The Phoenix Suns still have a long road ahead of them to win an NBA championship, but Chris Paul may have won his personal title already.
Tuesday’s night win over the Los Angeles Clippers put an end to one of the most bizarre streaks in the history of the league.
Prior to Game 2, Chris Paul had lost 13 straight playoff games officiated by Scott Foster.
Chris Paul had lost 13-straight playoff games with Scott Foster officiating until tonight. pic.twitter.com/F2mbYtf46l
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 19, 2023
Needless to say, that had become a talking point among the fans and media members, so multiple people took to Twitter to discuss the matter.
Scott Foster dynasty is over.
— Chris Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) April 19, 2023
Looks like Chris Paul finally found the cheat code to beat Scott Foster. It’s like he’s been stuck on a tough level in a video game and finally figured out the secret to defeating the boss. Maybe next time Foster will have to nerf his own abilities to make it more fair.
— Carlos Gil (@carlosgil83) April 19, 2023
This would be funny if it weren’t for the fact that this kind of stuff has been ruining the NBA for decades.
— Christopher (@Christo79744616) April 19, 2023
At the end of the game, Scott Foster was trying to give the clippers opportunities to win but the Suns defense held them!
— SunsFanAsher #BeatLA #RallyTheValley (@AbnormalSunsFan) April 19, 2023
Took KD and dbook to help cp3 to beat Scott foster, needs a whole superteam 🤦♂️
— Austin McKechnie (@__AM33__) April 19, 2023
The streak included some notable and crucial season-deciding games, and no one could fully understand what was going on.
Of course, several fans claimed that Foster had something against Paul and rigged the games against him.
And while that might seem like the obvious and logical conclusion — I mean, he did lose 13 straight games, some of those in incredible fashion — that’s a very serious accusation we’re not going to make.
There was a scandal of point-shaving and game-fixing with banned referee Tim Donaghy, but even an FBI investigation determined that he was a single rogue agent and not a league-wide trend.
Chances are that this was just a coincidence, albeit a very unfortunate one.
What matters now is that the series is even at one win apiece, and the Suns will now hit the road to try and get homecourt advantage back after their setback in Game 1.
Whatever the case, though, Paul might be relieved to know that someone else will be blowing the whistle on that game.
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