Western Conference | Round 2 | (1) Phoenix Suns vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks (2-2)

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Who wins?

Suns in 4
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9%
Suns in 5
23
27%
Suns in 6
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22%
Suns in 7
7
8%
Mavs in 6
13
15%
Mavs in 7
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Post#1601 » by Johnny Firpo » Sun May 8, 2022 10:10 pm

life_saver wrote:Luka is the best offensive player in the league just slightly ahead of Jokic..also probably top2 player in the league, only Giannis is better


Weird game to say this, I mean he passed the ball well, but missed TONS of makeable shots.
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Post#1602 » by Bruin » Sun May 8, 2022 10:10 pm

Game 5 is a legacy Game for CP3
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Post#1603 » by Forbes » Sun May 8, 2022 10:10 pm

CobraCommander wrote:Do y’all think this is a series yet lol



Shhhhhhh… they are pissed, all the pressure is on them.
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Post#1604 » by zshawn10 » Sun May 8, 2022 10:10 pm

Credit to the mavs; I really thought they were done after the first two games
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Post#1605 » by JoeyLightYears » Sun May 8, 2022 10:10 pm

nikster wrote:
JoeyLightYears wrote:But Luka has no help I heard. He's out there 1 on 5 I heard

Bitter haters :lol: 2 games ago Luka ball was impossible to be successful with and he was holding his teammates back.

His role players stepped up today, Phoenix still has way more talent on the roster, both things can be true

But you guys were bellyaching all season about how much his teammates suck. His teammates don't suck in today's modern game. Sure, transport them to an era without the pop a shot and they are sorta limited but who cares since this is how most of the teams play these days?
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Post#1606 » by SunsLyf3 » Sun May 8, 2022 10:10 pm

JoeyLightYears wrote:
SunsLyf3 wrote:
JoeyLightYears wrote:But Luka has no help I heard. He's out there 1 on 5 I heard

His teammates are trash. They're just being allowed to be physical while the Suns can't even look at them the wrong way. At the end of the day anybody in the NBA can hit open 3's.

They aren't trash. They are a bunch of 3 and D guys who are like the 2nd most valuable asset in today's pop a shot league. But yeah the refs were tragic this game. Flush and move on and pray they hold Foster out for game 6 at least so you can concede that one instead of going into Dallas in an elimination game.

They're bench players. All of them lol. Average defenders can seem great when you let them be physical on defense.
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Post#1607 » by Yuri36 » Sun May 8, 2022 10:10 pm

life_saver wrote:Luka is the best offensive player in the league just slightly ahead of Jokic..also probably top2 player in the league, only Giannis is better


In fact,paradoxally, a game like this one reinforced your opinion as to still have the impact he had despite such a poor shooting night for him shows how good he is.
But hell please luka, stop a bit with your antics
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Post#1608 » by CobraCommander » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

Archx wrote:
CobraCommander wrote:
Archx wrote:
Both Brunson and Luka are kinda ass on offense tonight but they others showed up aswell. Finally.

If you win who cares who scores



I'm just saying, other players played great, don't need to be salty.

I think the mavs better when Luka has energy to play in the 4th vs going all out for the first half and not being able to help on defense or offense in 4th.


Good win by the refs and the mavs...


But the league needs to really decide about the refs etc
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Post#1609 » by BmanInBigD » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

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OriginalRed wrote:Insane how fast a series can change. Suns were in complete control the first two games and now the Mavericks are the ones who feel like they have control despite it being 2-2. Now Phoenix has to win Game 5 or else the series is over.
all it took was two terribly reffed games.

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Oh gawd. Did anyone really expect the Suns to keep shooting over 50%, much less 64% like Game 2?
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Post#1610 » by HotRocks34 » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

Phoenix has issues if Paul keeps playing like this.

Luka sucked and the Mavs still won by 10.

Not a great sign for the Suns.
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Post#1611 » by Dubnation » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

Calinks wrote:I'm very surprised and impressed with Dallas! I thought the Suns were smoking everyone except maybe the Warriors.

I’m sure the Suns feel the same way. They’ll be fine. It’s understandable that they take their foot off the gas on occasion


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Post#1612 » by righterwriter » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

Why do guys go for a steal/apply heavy ball pressure defense in the last seconds of a game that is far out of reach? It always seemed like a bit of a d*** move to me.
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Post#1613 » by Forbes » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

Best believe they Mavs confidence is sky high right now. Confidence means more shots going in.
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Post#1614 » by zonedefense » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

siFy wrote:Ayton has tried to defend in the last possesions ending in a three Kleber, Bruson and Bullock. The guy literally don't know where it is on defense with this today game and Doncic manipulating all


Kinda strange. He is looking really good on switches. Probably better than any of their wings. Can move his feet and has the length to contest shots. With the big advantage that Luka cannot bully him in the post.
But once he is asked to play off ball defense or make the right reads/rotations he is pretty bad.
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Post#1615 » by NBA4Lyfe » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

MoneyInDaBank07 wrote:Dallas is so fun to watch. Don't think either team beats GSW unfortunately.


Bad news for gsw is that Memphis plays better without morant, especially defensively
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Post#1616 » by Wolfgang630 » Sun May 8, 2022 10:11 pm

People need to stop with the narrative that the Mavs cast it bad. They only do it to prop up Luka. They’ve proven they’re good.
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Post#1617 » by enigmatics » Sun May 8, 2022 10:12 pm

All the "he got no support" Mavs fans sure are rowdy right now.
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Post#1618 » by Dubnation » Sun May 8, 2022 10:12 pm

SOA wrote:Ayton is just a guy. Literally no impact on a game whatsoever. Gets a double double and wouldn't even know that he played he is that inconsequential.

The Dubs will welcome “that guy”


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Post#1619 » by life_saver » Sun May 8, 2022 10:12 pm

Johnny Firpo wrote:
life_saver wrote:Luka is the best offensive player in the league just slightly ahead of Jokic..also probably top2 player in the league, only Giannis is better


Weird game to say this, I mean he passed the ball well, but missed TONS of makeable shots.

I am not basing off one game and yes players will have bad shooting night from 3 point range, even Curry has bad shooting nights. Luka's ability to score in such wide variety of ways + him also being an amazing passer is just a nightmare combination for opposition team. I am in awe of how many wide open looks he has created for his teammates today. That's the hardest thing to do, especially in playoffs
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Post#1620 » by Archx » Sun May 8, 2022 10:12 pm

CobraCommander wrote:
Archx wrote:
CobraCommander wrote:If you win who cares who scores



I'm just saying, other players played great, don't need to be salty.

I think the mavs better when Luka has energy to play in the 4th vs going all out for the first half and not being able to help on defense or offense in 4th.


Good win by the refs and the mavs...


But the league needs to really decide about the refs etc


That's true about Luka but refs didn't make 20 3's for Mavs. There were terrible calls on both sides i can agree to that. But CP3 also got some of his own medicine tonight aswell.

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