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Suns Fans After Game 1
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pj0tr wrote:Yep, I don't have any faith that CP3 will be able to get over this mental block with Foster in a meaningful playoff game.
We're really about to get swept.
Qwigglez wrote:I didn’t realize Book has five turnovers in Game 1. Westbrook really bothered him. Hopefully he can clean up the turnovers and stop the complaining.
grumpysaddle wrote:Scott f***ing Foster. You knew it would happen. **** the NBA.
SunsRback4Good wrote:grumpysaddle wrote:Scott f***ing Foster. You knew it would happen. **** the NBA.
Sooner or later the streak must end maybe with KD here Foster can grow a backbone and allow Suns to win a game.
spanishninja wrote:on sunday I activated youtubetv again with a 5 day trial before my first charge on 4/20. If we go down 2-0, I am canceling immediately as there will not be much more basketball worth watching after that.
So we have confirmation that the fan that got into with Westbrook is the same fan as the one counting money during the finals (according to his daughter on tiktok). Matt Ishbia has a chance to get lots of good will with Suns fans by just asking him to stay home.
SunsRback4Good wrote:spanishninja wrote:on sunday I activated youtubetv again with a 5 day trial before my first charge on 4/20. If we go down 2-0, I am canceling immediately as there will not be much more basketball worth watching after that.
If Suns lose might as well cancel on 4/20 and blaze it up. Hehe
Is 2023 the year the game's fans finally get to witness this tantalizing duel?
Sunday's first-round Game 1 between the No. 4-seeded Phoenix Suns and the fifth-seeded LA Clippers hinted the answer might be yes. The seeds of an instant classic between the two future Hall of Famers, who have four Finals MVPs between them, were sown during an epic fourth quarter in the Clippers' 115-110 victory.
The game was tied at 81 all to start the fourth. Leonard was guarding Durant. Durant was guarding Leonard. No eye contact. No words. Straight competition. What the NBA playoffs are supposed to be about.
Here's how the first glorious minutes of the Durant-Leonard fourth-quarter matchup went:
Leonard three-point play, drawing a foul on Durant on a pure strength drive
Durant with one of his sweet 3-pointers over the top of Leonard's fingers
Leonard with one of his trademark midrange jumpers
To understand the rarity of this matchup, Leonard and Durant had faced off against each other only once since the disappointment in 2019 -- during a lone regular-season game in February 2021.
But Sunday, Leonard was the primary defender down the stretch (which was especially the case with Paul George out) against Durant, contributing to a strategy that walled him off from the rest of the Suns' offense.
Durant finished with 27 points, including 10 in the fourth, later making another 3-pointer over Leonard. But Durant took just a single shot in the final six minutes as the Clippers pulled out an impressive win -- one in which they were +250 underdogs entering the series, according to Caesars Sportsbook.
Leonard put forth a masterpiece with 38 points in 42 minutes.
"It's great. [Durant's] an all-time player right there. Hall of Famer. You know, that's what it's about," Leonard said. "You have an opportunity to play great, and you just want the opportunity; and if it's win, lose or draw, it's about giving your best out there, and you're able to play against the best."
The Clippers had an elaborate game plan ready to deal with Durant, rotating different players on him and bringing help defense from unexpected angles..