Saberestar wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:I don't know how the Suns can catch anymore incredible breaks as they're catching currently! But this stretch is theirs to lose if they keep being this lucky with opponent's being injured or missing a ton of shots they'd normally make.
They'd really better cash in on these gifts from the basketball gods! And not throw away any more golden opportunities as they have all season.
That’s not true at all.
On back-to-back the Kings rested Sabonis on one game and he played against the Suns on the other one.
The same happened with the Bulls and Giddey. They played him @ Phoenix and rested him @Sacramento.
And tonight we played against a FULLY healthy Cavaliers.
Yeah, most teams have injures and some are resting players but that's happening for every team in the league.
How can you not say it's a true statement man.
1- Sacramento. The night that Sabonis played he WAS ABSOLUTELY STILL INJURED with hamstring issues and was a shadow of himself. Couldn't even move well. He only had 12 points, well below his season average, And the team wasn't even playing well either.
They couldn't hit threes to save their life (only shot 25% on the night). And obviously were gassed with having almost 20 turnovers. Those are clearly breaks in our favor!
2- The Bulls. Is Josh Giddey at all a star level player or franchise level talent? Does Chicago even have that after the Lavine trade? No! Their star player is Buzelis. They are a lottery team with solid rotation level players but no true superstars or franchise level talent like we have.
Also, They missed a bunch of free throws only shooting 66% on the night, but the clear disparity that should be considered here is the huge talent gap between the two teams. We beat them in number of shots, in rebounds, in number of FTs, in assists, in steals, had almost 10 more points made from FTs, etc.
But again, we're on a whole different level talent wise! DBook going nuclear is a very clear example of this. We beat a lottery team with no true stars or superstars. And even then, we only beat them by 6 freaking points with Booker scoring 41 points. And beating them in all those categories.
3- Cleveland. A great and inspiring game that is a very solid win. But context is important in all things! This game was a great win, HOWEVER, Did we play the Cavs at their true strength/ best levels of play? How often do they struggle shooting like they did against us last night? How often does D Mitchell only score 7 points or Mobley struggle as he did or the majority of their team only score in single digits??
Every team has off nights! And to claim that Cleveland was any where near their best playing as they did and coming in off a 3 game losing streak last night would be wholly disingenuous.
Don't get things twisted though man! Am I glad they won in dominant fashion? Again.... YES!!!! It's great to see it happen. But were we also lucky that their stars and team struggled and had an off night against us ( with their team in a recent funk)?
Also yes! We handled our business last night! But again context matters. And the very obvious much much larger sample size speaks to what this team truly is.
I mean you do understand that we're 71 games in already and still an under .500 team just fighting to make the play in!!! What should that key detail tell you? We gave some great inspiring wins for sure here and there.
But we have absolutely caught a lot of lucky breaks throughout this recent 3 game win streak! The facts are what they are.
As the saying goes, two things can be true at once! We have had some really good anomalous wins! But our overall record and context of our few great wins indicates that we're not a true playoff team/ contender. Sure every team has or has had injuries, but we caught teams without their star players being healthy or playing without any true superstars or talent close to ours.
Or clearly struggling/ having an off night shooting, rebounding, etc. But our off nights (as indicated by our record) are clearly much more frequent! So we've caught incredible breaks against certain teams) if this wasn't true in any capacity, our record would reflect much differently man!
So yes, we've caught some lucky breaks contextually in these 3 recent wins! We can celebrate more competitive showings and trending in a more positive direction.
Lastly, I've stated that we can't throw away any more Golden opportunities, which we clearly have throughout the majority of the season up until recently! If this wasn't true, we wouldn't be fighting to hold onto the 10th seed and just trying to make the play in tournament.
So no lies detected in what I've said.
He’s been banned.
