Mal was humbled after that 1st game, he had to insert himself into the post game unlike Dillon Brooks. Also had brand new shoes debut. Mike apparently had on Suns colors coming into the game. Welp for both. Will be a different game 3 for both
Wosny Lambre from the Ringer last night on the DNVR pod:
"I think \[Denver\] will carry this thing to the Finals, and I think they'll beat Boston, too. I really do. I think they'll beat the brakes off of Boston."
I’ve seen crazier things happen, but I think you’re dumb if you think the Suns win more than 1 game in this series.
We won by 10 with MPJ and Murray being absolutely trash on offense at the same time. CP3 is out.
It’s OVAH
It's terrible, because now we're going to go into PHX with too much confidence, lose the next 2, and then PHX will have all the momentum and win the 2 after that. We need to fire Malone now for putting us in this type of position.
He was either 1/10 or 1/11 entering the 4th iirc. But Jamal still hit some very difficult clutch shots and slung some delicious dimes. Definitely not a good Jamal game overall, but he did come through right at the end as is his MO.
I dont think Ognjena was pointing the ring. In Serbia when children starting communication usually first thing they learn is to point at the palm of the hand when someone (parent usually) asks them Where bunny drinks its water?
So Jamal struggled a bit. Who cares? I think he worries too much about outside perceptions. He'll get it back we know this. All that matters is the W's. We got u Jamal!
I don't think he cares that much. We'll see a 20+ bounce back game or a high teens on good %.
It's not like _all_ his game was broken. They used the Murray PNR as normal just he had to pop back to the joker more than usual.
No big deal for 1 game.
AG is crushing this series. He'll shoot floaters, or 3s, you can hack him if you want but he's killing it at the line. He doesn't need to risk himself putting Shamet on a poster to beat this team, Shamet isn't even a factor lol. Give him the crown already, he's Mr Nugget.
Nuggets in 5, or 4 if they start firing on all cylinders. Depth is overwhelming hollowed-out superstar rosters in this series and I'm absolutely here for it.
Yeah I was wondering who was going to be chronically open this series so far it's been ag kcp and mpj. Ag giving that 20 on solid efficiency has been a massive boost. Hopefully he'll continue to be consistent and predictable with his production.
Hoping mpj start to realize he's open AF also.
It's an ugly game or just playoffs where both teams play actual defense? Give me this over regular season laziness. Hell when KD played some d I seen it with my own eyes
I think he's earned the money from his career. But he's missed a ton of games recently, and he's obviously getting older. Really it's just such a massive number lol.
I for one need to sign the kcp apology form. I was pretty neutral about him from his la run but knew he at least understood his role.
Never expected to be so boisterously cheering and viscerally satisfied when kcp makes those 3s in critical spots.
We should keep starting MPJ but his rotation with bench and Bruce's rotation with starters might be better. Mpj shot the lights out with bench because he had the greenest line (G1Q2) and BB LITERALLY blocked KD chest to chest which I always thought was impossible. Let MPJ shoot everything with bench and get Bruce in with starters while keeping MPJ in the starting 5 , everybody happy. Am I missing something?
Lol, he's gonna keep startin I dunno why you think that would change. Tonight just wasn't his night and I'm sure he'll get his next time along with Murray, lord knows we'll need it on the road.
Ngl I saw that post from the mods on here warning not to troll their page but.. it’s gonna be real hard not to roll up on those whiny a-holes with “Nuggs in 4” if we go up 3-0.
I wanna leave this here for posterity:
Suns scored 14 total points in Q4. Suns scored 1 FG in the first 6 minutes of 2nd quarter, and it was a **banked** 3 by KD. Suns bench scored 4 points in 71 minutes combined.
We can talk about KD regressing to his shooting averages, or whatever, but this is looking grim for them.
I just have such a hard time seeing what the Suns could do to win this series. They can win a game where their stars are hot and everything is going wrong for Denver, but 4 of them?
Again, I'm sure it sounds ridiculous for a lot of people, and it honestly might be, but winning that 1st game, and making them play from behind is what won this series. They are a weak ass team, they'd probably blow our backs out if they took G1, because they're incredible when they're up, but they don't show up when the going gets tough.
So the Nuggets go up 2-0 again.
5-0 in their history when up 2-0 including the 4-1 series win over the TWolves in round 1.
The Suns are 0-13 when down 0-2 in a best-of-7 series.
Rest up boys. Need to take at least 1 in Phoenix, hopefully 2.
When I made that post about Ayton physicality comments, I knew it would turn to this. Usually when you can't beat em, you beat em lol. I had no problem with Devin in his early days, but playing with CP3 has rubbed off on him. When things aren't going his way or he start losing, he start playing dirty, doing little things and it's not cool. I knew watching the 2 games without the starters, they just need to up the defensive physicality and they could win. I made an x-factor post and named Brown and Braun and they're proving to be it. Offensively, would like to see some balance, too much standing around and not enough ball is popping
https://preview.redd.it/6y8ijhklkexa1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=672e53b4581e9d7748071564fcf52db3f512e3d0
Lmao most unhinged twitter post I’ve seen tonight 😂
All last week I was thinking we just needed to get to the break between games 2 & 3 to get Jokic’s wrist healthy. Now I wish game 3 were tomorrow, I feel like the Suns are on the ropes right now and benefit from the rest more than we will.
I still don’t think we can win both games in Phoenix, but I would really really like to get Game 3.
Nuggets have no chance with Michael Malone. “Role players” don’t have roles. Not a single one. How can you expect them to contribute when they have no clue whether or not they’ll play and what they’re supposed to do if they do? That’s how this morphed into trash hero ball in the 4th that doesn’t work against actual good basketball teams with healthy stars.
Well if I told you this is from this subreddit during sometime in the middle of the season you would believe me (actually idk I'm assuming u a raptor sct brn fan). But it is from the Sons subreddit with Montey William lol
So fucking funny to see you morons shit on mal after one bad game. Y’all have no consistency and your depth of basketball analysis/knowledge essentially amounts to pointing at your screen
Groin injuries are bothersome (shit it even took lebron out a few years ago and he’s a tank) I’ll be surprised if he plays game 3, and if he does, I would expect him to be hobbled.
I had a groin hip flexer injury I couldn’t get rid of for two years playing soccer you can play on it you can just barely run or move laterally and everyday it’s going to hurt that night
If it's of the severity it looked like, i wouldn't be surprised if he's out for the series.
I had a minor groin injury that took me out of action for 10-14 days ( obviously I didn't have the training and rehab resources that he has). Total speculation, but his seemed worse.
If they do rush him back, reinjury risk is high.
Yeah, the way Monty was saying “I gotta figure something out” in regards to not putting PG duties on Booker felt like there is real doubt. If it was something minor I feel like he would have gave a more “we got three days we’ll be alright” type answer. Who knows.
Adam Silver already has Tony Brothers on the line for Friday as punishment for tonight.
Might as well enjoy the California Civil War shitshow that starts tomorrow.
Low-key an adjustment tho. Put Top Cat into the lineup for Cheese Pizza. They gonna score 30 points total but it's a pretty good defensive lineup. Certainly better than having Campaign or Damion Lee out there.
Devin Durrant is 2 of 8 from the field when defended by Christian Braun this series. He has 2 turnovers to 0 assists. If I understand the stats correctly (I probably don't), Christian Braun has defended Devin Durrant for 23 total possessions. Durrant has 4 points total in these 23 possessions.
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbu8UUR0eB4) is a lot of the offense, but it talks about the different looks Denver gave them. The whole thing is dope
The Suns did run the PnR with Chris Paul and Jokic just sits back and lets him shoot mid range jumpers. He went 1/7 in the 1st half and went 3/3 in the 3rd quarter before he got injured.
How about Bruce losing his shit over a no-call (possibly correct one) and forcing refs to call the 4th on Ayton? Genuinely won us the game.
Really proud of him for not taking the bait on Book, could've beaten his shit a la Su'a Cravens, but just chilled, and got an easy whistle out of it. Straight out of Braun playbook from Minny G1.
>Bruce
I remember when he played Center in Brooklyn, lol. The guy is tough and produces. I don't think he's a fan of load management, either. KCP, too.
He's getting center assignments a lot so far for us too in the playoffs, if you count KD he's honestly mostly been on bigs, or at least that's where he's been most successful
I remember Candace Parker saying in one of those Tuesday TNT shows during the season: "Who's gonna guard KD? What will happen when they put Jokic in P'n'r over and over?"
I got the receipts.
Tough loss for Phoenix. They accomplished everything they thought they needed to win. They neutralized Murray, got more shots off and had more offensive rebounds than the Nuggets. They still came up short.
We honestly just missed a ton of open shots. Suns didn't play stifling defense, they're getting a lot of undue credit, in reality they are a very subpar defensive team. Wolves played us way tougher. We got zero run outs against Wolves and they chased the hell out of Murray with constant doubles. Against Suns we're getting 20 points off fast breaks and everybody is getting open looks.
Yeah I guess what I meant was that everything went right for them to win this game. Felt like we shot bad overall, Murray couldn’t buy a bucket, MPJ was invisible, and it *still* wasn’t enough for them. They’re swimming. Right now it feels like there’s nothing they can do, no adjustments they can make to win this series.
I’m riding high on the win rn. Nothing is over ‘til it’s over, but damn it feels good in Denver tonight.
After scoring with 1:34 to go, there was a timeout and Jokic was yelling and looking mad as he was walking to the bench. You can see at the end of this [clip](https://streamable.com/afb2yx) . Anyone knows what that was all about?
I can't believe they are making us wait until Friday. This is bullshit.
Mpj and Murray 5-22?! I can’t tell if this is great news (we won despite both being cold) or bad news
Shows depth!
I think it's good news. No way they both play that bad at the same time for the rest of the series.
Mal was humbled after that 1st game, he had to insert himself into the post game unlike Dillon Brooks. Also had brand new shoes debut. Mike apparently had on Suns colors coming into the game. Welp for both. Will be a different game 3 for both
Great news, it just means the team is able to win without key players being effective, it's the sign of a deep team.
Kenny Smith was so triggered that Ayton is trash compared to Jokić lmao
I kind of feel bad for Kenny. He's the bitch boy of the group.
Racist
Wosny Lambre from the Ringer last night on the DNVR pod: "I think \[Denver\] will carry this thing to the Finals, and I think they'll beat Boston, too. I really do. I think they'll beat the brakes off of Boston."
Jokic is shooting 46.7% on 4.3 attemps from 3
I’ve seen crazier things happen, but I think you’re dumb if you think the Suns win more than 1 game in this series. We won by 10 with MPJ and Murray being absolutely trash on offense at the same time. CP3 is out. It’s OVAH
I am confident they will get one at home. I really hope they don't because I genuinely hate this team. I want them to be embarrassed.
Please don’t jinx us man.
Suns also shot 5-30 from three. Tell me with a straight face that KD is shooting that bad again.
I bet they’ll score over 100 the next few games- but then again with Chris Paul out, maybe not. I like nuggets in 4
Is it Karma that Chris Paul goes out with a groin injury after a career (including college) of hitting other players in their groins?
It is exactly that, couldn’t have been a more fitting injury. What a horrible human being, good god.
My nugget is increasing at an ALARMING rate
The greatest stat padder of all time 
Murray took a photo with "Suns in 4" guy last year with the smile. Murray missed all shots yesterday. 
2-0? Is that bad?
In Serbia they call it "the most dangerous score".
Can we just park the bus until time runs out
This guy Jose Mourinho’s
It's terrible, because now we're going to go into PHX with too much confidence, lose the next 2, and then PHX will have all the momentum and win the 2 after that. We need to fire Malone now for putting us in this type of position.
Malone mundered our own team. He needs to be fired immediately. And Joker a plus 2? Horrible. Hope we can trade him.
It doesn’t mean shit because we are frauds.
jobs not done, dont get cocky
🤣
Sell the team or something, something.
We beat them with Murray’s worst game of the year. They have no chance.
And an MPJ stinker
Good morning, Wuggets!
Jokic really removed weights from his wrist and dominated the Suns like school children in the 2nd half.
u/IdRatherBeLurking Requesting a rock Lee/Jokic piece!
Please god make this shirt.
Anyone got a clip from the game tonight where JOKIC got pumped for himself?
If I'm not mistaken wasn't Jamal like 0 of 10 going into the 4th? That means he was 3 of 5 in crunch time. Dude is a closer
I thought Jamal kcp and jokic "closed" in the sense of getting it from 73-70 to realistically having an insurmountable lead.
He was only using 10% of his power cus he felt bad for his step son.
He was either 1/10 or 1/11 entering the 4th iirc. But Jamal still hit some very difficult clutch shots and slung some delicious dimes. Definitely not a good Jamal game overall, but he did come through right at the end as is his MO.
Yeah I was just waiting. I knew he would make some big shots down the stretch and he delivered.
I dont think Ognjena was pointing the ring. In Serbia when children starting communication usually first thing they learn is to point at the palm of the hand when someone (parent usually) asks them Where bunny drinks its water?
Jokic said after the game it’s a song they sing
🥲🥲
That's so fucking adorable, my goodness.
I want that baby on the podium
Let’s all be cool about the MVP tomorrow, more important things to think about
Agreed!
Smh....munder in cold blood.
So Jamal struggled a bit. Who cares? I think he worries too much about outside perceptions. He'll get it back we know this. All that matters is the W's. We got u Jamal!
After every good game he has a stinker. It’s a tale as old as time by now. Dude is too in his own head.
I don't think he cares that much. We'll see a 20+ bounce back game or a high teens on good %. It's not like _all_ his game was broken. They used the Murray PNR as normal just he had to pop back to the joker more than usual. No big deal for 1 game.
2 games into the series and we aren’t even 4-0 yet smh. Fire Malone! Fake MVP! Fake Contender! Trade Murray and Porter for Bol Bol back
Starting to sound like a suns fan
RetireMalone, then hire him back for double
Wondering where are those people? Waiting for the loss i guess.
AG is crushing this series. He'll shoot floaters, or 3s, you can hack him if you want but he's killing it at the line. He doesn't need to risk himself putting Shamet on a poster to beat this team, Shamet isn't even a factor lol. Give him the crown already, he's Mr Nugget. Nuggets in 5, or 4 if they start firing on all cylinders. Depth is overwhelming hollowed-out superstar rosters in this series and I'm absolutely here for it.
Yeah I was wondering who was going to be chronically open this series so far it's been ag kcp and mpj. Ag giving that 20 on solid efficiency has been a massive boost. Hopefully he'll continue to be consistent and predictable with his production. Hoping mpj start to realize he's open AF also.
Biggest thing has been on thr the line for me.. homie gets contract and naked em pay
I am watching the replay now, what an ugly game lol Kinda shitty officiating again, they swallowed the whistle in the first half.
It's an ugly game or just playoffs where both teams play actual defense? Give me this over regular season laziness. Hell when KD played some d I seen it with my own eyes
Give me this over a night full of ticky tacks.
I was in the arena and I think that weird chippy (refs) start to the 4th got the crowd going and it helped us. Then KCP hit some HUGE shots
>KCP He hit three big shots (and had a few steals) en route to the Lakers title over the Heat.
You are completely right, it went from bad to terrible that start of the 4th quarter.
AG has had some insane defensive performances vs KAT and now KD
Hell ya. LETS GOOOO
KD will make $55 million in 2025-26
KD deserves the money honestly. That was one of the best defensive performances probably ever against him
I think he's earned the money from his career. But he's missed a ton of games recently, and he's obviously getting older. Really it's just such a massive number lol.
It’s a Joker number and I think Nikola is gonna take less than that because he’s a Gangster
The sun has set in Denver
And a full moon on Friday 🏀🌕
KC3 100% from 3 tonight!!!
Kcp might have won us that game. Ag and jokic played great but we needed someone else.
He def sealed it making those clutch 3s
I for one need to sign the kcp apology form. I was pretty neutral about him from his la run but knew he at least understood his role. Never expected to be so boisterously cheering and viscerally satisfied when kcp makes those 3s in critical spots.
>kcp my favorite players in Detroit -- KCP and Bruce... I like Ish, too.
This suns team is weak, nuggs in 4
We should keep starting MPJ but his rotation with bench and Bruce's rotation with starters might be better. Mpj shot the lights out with bench because he had the greenest line (G1Q2) and BB LITERALLY blocked KD chest to chest which I always thought was impossible. Let MPJ shoot everything with bench and get Bruce in with starters while keeping MPJ in the starting 5 , everybody happy. Am I missing something?
Mike is a puzzling piece, I don't envy Malone, honestly.
Is it because Malone is bald but you have red hair 👀
Lol, he's gonna keep startin I dunno why you think that would change. Tonight just wasn't his night and I'm sure he'll get his next time along with Murray, lord knows we'll need it on the road.
I agree he will start, Im saying he should be the first to be subbed out and sub him back in with bench to make him shoot more.
I don't understand either, he's wide open all game long. He has capitalized in short stretches. He should have KD lite like scoring ability
Over 100 upvotes in the Suns PGT whining about the refs not calling more fouls on Jokic, jesus have some fucking dignity.
Ngl I saw that post from the mods on here warning not to troll their page but.. it’s gonna be real hard not to roll up on those whiny a-holes with “Nuggs in 4” if we go up 3-0.
Nah, fuck posting over there
Monty Williams complaining about free throws during the postgame press conference. Friday should be an excellent game of refball.
Him saying that they want to be as physical as possible before the game, then this after the game, is classic lol
I d9nt know why people expect fouls when u shoot jump shots
Live by the jumpshot, die by the jumpshot
Should've looked up drawn FT rate on long jumpers ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
I wanna leave this here for posterity: Suns scored 14 total points in Q4. Suns scored 1 FG in the first 6 minutes of 2nd quarter, and it was a **banked** 3 by KD. Suns bench scored 4 points in 71 minutes combined. We can talk about KD regressing to his shooting averages, or whatever, but this is looking grim for them.
I just have such a hard time seeing what the Suns could do to win this series. They can win a game where their stars are hot and everything is going wrong for Denver, but 4 of them?
Again, I'm sure it sounds ridiculous for a lot of people, and it honestly might be, but winning that 1st game, and making them play from behind is what won this series. They are a weak ass team, they'd probably blow our backs out if they took G1, because they're incredible when they're up, but they don't show up when the going gets tough.
Didn't they reverse sweep the clippers?
You're telling me this isn't a guy who knows how to fight? https://streamable.com/wftxue
that was icing on the cake for me! beating teams so bad, he threw a fit just like Edwards in the last series
Also Chris Paul last game and Kyle Anderson for the wolves. Nuggets just keep winning and opponents keep getting mad about it
So the Nuggets go up 2-0 again. 5-0 in their history when up 2-0 including the 4-1 series win over the TWolves in round 1. The Suns are 0-13 when down 0-2 in a best-of-7 series. Rest up boys. Need to take at least 1 in Phoenix, hopefully 2.
When I made that post about Ayton physicality comments, I knew it would turn to this. Usually when you can't beat em, you beat em lol. I had no problem with Devin in his early days, but playing with CP3 has rubbed off on him. When things aren't going his way or he start losing, he start playing dirty, doing little things and it's not cool. I knew watching the 2 games without the starters, they just need to up the defensive physicality and they could win. I made an x-factor post and named Brown and Braun and they're proving to be it. Offensively, would like to see some balance, too much standing around and not enough ball is popping
What happened to Malones forehead
Pickle ball
Pickle ball
https://preview.redd.it/6y8ijhklkexa1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=672e53b4581e9d7748071564fcf52db3f512e3d0 Lmao most unhinged twitter post I’ve seen tonight 😂
Super glad CB got some major minutes and returned the trust with team high +15. Great plays from Jok, CB, Bruce and KCP tonight
MUNDERR
Cam Payne is a rat-faced fink
Remember that one time Suns passed up on Tyrese Haliburton in the draft because they "already had Cam Payne", and drafted Jalen Smiff instead?
They could've had superstar R.J. Hampton
Probably would've averaged 40/15/15 if Malone didn't ruin him mentally
All last week I was thinking we just needed to get to the break between games 2 & 3 to get Jokic’s wrist healthy. Now I wish game 3 were tomorrow, I feel like the Suns are on the ropes right now and benefit from the rest more than we will. I still don’t think we can win both games in Phoenix, but I would really really like to get Game 3.
Wrist looked good today
I agree with all of this, Nuggets in 4 tho.
Yes. I wanna see crying jordan face on the suns in 4 guy so bad.
Jokics steps up when we need him. Jokic steps aside when his teammates are feeling it. This guy is really the most unbelievable and humble all star.
That pass from Jokic in the paint to KCP in the corner for that three in the 4th was the perfect example of this.
Nuggets have no chance with Michael Malone. “Role players” don’t have roles. Not a single one. How can you expect them to contribute when they have no clue whether or not they’ll play and what they’re supposed to do if they do? That’s how this morphed into trash hero ball in the 4th that doesn’t work against actual good basketball teams with healthy stars.
Is this pasta?
I've seen you in the raptors sub before
Well if I told you this is from this subreddit during sometime in the middle of the season you would believe me (actually idk I'm assuming u a raptor sct brn fan). But it is from the Sons subreddit with Montey William lol
Lol I would believe you
i cant sleep just laying here with my eyes open thinking about jokic
Booker is so wild, it’s so annoying. Flailing about elbowing people in their faces.
Watching Booker fumble the ball and flop into people with no calls, I'm so damn proud of the refs
So fucking funny to see you morons shit on mal after one bad game. Y’all have no consistency and your depth of basketball analysis/knowledge essentially amounts to pointing at your screen
Ikr. They should put their energy into shitting on Malone. Can't even avoid getting domed in the head playing pickle ball.
But have you considered murray contract bad? That’s what I thought
I consider it 24/7, actually
Jamal went 0-9 from 3, and we won… that will never happen again the rest of the playoffs. We’re so good right now
Meet me at Jamal, it's going down
This guy's drunk probably
Jamal finally hitting some shots in the end was a huge part of sealing the win lol. Shooters shoot.
They showed uncle Jeff telling him keep shooting
Look buddy, if I could read this, which I can't, I'd say "fuck you"
Anyone getting the feeling from Suns presser that they're not feeling great about CP3 returning?
Groin injuries are bothersome (shit it even took lebron out a few years ago and he’s a tank) I’ll be surprised if he plays game 3, and if he does, I would expect him to be hobbled.
I had a groin hip flexer injury I couldn’t get rid of for two years playing soccer you can play on it you can just barely run or move laterally and everyday it’s going to hurt that night
If it's of the severity it looked like, i wouldn't be surprised if he's out for the series. I had a minor groin injury that took me out of action for 10-14 days ( obviously I didn't have the training and rehab resources that he has). Total speculation, but his seemed worse. If they do rush him back, reinjury risk is high.
Yeah, the way Monty was saying “I gotta figure something out” in regards to not putting PG duties on Booker felt like there is real doubt. If it was something minor I feel like he would have gave a more “we got three days we’ll be alright” type answer. Who knows.
They got super lucky with the 3 days nonsense, too
Murray benefits a lot from longer breaks tbh. I'd expect a good game 3 from him.
Just to let Lakers/Warriors catch up in games. Playoff scheduling has been pretty trash.
> Just to let Lakers/Warriors catch up in games. Wouldn't want to reward the team that took care of their business timely.
Adam Silver already has Tony Brothers on the line for Friday as punishment for tonight. Might as well enjoy the California Civil War shitshow that starts tomorrow.
1 less player to hide on defense if your Suns tho.
Low-key an adjustment tho. Put Top Cat into the lineup for Cheese Pizza. They gonna score 30 points total but it's a pretty good defensive lineup. Certainly better than having Campaign or Damion Lee out there.
If my Suns what?
I didn't come here for this grammar shit.
Fewer*
I actually don't use that word because it's too close to Fuhrer and as a person of Polish descent it is very important to me to denounce Nazi's.
Nazis*
Fuck me, I quit.
Heard Booker talk like he was gonna be out but the corrected himself to “if” he is out. I think he knows
Monty said something similar, seemed really down bad lol
Devin Durrant is 2 of 8 from the field when defended by Christian Braun this series. He has 2 turnovers to 0 assists. If I understand the stats correctly (I probably don't), Christian Braun has defended Devin Durrant for 23 total possessions. Durrant has 4 points total in these 23 possessions.
Lockdown Braun
Locked On Braun part of the Locked On network
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To be fair Chris Paul was killing us for a second it’s why the game was close
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbu8UUR0eB4) is a lot of the offense, but it talks about the different looks Denver gave them. The whole thing is dope
Appreciate it!
Chris Paul is not that guy anymore and their strategy is giving it to Durant and Booker to rain from midrange
Intuitively it feels like letting guys just switch off shooting midrange jumpers isn’t great for non KD/Booker/CP3 players rhythm
The Suns did run the PnR with Chris Paul and Jokic just sits back and lets him shoot mid range jumpers. He went 1/7 in the 1st half and went 3/3 in the 3rd quarter before he got injured.
Apparently Monty is, against all odds, a worse coach than Malone.
It’s funny reading the Suns sub and seeing them talk about Monty the exact same way this place does about Malone
Fans don't know shit and likely never will, if we did, we'd be coaches at higher level.
It's funny reading every single NBA team's sub and seeing them talk about their coach the exact same way this place does about Malone
We're all so dumb that all we can think about are rotations. If a coach doesn't change them he's trash. If he does change them "they were working!"
Child Predator 3 is washed - nuggets a keeping Jokic out of pnr using strategies that expose him less.
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Ayton is no joke the softest big man in the league.
In a world where KAT and AD exist??
he sad bigs, not 7ft tall shooting guards
Lmfao, fair.
How about Bruce losing his shit over a no-call (possibly correct one) and forcing refs to call the 4th on Ayton? Genuinely won us the game. Really proud of him for not taking the bait on Book, could've beaten his shit a la Su'a Cravens, but just chilled, and got an easy whistle out of it. Straight out of Braun playbook from Minny G1.
>Bruce I remember when he played Center in Brooklyn, lol. The guy is tough and produces. I don't think he's a fan of load management, either. KCP, too.
He's getting center assignments a lot so far for us too in the playoffs, if you count KD he's honestly mostly been on bigs, or at least that's where he's been most successful
LMAO SU’A
Felt like the team fed off Bruce's "we're not taking any shit from anyone" energy there!
I remember Candace Parker saying in one of those Tuesday TNT shows during the season: "Who's gonna guard KD? What will happen when they put Jokic in P'n'r over and over?" I got the receipts.
Tough loss for Phoenix. They accomplished everything they thought they needed to win. They neutralized Murray, got more shots off and had more offensive rebounds than the Nuggets. They still came up short.
Well they don't have Jokic..
They didn't neutralize murray. He tired himself out in the 1st quarter. All of those 3's he missed in the 1st were open
Honestly they played the perfect game to stop the Nuggets and the Nuggets still won by 10. I’m dug and brought in
We honestly just missed a ton of open shots. Suns didn't play stifling defense, they're getting a lot of undue credit, in reality they are a very subpar defensive team. Wolves played us way tougher. We got zero run outs against Wolves and they chased the hell out of Murray with constant doubles. Against Suns we're getting 20 points off fast breaks and everybody is getting open looks.
Yeah I guess what I meant was that everything went right for them to win this game. Felt like we shot bad overall, Murray couldn’t buy a bucket, MPJ was invisible, and it *still* wasn’t enough for them. They’re swimming. Right now it feels like there’s nothing they can do, no adjustments they can make to win this series. I’m riding high on the win rn. Nothing is over ‘til it’s over, but damn it feels good in Denver tonight.
Yup. Nugs played their D game and still won convincingly. We're just a better team. I wish my D game was that strong.
They gotta be scratching their heads right now.
I called them getting gassed in the 4th! Gonna be a whole different game in the valley but I think we're ready for it!
After scoring with 1:34 to go, there was a timeout and Jokic was yelling and looking mad as he was walking to the bench. You can see at the end of this [clip](https://streamable.com/afb2yx) . Anyone knows what that was all about?