WC | Rd. 2| (2) Suns vs (3) Nuggets [4-0 Suns]

Dominator83 · Post #501 » by **Dominator83** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 8:43 am

collidingNeurons wrote:
Seattlesun wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:Porter's back is hurt series over

What are you talking about???

https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-michael-porter-jr-gets-critical-injury-update-after-game-1-loss-vs-suns/

Don't think its a big deal. If it was then Woj/Shams would be talking about it. But MPJ isn't that good. He has got 1st quarters then disappears the rest of the game. And he plays defense for zero quarters.

Edrees · Post #502 » by **Edrees** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 9:55 am

spanishninja wrote:
JoeyLightYears wrote:If the Suns face the Nets in the Finals, will there be an even bigger rooting interest for them than when the Mavs faced the Heat?

I think everybody outside the NY area and maybe LA would root for the Suns in that case.

I would root for the suns too, it's too hard to root for a team with Kyrie irving and james harden on it.

JN61 · Post #503 » by **JN61** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 10:41 am

Will be interesting to see how the media will disrespect Suns on this round. The ridiculous notion that only reason they are on 2nd round because Davis got hurt seems pretty weak right now.

Alatan · Post #504 » by **Alatan** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 10:56 am

darmani wrote:The MVP has spoken

Read on Twitter

Jokic should stop praising players he is about to compete against. Dont give them confidence. Leave that for when the series is over. SMH...

spanishninja · Post #505 » by **spanishninja** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 11:11 am

Alatan wrote:
darmani wrote:The MVP has spoken

Read on Twitter

Jokic should stop praising players he is about to compete against. Dont give them confidence. Leave that for when the series is over. SMH...

I think the only thing Jokic needs to learn is how/when to talk junk man. He is too amicable.

Hsker4Life · Post #506 » by **Hsker4Life** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 1:57 pm

Mick Dundee wrote:Just a bad 4th Quarter at the Office.

Nuggs gonna take this Series nonetheless.

Just a bad 4th quarter? Well, the Nuggets were down by 8 after the 3rd quarter...

Jedi32 · Post #507 » by **Jedi32** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 2:12 pm

Johnny Firpo wrote:Is it just me, or did you guys thought that the officiating was a little lopsided in the Suns favor? Nothing egregious, but it was there from the start.

To many here bad reffing doesn't happen unless the Lakers are involved.

antonac · Post #508 » by **antonac** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 2:39 pm

I fancied suns to take this series anyway but I can't say the way the game 1 loss went means I think this is over for Denver.

If Jokic can't do more damage against Ayton then cool, series is over because without Jokic putting up superstar numbers Denver have nothing, but I think he will. We're feeling the loss of Barton and Dozier more here, the suns are much more balanced than portland and there's more to beating them than just weathering the offensive storm from the back court.

spanishninja · Post #509 » by **spanishninja** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 2:45 pm

Jedi32 wrote:
Johnny Firpo wrote:Is it just me, or did you guys thought that the officiating was a little lopsided in the Suns favor? Nothing egregious, but it was there from the start.

To many here bad reffing doesn't happen unless the Lakers are involved.

I saw a couple of questionable calls (one of them being Paul pretty obviously fouling Rivers I think with no call), but aside from that, couldn't see much. In the first half the Nuggets got a couple of and-1s so it wasn't like refs were swallowing their whistles.

collidingNeurons · Post #510 » by **collidingNeurons** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 3:02 pm

antonac wrote:I fancied suns to take this series anyway but I can't say the way the game 1 loss went means I think this is over for Denver.

If Jokic can't do more damage against Ayton then cool, series is over because without Jokic putting up superstar numbers Denver have nothing, but I think he will. We're feeling the loss of Barton and Dozier more here, the suns are much more balanced than portland and there's more to beating them than just weathering the offensive storm from the back court.

Suns defense has been underrated all year and they share the ball, but this series is a long ways from over, I expect Jokic to be much more aggressive and I think Morris and Rivers shoot better, but the one matchup that gave the Suns the most problem was Booker on Gordon and hope we don't see Booker on him much going forward

IG2 · Post #511 » by **IG2** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 3:28 pm

JN61 wrote:Will be interesting to see how the media will disrespect Suns on this round. The ridiculous notion that only reason they are on 2nd round because Davis got hurt seems pretty weak right now.

Hardly ridiculous when Lakers were up in the series when AD went down.

One can believe Suns are a great team and still think they might have lost to a healthy Laker team that, you know, won the championship just a year ago.

I do believe Suns are legit though. Have proven it all season.

Woodsanity · Post #512 » by **Woodsanity** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 3:58 pm

Nuggets team is already missing 2 starters and a bench player. If Porter is really hurt its over. Even if he can play he will be limited and not as effective. This is not a one man team that plays no defense like the Blazers.

The Suns are a legit team with a lot of firepower and Ayton is a very underrated elite defensive big who will make Jokic work for his points. Aside from Booker, CP3, Ayton they have good young players like Bridges and Cameron Johnson. Nuggets are in trouble unless Jokic goes absolutely nucler but thats unlikely since Ayton is legit.

hauntedcomputer · Post #513 » by **hauntedcomputer** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 4:01 pm

Alatan wrote:
darmani wrote:The MVP has spoken

Read on Twitter

Jokic should stop praising players he is about to compete against. Dont give them confidence. Leave that for when the series is over. SMH...

Wilt used to tell other young centers how to best guard him and give them tips. Some guys just want to be happy instead of piling up rings.

pj0tr · Post #514 » by **pj0tr** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 4:09 pm

IG2 wrote:
JN61 wrote:Will be interesting to see how the media will disrespect Suns on this round. The ridiculous notion that only reason they are on 2nd round because Davis got hurt seems pretty weak right now.

Hardly ridiculous when Lakers were up in the series when AD went down.

One can believe Suns are a great team and still think they might have lost to a healthy Laker team that, you know, won the championship just a year ago.

I do believe Suns are legit though. Have proven it all season.

CP3 played for 1 arm for the first 3 games. We're just gonna ignore that?

jredsaz · Post #515 » by **jredsaz** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 4:21 pm

IG2 wrote:
JN61 wrote:Will be interesting to see how the media will disrespect Suns on this round. The ridiculous notion that only reason they are on 2nd round because Davis got hurt seems pretty weak right now.

Hardly ridiculous when Lakers were up in the series when AD went down.

One can believe Suns are a great team and still think they might have lost to a healthy Laker team that, you know, won the championship just a year ago.

I do believe Suns are legit though. Have proven it all season.

Suns were up with less than 4 minutes left in game two. CP couldn't come back in to the game and thenLakers made a run. Im not sure what happens if CP is completely healthy but by your logic the Suns would have gone up 2-0.

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jsierra1985 · Post #516 » by **jsierra1985** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 4:34 pm

we stomped the lakers......

no other way to spin it....

this team is very real.....

Seattlesun · Post #517 » by **Seattlesun** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 4:47 pm

The Suns are 25% on the way to sweeping the Nuggs and we still have loser nerds talking about the Lakers?? The Suns made the Lakers look like what they are - trash. Garbage, fake, pretender, old, tissue paper junk.

Denver is 10 times more legitimate opponent even without Jamal. I never worried for a second playing the geriatric loser Lakers and their pitiful fans. I worried all last night playing against Joker and his others. Play great Suns! Get 3 more against this legit opponent. Will be much tougher than closing out the pretender Lakers was.

iamworthy · Post #518 » by **iamworthy** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 5:08 pm

Seattlesun wrote:The Suns are 25% on the way to sweeping the Nuggs and we still have loser nerds talking about the Lakers?? The Suns made the Lakers look like what they are - trash. Garbage, fake, pretender, old, tissue paper junk.

Denver is 10 times more legitimate opponent even without Jamal. I never worried for a second playing the geriatric loser Lakers and their pitiful fans. I worried all last night playing against Joker and his others. Play great Suns! Get 3 more against this legit opponent. Will be much tougher than closing out the pretender Lakers was.

Why are you so aggressive about the Lakers?

Seattlesun · Post #519 » by **Seattlesun** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 5:52 pm

iamworthy wrote:
Seattlesun wrote:The Suns are 25% on the way to sweeping the Nuggs and we still have loser nerds talking about the Lakers?? The Suns made the Lakers look like what they are - trash. Garbage, fake, pretender, old, tissue paper junk.

Denver is 10 times more legitimate opponent even without Jamal. I never worried for a second playing the geriatric loser Lakers and their pitiful fans. I worried all last night playing against Joker and his others. Play great Suns! Get 3 more against this legit opponent. Will be much tougher than closing out the pretender Lakers was.

Why are you so aggressive about the Lakers?

Because they keep getting mentioned despite being slaughtered and eliminated. Go away, this no longer involves the Lakers.

IG2 · Post #520 » by **IG2** » Tue Jun 8, 2021 6:42 pm

jredsaz wrote:Suns were up with less than 4 minutes left in game two.

That's not true. Lakers held the lead for 11 of the 12 minutes in the 4th qtr. Suns' last lead was 90-89 with 6 minutes left.

Im not sure what happens if CP is completely healthy but by your logic the Suns would have gone up 2-0

CP3's injury was unfortunate, but so was LeBron playing with a bum ankle and looking far from 100%.

What we do know is Lakers were leading the series 2-1 until Davis went down. Phx only managed to pull away after that. Which isn't to say LA would've surely won had Davis been available. It would've most likely gone 7 games.