Schedule and 2022-23 Results
Regular Season Records: Phoenix 45-37, Los Angeles Clippers 44-38
Game 1 on Sunday, 16 April: Los Angeles Clippers win at Phoenix, 115-pts-110
Game 2 on Tuesday, 18 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Phoenix, 123-pts-109
Game 3 on Thursday, 20 April: Phoenix wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 129-pts-124
Game 4 on Saturday, 22 April: Phoenix wins at Los Angeles Clippers, 112-pts-100
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 April: Los Angeles Clippers lose at Phoenix, 136-pts-130

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Phoenix Suns hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 136-pts-130 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1540 victory. With the series 1540 win, the Phoenix Suns improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 20-22 overall and 7-2 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1540 loss, the Los Angeles Clippers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 7-11 overall and 6-5 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Phoenix Suns in series 1540 was LWWWW: Series 1540 thus becomes the ninth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 27th NBA series (all rounds), and the 74th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The Phoenix Suns tallied 50 points in the third quarter of series 1540 Game 5, thus tying the Houston Rockets for the second-most third-quarter points in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game (Houston scored its third-quarter 50 at Minnesota against the Timberwolves, in series 1372 Game 4 in the 2018 NBA Preliminary round). The most points ever scored by one team in the third quarter of a best-of-7 NBA playoff game was 51 points, by the Philadelphia 76ers at home against the Brooklyn Nets in series 1403 Game 2 (in the 2019 NBA Preliminary round).

After Game 4: The Phoenix Suns visited and outscored the Los Angeles Clippers 112-pts-100 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1540 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 7-2 and a Game 5 record of 4-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 5 record of 2-0.

After Game 3: The Phoenix Suns visited and bested the Los Angeles Clippers 129-pts-124 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1540 lead of 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 13-5 and a Game 4 record of 9-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 3-4 and a Game 4 record of 5-2. The Phoenix Suns have a 3-1 best-of-7 NBA playoff series record when leading with a win order of LWW. When trailing such a series WLL, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 1-1.

After Game 2: The Phoenix Suns hosted and topped the Los Angeles Clippers 123-pts-109 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1540 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 13-5 and a Game 3 record of 11-7, while the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 4-6 and a Game 3 record of 6-4.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Clippers visited and defeated the Phoenix Suns 115-pts-110 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1540 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Clippers have a series record of 4-5 and a Game 2 record of 3-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 4-15 and a Game 2 record of 6-13. The series 1540 Game 1 victory by the Los Angeles Clippers snapped the Phoenix Suns best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1 winning streak at six. The Los Angeles Clippers have an active best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 2 losing streak of five (irrespective of Game 1).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2022-23 NBA regular season, the Phoenix Suns finished one games ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers. From 1947 through the 2022 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 21-24 (.467) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1540 is the 42nd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Phoenix Suns, and the 18th for the Los Angeles Clippers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Phoenix Suns have an all-rounds series record of 19-22, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-2, and a Game 1 record of 22-19 (with an active six-Game 1 winning streak), while the Los Angeles Clippers have an all-rounds series record of 7-10, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-4, and a Game 1 record of 9-8. Series 1540 is the third 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 both of their two previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings.