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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Sun champion Lang Ayton (Deandre Ayton) sparked another controversy. Not only did he not perform well today, he ignored Paul (Chris Paul) who wanted to high-five him twice, and he left the field without being interviewed after the game , which attracted a lot of criticism.

The Suns, who lost 2 games in a row in the Western Conference semifinals, finally scored 86 points with the combined efforts of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in Game 3 back home today, defeating the Nuggets 121:114. , but Ayton did not perform well in this campaign, scoring only 4 points, and was directly replaced on the bench in the final quarter.

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Ayton scored 4 points, 9 rebounds and 1 pot in 26 minutes, with a plus/minus of -4. Center Jock Landale, who replaced him in the final quarter, played 22 minutes and scored 6 points, 9 rebounds and 1 steal. Value 6.

Ayton was obviously displeased with being replaced on the bench at the last moment. During the timeout, Paul, who was unable to play due to injury, wanted to give him a high-five, but was ignored by Ayton twice. After the game, he even opened up The media left before entering the venue and directly refused to be interviewed.

What made Ayton even more embarrassing was that after the game, head coach M. Williams (Monty Williams) directly praised Randall, "He gave us a lot of energy. Everyone will inevitably have a low tide. He (Ayton) failed to show today. To be the best of myself, the most important thing at this time is to have other teammates jump out.”

Watch DeAndre Ayton ignore Chris Paul twice in this clip



The Phoenix Suns get the W, but the vibes here are horrendous pic.twitter.com/UCzfQfTtEt

— Eric Rosenthal (@ericsports) May 6, 2023