Western Conference | Round 1 | (1) Phoenix Suns VS. (8) New Orleans Pelicans (PHX 3-2)

[BuddyBuckets]

GG Suns fans. Would be nice to get Zion and Booker back before the series is over.

Hats off to Ingram for knocking down those big 3's, he's been soooo mid-range only this year, taking those and making them were huge. He's gotta be feeling un-guardable right now.

[eyeatoma]

Wtf happened, great job Pels!!! Shame that Booker is hurt, hammy issues could linger.

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[Phystic]

The ebb and flow of online opinions. Game 1 people talking about how amazing Ayton is and how overrated Booker is and how Paul is the MVP on the Suns. Now Ayton is trash and Booker is everything.

[rocketsfan100]

Let’s be real had Paul not bailed the suns out in game 1 this could be a 0-2 deficit. Pelicans have a bucket of high end draft picks that they could trade for another legit player in the offseason to even get better.

Get Zion healthy for crying out loud and those picks for depth and the Pelicans can be really good moving forward. Ingram is a legit stud

[Alonzo_Morning]

Let’s be real had Paul not bailed the suns out in game 1 this could be a 0-2 deficit. Pelicans have a bucket of high end draft picks that they could trade for another legit player in the offseason to even get better.

Get Zion healthy for crying out loud and those picks for depth and the Pelicans can be really good moving forward. Ingram is a legit stud

Future has never been brighter, fam

[zZero]

Let’s be real had Paul not bailed the suns out in game 1 this could be a 0-2 deficit. Pelicans have a bucket of high end draft picks that they could trade for another legit player in the offseason to even get better.

Get Zion healthy for crying out loud and those picks for depth and the Pelicans can be really good moving forward. Ingram is a legit stud

Future has never been brighter, fam

Well deserved

[AussieRules]

Like I said before the Pels matchup well with the Suns, this is going to be a series. I won’t be surprised if it goes 6 with the Suns edging out the Pels. Hopefully Booker and BI are going to be okay to carry their teams for the rest of the series

[BoatsNZones]

Lowkey if Booker isnt getting back or is not back to 100%, i could see Pels going for the upset here. They look terrible without Book. Also lol if they maxout Ayton

Lol they look FAR from terrible without him. But they do go from elite to just very good. I'd still expect them to pull off the series without him more often than not.

[Wolfgang630]

Warriors might literally catch all the breaks (like they did for the first championship) to a championship.

[MindState]

Warriors might literally catch all the breaks (like they did for the first championship) to a championship.

What about when they lost back to back star players with achillies injuries in back to back seasons? Was that luck as well?

[cjx]

Current Unofficial RealGM All-NBA Playoff Team

Brandon Ingram
Tyrese Maxey
Jalen Brunson
Jordan Poole
Jimmy Butler

[TheGOATRises007]

Warriors might literally catch all the breaks (like they did for the first championship) to a championship.

The Bucks match up really well with them.

Not sure they could beat them in a series.

[MrBigShot]

I feel like Brandon Ingram is right there on the cusp of making that next step to superstardom. He's definitely talented enough to be one.

Imagine this pelicans team with a healthy, in shape Zion.

[slicedbread2]

I remembered one of those jokes where Chuck literally called Durant a cadaver and made it known that a happy meal couldn't hurt the brother. I swear Ingram has that type of similar frame except he and Zion would be known as Popeye and olive oil minus the part where Ingram ate all the greens and Zion's muscle mass turned into fat.

Zion sure as heck won't be playing because he needs a damn lesson where this team has done well in spite of him not pulling his weight and getting into playing shape. It'd be a disservice to all the other players that have actually stayed in shape and have helped massively. Sadly the dude got paid $75M in endorsements before playing a single game so maybe the hunger for the game wasn't there at the time which is a shame as the dude is insanely talented and they have the personnel to make this team a potential contender and headache going forward with the perfect coach in Willie Green to get the most out of him+the rest of the team.

Will he listen? For Pelicans fans I hope so along with the rest of the league fandom because this team is gonna be a problem going forward with Murphy III and Jones being headaches on the wings with Ingram being a point-forward it'll be nuts.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

Pels could make a Grizzlies-like leap next season with a healthy Zion.

[pj0tr]

I don't have any reasoning for this, other than seeing the injury that TNT showed when Booker hurt it.

I think Booker might be done for this series.

[DroseReturnChi]

yep i cant trust these suns. they failed me so many recent yrs. i wouldnt be shocked if pelicans won series.

[BoatsNZones]

Warriors might literally catch all the breaks (like they did for the first championship) to a championship.

1st round and the narrative begins!

[The411]

Warriors might literally catch all the breaks (like they did for the first championship) to a championship.

What about when they lost back to back star players with achillies injuries in back to back seasons? Was that luck as well?

Well it did give Poole time to develop, eventually turned into Wiggings and Kuminga and gave them Wiseman (if he can be healthy he's going to be an important piece going forward.

[Perseus1966]

Scott Foster clowning CP3 yet again...

Now you realise the greatness of Bucks victory against Bulls ,we beat Tomy Brothers too .