NBA PLAYOFFS: GAME 1: (5) Los Angeles Clippers @ (4) Phoenix Suns l Sunday l 5:00 l TNT

[Slim Charless]

Well considering KD got Atkinson fired in Brooklyn, I doubt he comes here at all.

That was Kancerie doing his thing and KD playing along. *IF* we hired Myers and he wanted Atkinson, then I'm sure Durant will go along and get along fine with him. He was injured that entire year anyway.

Though, as I've said numerous times, my preference is a Ime/Presti combo.

That **** would be magic. Just watch Presti split Ayton into two role players and Ime having those two extra players to work with in his adjustments.

This is the way.

Ime would also give us a heads up on the SLIGHT chance if Jaylen Brown or Jayson Tatum ever wanted out. Both guys have been quoted as saying that he's their favorite coach ever.....and Tatum played for freaking Coach K. Regardless he would instill the 1 thing I think this team is really lacking: toughness. We settle for too many jump shots and don't force the issue, our defense is soft as well and don't fight enough.

None of those things will play in regards to an Ime Udoka led leam.

[schnakenpopanz]

craig played his heart out. give a lo of credit to him.

[KLEON]

Black holes will evaporate at the end of the universe before Shamet is a better player than Lee or Warren.

Jesus! I forgot about TJ, is he injured?

[sunskerr]

Black holes will evaporate at the end of the universe before Shamet is a better player than Lee or Warren.

Jesus! I forgot about TJ, is he injured?

dnp - shamet

[spanishninja]

What’s the stats, something like 80% of teams that win game 1 win the series?

to be fair though, we have gone against that trend twice now after losing the Finals and last year against the Mavs

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[Slim Charless]

Burn this franchise to the ground and bring back Sonics so we can root for real teams.

Least they won a title. Your wit is milquetoast at best, dude. Try harder. Seriously. I'm rooting for you.

I’m frustrated that we lost same as you and everyone else here. No need to humiliate me when we’re all fighting the same cause. But it’s fine everyone has their opinions.

Bro.

You just suggested that we move the team....to the home of 1 of our former hated rivals. Leaving the city of Phoenix with no team..and you want civility? You're lucky that Quiggz or BW hasn't banned you for saying that, as it isn't your first time saying it.

I like you as a poster but you need to chill with that "moving the Suns to Seattle" nonsense. Sooner rather than later.

[lilfishi22]

wasn't there a quote where monty said that he loved shamet so much that he could be his son in law or something?

People bring it up more than DA's "getting my second contract" quote

[Ghost of Kleine]

The Suns lost this game in the first quarter by giving up such a sizable lead through coming out soft and unprepared. This falls on Monty as well as the players after a full week to prepare. Also our bench ( as expected was mediocre) but played true to their established value. In the end, you get what you pay for!

Our big three really played crappy basketball in the first quarter and a half, and Ayton played like a sissy version of Bargnani. Okogie should have played more to match what Russell brought for the Clippers. But overall we didn't want it as much as the Clippers did and we burned through too much energy trying to play " catch up" from behind, and it left us fatigued and making sloppy decisions and gross errors late in the game' key moments.

** I remember mentioning that we should've pursued Westbrook and Gordon for our bench, but instead we opted for Ross ( whom we didn't really play) and Ish Wainwright. Both came back to bite us big time. Also I mentioned adding another quality big/ frontcourt option to help with our rebounding issues. Oh well! Hindsight is always 20/20 I guess. We have a lot to work on! Otherwise we might get bounced earlier than anyone expected!

[Frank Lee]

I had to look because I thought ok maybe I am overreacting and Shamet hasn't played that much even if he's ****.

No, it is that bad. He got 24 minutes in a playoffs game. Landry **** Shamet has been ordained our 6th man. He has somehow miraculously beat out all those players despite them all playing better than him in the regular season. Comeback of the century.

Monty really likes him. He somehow really likes Ish Wainwright too.

That ish Jock Okogie group just can’t play together

No offense

Im not offended



Truly, as with last yr, no mid season effort was made to improve the weaknesses of this team. Redundant ragtaggers. We have 3 Cs, 8 wings, and 2 PGs, zero PFs… shows you how worthless the ‘Exec of the yr’ award is

[bwgood77]

My favorite part of this game is getting the ball into KD's hands twice in the final 5 monutes of the game and scored 5 points and then never let him touch the ball again!

Why would that be your favorite part?

[darealjuice]

Frustrating game. It's not over, but it's not a good sign to lose when Torrey Craig scores 22, Booker and KD play for 40+ minutes, and no one on the Clippers plays particularly well outside of Kawhi.

Our bench is just putrid. We can talk Monty's rotations all we want, but the options are plain bad. Ish, Jock, and Biyombo are end of the bench material, and they're getting playoff minutes. Shamet and Okogie might be rotation player level, but neither should be 6th man on a decent basketball team. Ross would get hunted by Kawhi every possession. Cam Payne isn't fixing the bench alone either. Monty can't be putting 4 of them on the court at once though, that's braindead.

Clippers are a tough matchup for us. They play physical, we don't. They're deep, we're not. Book and KD can carry the load, but we have our work cut out for us.

[Blonde]

Suns still win the series but the sooner we move on from Monty the better. Nick Nurse needs to be the priority this offseason.

[MrMiyagi]

My favorite part of this game is getting the ball into KD's hands twice in the final 5 monutes of the game and scored 5 points and then never let him touch the ball again!

Why would that be your favorite part?

Because I clearly hate the Suns! I want us to lose! Ever since I joined this board 13 years ago, I've been waiting for my moment to strike with the deadliest "I told you so!"

[KLEON]

Black holes will evaporate at the end of the universe before Shamet is a better player than Lee or Warren.

Jesus! I forgot about TJ, is he injured?

dnp - shamet

I like Monty but he deserves a Raja clothesline for playing Ish and Shamet over TJ and Lee. BTW Ayton I'm still waiting on your goofy arse to play like your contract

[kennydorglas]

wasn't there a quote where monty said that he loved shamet so much that he could be his son in law or something?

Read on Twitter

[Hitachi77]

What’s the stats, something like 80% of teams that win game 1 win the series?

to be fair though, we have gone against that trend twice now after losing the Finals and last year against the Mavs

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It's actually around 50/50 if the road team wins game 1. It's a flawed stat anyway, as the winner of game 1 is usually much better, but the reason the road team winning is much closer is because inferior teams sometimes steal game 1, then lose the series. Not saying that's the case here.

Hated changing the starting lineup out of nowhere. Sure Craig had been playing better, and did tonight, but he also had been good off the bench, and the biggest concern is we had no bench. We need some bench guys to sometimes be productive to have a chance in this series.

[SkyBill40]

Burn this franchise to the ground and bring back Sonics so we can root for real teams.

Least they won a title. Your wit is milquetoast at best, dude. Try harder. Seriously. I'm rooting for you.

I’m frustrated that we lost same as you and everyone else here. No need to humiliate me when we’re all fighting the same cause. But it’s fine everyone has their opinions.

You came at me first. Remember that.

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[Slim Charless]

wasn't there a quote where monty said that he loved shamet so much that he could be his son in law or something?

Read on Twitter

Need to get Monty's daughters on The Bacholorette.








Or just fire Monty.

[lilfishi22]

The Suns lost this game in the first quarter by giving up such a sizable lead through coming out soft and unprepared. This falls on Monty as well as the players after a full week to prepare. Also our bench ( as expected was mediocre) but played true to their established value. In the end, you get what you pay for!

Our big three really played crappy basketball in the first quarter and a half, and Ayton played like a sissy version of Bargnani. Okogie should have played more to match what Russell brought for the Clippers. But overall we didn't want it as much as the Clippers did and we burned through too much energy trying to play " catch up" from behind, and it left us fatigued and making sloppy decisions and gross errors late in the game' key moments.

** I remember mentioning that we should've pursued Westbrook and Gordon for our bench, but instead we opted for Ross ( whom we didn't really play) and Ish Wainwright. Both came back to bite us big time. Also I mentioned adding another quality big/ frontcourt option to help with our rebounding issues. Oh well! Hindsight is always 20/20 I guess. We have a lot to work on! Otherwise we might get bounced earlier than anyone expected!

Feels like we always play poorly after a decent break for some reason.

We can live with a bad 1st quarter because you have 3 quarters to come back but that end of the 3rd quarter was disgusting. We made a furious come back to go up 7 and Monty is acting like it's garbage time and brings in Okogie, Shamet, Wainwright and Jock in a span of 3min.

[Sunlight]

Durant has to have ball in his hands in last minutes, he shot one 3 pointer and score and it is all shame!!!

And boxing out was big problem, if we secure rebound in last minute would probably win

Booker driving to the basket and choked all over again. That is the plan in every year. And this year u have KD. Still same result. No matters if u down 3, Booker drive and gets blocked or lost ball. Franchise hero with low IQ.