Deandre Ayton and the Phoenix Suns provided an iconic moment that will go down in franchise and NBA playoff lore Monday with their perfectly-executed inbound lob play for the winning bucket against the LA Clippers in the final second of Game 2.
Suns All-Star Chris Paul, still waiting to play in the series as he works his way through the NBA’s Health and Safety protocols, was understandably excited. Plenty of his colleagues/rivals were as well, many of whom took to social media to express their shock and awe that Phoenix was able to pull off such a miraculous play under the circumstances, down a point and inbounding the ball with just 0.9 seconds left.
HELLLLLLL YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Chris Paul (@CP3) June 23, 2021
Big time play call Coach Mont!!!!!!!!
— Chris Paul (@CP3) June 23, 2021
That looks familiar 👀
— Tyson Chandler (@tysonchandler) June 23, 2021
Shout out to Coach Jay Triano! After practice 1 day he was kickin random NBA facts to me and was like “ did you know theres no goaltending on a out of bounds play?” I was like really?? Nooo he said look it up.. 3 weeks later we found or selves in that situation
— Tyson Chandler (@tysonchandler) June 23, 2021
"DA – if he throws it, you gotta try to dunk it. Okay?"
🤯 SOUND ON to hear Monty Williams in the @Suns huddle before Deandre Ayton's game-winning tip-in!#ThatsGame #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/yCDqHmVF1L
— NBA (@NBA) June 23, 2021
Jae Crowder inbounds it to Deandre Ayton above the rim for the @Suns win in #PhantomCam! #ThatsGame #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/WVNc9xnvio
— NBA (@NBA) June 23, 2021
dats a dime bossmann @CJC9BOSS 🥽
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) June 23, 2021
What a pass!!!!
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) June 23, 2021
Ayton for Da win 🇧🇸
— Buddy Love !!!! (@buddyhield) June 23, 2021
Great play
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) June 23, 2021
THTS GAME MAN 😳
— Melo (@MELOD1P) June 23, 2021
What a play wow
— Kevin Love (@kevinlove) June 23, 2021
On ANY level, there’s nothing like playing for a coach that believes in you…
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) June 23, 2021
Great screen by book . Hell of a pass.
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) June 23, 2021
What a pass Jae..
— Tim Hardaway Jr (@T_HardJR) June 23, 2021
wow. Perfect execution.
— Justin Anderson (@JusAnderson1) June 23, 2021
Wowwwwww
— Bobby BP Portis (@BPortistime) June 23, 2021
Wow what a play and finish!
— Robert Covington (@Holla_At_Rob33) June 23, 2021
That was an incredible play, pass, screen + finish! Perfectly executed
— Matthew Dellavedova (@matthewdelly) June 23, 2021
Heck of a game by them suns! Big fan! Hard not to be with Monty coaching! 🔥
— Andre Roberson (@FlyDre21) June 23, 2021