Ayton also shared what he learned in facing Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks.</p><blockquote>“I tip my hat off to Milwaukee, because everybody that checked in, even if they didn’t check in, they wanted to die on that court. And that’s what I felt. That’s what it takes. Everybody got to give it their all when it comes to this, especially when it’s last game.”</blockquote><p>Stay classy, DA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Giannis Antetokounmpo gets unexpected comments from Deandre Ayton after NBA Finals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Deandre-Ayton-Devin-Booker-Suns-Bucks-NBA-Finals.jpg"></figure><h1>Devin Booker gets truthful five-word reminder from Deandre Ayton after losing in NBA Finals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-21T20:57:31-07:00">July 21st, 8:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-21T20:59:03-07:00">July 21st, 8:59pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA Finals defeat will continue to sting for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/phoenix-suns">Phoenix Suns</a> in the coming days, especially for young guys like Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton who tasted their most bitter loss in their young careers.</p><p>The fact that they dropped four games to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/giannis-antetokounmpo/ac1b0975">Giannis Antetokounmpo</a> and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/milwaukee-bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> surely makes everything tougher to bear, with Booker even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-devin-bookers-instant-one-word-reaction-to-losing-nba-finals-against-giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks/">uttering an instant reaction</a> as he saw their title hopes slip away in Game 6 on Tuesday.</p><p>Ayton, meanwhile, was a bit more even-keeled. After the game, even though he admitted that he’s still reeling from the loss, he also took the good with the bad. The vastly improved Suns big man spoke to Booker in the locker room, reminding him that they’ve barely scratched the surface (via <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10008255-deandre-ayton-told-devin-booker-suns-loss-to-bucks-was-just-the-beginning">Bleacher Report</a>).</p><blockquote>“This is just the beginning. Now we know what we need to do, and no less. We’re gonna keep each other accountable for the rest of our careers.”</blockquote><p>Just in case people forget, Booker is only 24 years old while Ayton is two years younger. Mikal Bridges is also only 24 years old, while Cameron Johnson is only a year older. So clearly, the future is limitless for the Suns.</p><p>It also helps that at a young age, Ayton already experienced a huge setback, which will only make him and the young Suns better, no matter how worn-out that sounds (via <a href="https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2021/7/21/22586468/jae-crowder-deandre-ayton-phoenix-suns-milwuakee-bucks-nba-finals-game-6-takeaways">Bright Side of the Sun</a>).</p><blockquote>“We the Suns know what it takes now and that’s all I’m going off of, to be honest. I mean, nobody really expected us to even, you know, be here. I know people talk about injuries of other teams and stuff like that, but at the end of the day, we playing ball and I’m just really happy how the guys had a wonderful season playing together to get us where we are today.</blockquote><p>Deandre Ayton is a wise man.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Devin Booker gets truthful five-word reminder from Deandre Ayton after losing in NBA Finals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bucks-Suns-Brook-Lopez-Deandre-Ayton-NBA-Finals.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Brook Lopez gobbles up Deandre Ayton with massive slam in Game 6</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-07-20T20:21:35-07:00">July 20th, 8:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-07-20T20:21:35-07:00">July 20th, 8:21pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Who said Brook Lopez was soft?</p><p>The Milwaukee Bucks center made Phoenix Suns big man Deandre Ayton question his existence after dunking over him in <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/phoenix-suns-milwaukee-bucks-2021072015/">Game 6 of the NBA Finals</a>.</p><p>Midway through the third quarter, Bucks guard Jrue Holiday drove baseline, attracting the help defense of Ayton. Lopez made the perfect cut to the rim, with Holiday dishing to him for the emphatic in-your-face throwdown on Ayton. Come for the dunk, stay for the bench reaction.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BROOK LOPEZ OMG</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBATV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@NBATV</a>)<a href="https://t.co/Vth2XSKGyR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Vth2XSKGyR</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1417676641304596483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">July 21, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>That’s center on center crime right there.</p><p>Unfortunately for Ayton, he’s been on the wrong end of highlight plays by the Bucks all series long. He was blocked by Giannis Antetokounmpo in a crucial play in Game 3 and now got embarrassed by a 33-year-old Lopez, who jumps as high as a can of tuna.</p><p>Lopez has been maligned for his lack of physicality and affinity to shoot outside shots. But he’s played his role perfectly for the Bucks, being an instrumental figure in the team’s surge in recent years. Splash Mountain has also been a respected locker room presence, being the most seasoned player of the Bucks.</p><p>Even though he hasn’t put up <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/brook-lopez/b0420990/gamelog">eye-popping number</a>s, it’s not totally crazy to say that Brook Lopez has outplayed Deandre Ayton in the NBA Finals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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