PHOENIX — For the second one instantly season, the Phoenix Suns have been eradicated at house in humiliating style.

Phoenix’s 125-100 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Thursday evening’s Sport 6 of the Western Convention semifinals was once eerily related to the Dallas Mavericks’ Sport 7 dominance in Footprint Heart in the similar spherical.

The halftime lack — 30 issues — was once even equivalent. So was once the response from Suns fanatics, lots of whom loudly booed on the part and headed for the exits with enough of date residue within the fourth quarter.

“It sucked,” stated Kevin Durant, whose arrival in a midseason business made the Suns the having a bet favourite to win the West. “It was a bad feeling. Embarrassing.”

Devin Booker left the sector with out chatting with the media, an especially uncharacteristic journey for the face of the Suns’ franchise.

Booker averaged 33.7 issues in line with sport this postseason however had a destitute efficiency because the Suns have been eradicated. He scored 12 issues on 4-of-13 taking pictures, a similar facsimile of his off evening in terminating hour’s removal loss to the Mavs (11 issues, 3-of-14 taking pictures).

The Suns, who have been lacking starters Chris Paul (groin) and Deandre Ayton (ribs), become the 3rd staff in NBA historical past eradicated from the playoffs in consecutive seasons with 25-plus-point losses, in line with ESPN Stats & Data analysis.

Suns teacher Monty Williams stated that it’s a “bad feeling” to be eradicated through blowouts in consecutive years however downplayed the hyperlink between the lopsided losses.

“I mean, it’s two different groups,” Williams stated. “Last year’s team was totally different than this year’s team. Last year’s team was more of a ball-movement, body-movement team. This year we’re more pick-and-roll oriented and iso oriented, so it’s two different situations altogether. That’s something that we need to take a look at to see what kinds of combinations of players we have to fit the style of play. But it’s hard to make assessments about those kinds of things 20 minutes after a loss.”

Durant, who had top celebrate for two-time MVP Nikola Jokic and the top-seeded Nuggets, struggled through his requirements within the order. He averaged 29.5 issues in line with sport however shot simplest 45.3% from the ground and 22.2% from 3-point length, completing through scoring 23 issues on 8-of-19 taking pictures in Sport 6.

Durant, who was once restricted to just 8 regular-season video games with the Suns as a result of accidents, stated he didn’t need to “provide context” that may be perceived as an oblivion.

“We just got to be better next year,” Durant stated. “It’s hard right now to see what the future will hold for our team, but we got a good foundation, good infrastructure. We can build on and move on from this and learn from it and get better from it. I’m sure as the summer and offseason starts, we’ll figure that out a little bit more.”