From taking down LeBron James and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, to defeating 2021 NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, who reached the Western Conference Finals last season, the Phoenix Suns have their sights set on the NBA Finals this year and are not far away from reaching their ultimate goal! 

After taking down the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 in the first-round of the playoffs and then making quick work of the Denver Nuggets 4-0 in the Western Conference Semifinals, the Phoenix Suns now await the winner of the Clippers-Jazz series. But, does it really matter who wins this other Western Conference series? 

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Both the Los Angeles Clippers and the Utah Jazz are fantastic teams in their own rights and both have title aspirations, but neither of them are playing as great as the Suns right now.

Phoenix is playing at an extremely high level and they look unstoppable, so should they be considered not just the favorites in the Western Conference this year, but the favorites to win this year’s championship? 

Phoenix is the first team to punch their ticket to the Conference Finals in either the West or East and with their team fully healthy and playing the best basketball that they have all year, they are going to be a tough team to stop the rest of the way. Let’s look at three reasons why the Phoenix Suns need to be considered the favorites to win this year’s title at this point in the playoffs.