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Phoenix Suns are the best show on TV.

Are you not entertained?

If you weren’t thrilled by Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals, in which the Phoenix Suns beat the Los Angeles Clippers 104-103 on Tuesday, there are only two possible explanations: You weren’t watching, or you’re dead.

If you weren’t watching, wow, you really should have been. Because right now, the Phoenix Suns are the best show on TV.

And hey, I’m a fan of “Loki.”

If the Suns’ playoff run is like a terrific miniseries — they’ve won nine in a row! — Tuesday was the Very Special Episode. It had everything and then some. What a bonkers night of television. What a bonkers night of entertainment on whatever platform you please.

The Suns-Clippers game was crazier than ‘F9: The Fast Saga’

Put it this way: I watched “F9: The Fast Saga” on Monday, and Suns-Clippers on Tuesday. The game had more insane energy.

Though, in fairness, fewer explosions. But! More broken, bloody noses. More on that in a moment.

What makes a great TV show? Drama? Um, how about a last-second dunk by Deandre Ayton on an inbounds pass to win the game? That’s jaw-dropping stuff. So, drama, check.

Violence? Check out Devin Booker’s nose, after butting heads with Patrick Beverley. Check. (Also: yuck.) Of course, Booker came back and played well after getting stitches. C’mon. Heroes play hurt, and they’re quick healers.

Flashbacks? As the ESPN broadcast team of Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Jackson all recalled, Booker’s bloody, seemingly broken nose was reminiscent of Suns’ great Steve Nash practically getting his nose cut off during a 2007 playoff game against the San Antonio Spurs. Check.

Good acting? Check out the Emmyworthy fake whiplash Beverley pulled when Booker bumped him while attempting to drive past him. Sure, Bryan Cranston was great in “Breaking Bad.” But Beverley was selling the bit a lot harder.

Underdog hero? Take a bow, Cam Payne, who scored 29 points and had nine assists while filling in for Chris Paul, who is in the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols and missed his second game on Tuesday. Check.

Speaking of: cameos? Paul made one during ESPN’s “SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt” after the game, as the team FaceTimed him in the Suns’ locker room.

Check, check, check. Checkmate, if this had been a chess game.

Instead it was a basketball game, and it was a flat-out fantastic one.

This wasn’t a perfect game, just a great one

This was not a perfect game by any means. For one thing, according to ESPN, the last 90 seconds took 33 minutes of real time to play. For another, neither Booker nor Paul George of the Clippers had the great games they had in Game 1, when both were transcendent. There were plenty of sloppy moments.

That was part of its scruffy charm. Van Pelt said several times it looked as if Paul would return for Thursday’s game, when the series switches to LA. There’s no such optimistic word on Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers’ best player and one of the great playoff performers of all time.

That’s too bad. Because that’s one of the weirdest things about this whole crazy series — two of its biggest stars haven’t even appeared!

Or who knows, maybe that’s for the best. With those two in the mix, the average TV audience might not be able to withstand such drama.

Although it sure would be fun to try.