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Post#581 » by insomniac00 » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:39 am

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insomniac00 wrote:Great game, needed that.

Hate to be a nitpicker, but Kd and Book playing basically all game scares me. I know it’s the playoffs but it’s hopefully going to be a long run. Gotta find a way to give them a little more rest.

Kawhi isn’t playing 45 min and he’s got less help.


I think that's what it's going to take. The bench is the achilles heel.


Then we’re probably screwed. But our bench played Clip starters hard at the end of the season. Monty needs to have a little more faith.
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Post#582 » by enigmatics » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:40 am

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insomniac00 wrote:Great game, needed that.

Hate to be a nitpicker, but Kd and Book playing basically all game scares me. I know it’s the playoffs but it’s hopefully going to be a long run. Gotta find a way to give them a little more rest.

Kawhi isn’t playing 45 min and he’s got less help.


I think that's what it's going to take. The bench is the achilles heel.


It's not sustainable. Even if they got out of the series they'd likely be gassed heading into the next round.

They have absolutely got to get some other guys like Okogie, Lee, Ross, and Warren into the mix.
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Post#583 » by Ghost of Kleine » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:40 am

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Now watch us lose him to some team in free agency because they offer him around 8-10 million....lol. :lol:
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Post#585 » by Calvin Klein » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:40 am

Suns need to find a way to lower the old guys minutes.
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Post#586 » by grumpysaddle » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:40 am

Overcame ridiculously over aggressive defense for the win. Booker was HUGE. CP37 turned back the clock to lift the curse. Let's get the next two in LA.
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Post#587 » by grumpysaddle » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:41 am

Calvin Klein wrote:Suns need to find a way to lower the old guys minutes.

They have TJ and Ross and Okogie. But Monty plays Shamet 20+ minutes instead.
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Post#588 » by KLEON » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:42 am

insomniac00 wrote:Great game, needed that.

Hate to be a nitpicker, but Kd and Book playing basically all game scares me. I know it’s the playoffs but it’s hopefully going to be a long run. Gotta find a way to give them a little more rest.

Kawhi isn’t playing 45 min and he’s got less help.

Monty reminds me of a bootleg Pep Guardiola in the Champions League, always overthinking
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Post#589 » by grumpysaddle » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:43 am

I'm still salty about that terrible call on Craig and the ensuing tech by Foster. **** that guy forever.
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Post#590 » by sunsbg » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:43 am

Foster curse broken. Championship coming.

Some CP3 magic in 4th qtr. Hope he's not hurt. We need at least one of KD/Booker to match Kawhi's play. Booker did it this time. KD missed important open 3s, but still was doing it all. If Okogie being on the court in 4th instead of Shamet means Monty found his mind, there is a chance of winning this series. I think they will play more focused on the road and this win should give them confidence.
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Post#591 » by grumpysaddle » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:45 am

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RaisingArizona wrote:
insomniac00 wrote:Great game, needed that.

Hate to be a nitpicker, but Kd and Book playing basically all game scares me. I know it’s the playoffs but it’s hopefully going to be a long run. Gotta find a way to give them a little more rest.

Kawhi isn’t playing 45 min and he’s got less help.


I think that's what it's going to take. The bench is the achilles heel.


It's not sustainable. Even if they got out of the series they'd likely be gassed heading into the next round.

They have absolutely got to get some other guys like Lee, Ross, and Warren into the mix.

It's the **** playoffs. They'll find a way. If that's what it takes to avoid Shamet and Wainright getting minutes, so be it.
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Post#592 » by darealjuice » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:45 am

Need to steal one in LA. Denver's defense will feel like Goku dropping his training weights if we can get by the Clippers.
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Post#593 » by insomniac00 » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:45 am

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insomniac00 wrote:Great game, needed that.

Hate to be a nitpicker, but Kd and Book playing basically all game scares me. I know it’s the playoffs but it’s hopefully going to be a long run. Gotta find a way to give them a little more rest.

Kawhi isn’t playing 45 min and he’s got less help.

Monty reminds me of a bootleg Pep Guardiola in the Champions League, always overthinking


Reminds me of D’Antoni who also didn’t know how to rest starters and thus never got us past the wcf.
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Post#594 » by SunsRback4Good » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:46 am

We need Payne back ASAP Our bench combined for 23 points in two games. That should be some type of record 23 points in 2 games. Lol really??
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Post#596 » by enigmatics » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:47 am

KLEON wrote:
insomniac00 wrote:Great game, needed that.

Hate to be a nitpicker, but Kd and Book playing basically all game scares me. I know it’s the playoffs but it’s hopefully going to be a long run. Gotta find a way to give them a little more rest.

Kawhi isn’t playing 45 min and he’s got less help.

Monty reminds me of a bootleg Pep Guardiola in the Champions League, always overthinking


........ and calling a timeout after that clean Booker strip of Westbrook that got called a foul at a pivotal moment instead of challenging the damn play. Like what the hell man?
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Post#597 » by grumpysaddle » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:47 am

SunsRback4Good wrote:We need Payne back ASAP Our bench combined for 23 points in two games. That should be some type of record 23 points in 2 games. Lol really??

Wtf do you expect when the bench is Shamet.
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Post#598 » by Slim Charless » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:48 am

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SkyBill40 wrote:His rebounds seem to generally carom his direction and therefore the opportunistic manner.of getting them. He's not an aggressive rebounder by any stretch of the imagination. If he were, he'd be getting 15 a game.

No goalpost movement needed. Ayton's game is soft and always will be. He doesn't have it.

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So anything less than 15 rebounds a game sucks? Well thats unfortunate since it hasn't happened in a season since 2018. Who did it you ask?

Andre Drummond.

Guess Joker/Embiid/Giannis all suck as well then correct? They've never grabbed that many over a season. None of them.


Lmao
I can't remember a time DA sucked in a big rebound like Giannis, Barkley, Rodman, Amare, Embiid. His rebounding is soft just like the rest of his game.


Ayton sucked in a big rebound......about 15 mins ago. He got an offensive rebound which led to a key basket. Right over Zubes. I swear I get hated on for my Monty opinion and you guys are out here straight up lying on Ayton. He has his problems, but can you guys please at least TRY to not be biased?

Is that too much to ask.....
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Post#599 » by SunsRback4Good » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:51 am

grumpysaddle wrote:
SunsRback4Good wrote:We need Payne back ASAP Our bench combined for 23 points in two games. That should be some type of record 23 points in 2 games. Lol really??

Wtf do you expect when the bench is Shamet.


Lol I don’t expect much anymore I’ve seen everything now. Monty will never bench Shamet and experiment by playing TJ, Ross, Lee more. We know whose his favorite players are by now.
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Post#600 » by Slim Charless » Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:53 am

We don't win this game without Chris Paul finding the fountain of youth. Hope Pain can come back in LA as he'll be needed, we're back at it on Thursday.

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