Game 5: San Antonio Spurs (2-2) @ Phoenix Suns (2-2) l Thursday l 7:00pm l NBATV

[bwgood77]

YES! We cut the lead to 15!

Didn't expect to be excited about that tonight.

[SkyBill40]

We should have built the team around Ayton. Like Spurs do with Wemba.

Hard no. Ayton had 6 years to get it together and develop into his self applied moniker. We've seen all there is to him and despite a team constructed to give him more opportunity to show his being traded was a bad decision on our part, he's actually playing worse than here. Most of his baskets were assisted and he's not getting that in POR. You'd think for all his talk he'd be head and shoulders above where he left us... but isn't.

And don't you dare mention Wembayama and Ayton in the same sentence again. They're not in the same galaxy let alone on the same planet in terms of gravity and ability.

[enigmatics]

We should have built the team around Ayton. Like Spurs do with Wemba.

Yes they should build around the guy who PURPOSELY didn't try hard the last two years during a championship window.

Brilliant.

[grumpysaddle]

These refs. The disrespect for Booker is **** unreal.

[bwoolf2]

Yes we have a center problem no the guy we couldn't get to play hard for 5 years isn't the answer

[SkyBill40]

Tony Brothers still having a job as a lead official in this league is a tragedy.

[sunskerr]

miserable call right there from the ref.

[Sunlight]

If Nurkic is going to play this bad we could have just got a younger version of him by keeping Dario.

He had a great game in GSW and went 3-5 from 3 and had 15 points in 20 minutes off the bench yesterday.

Suns would have won the championship without Dario's injury. Still, the whole team was blown up. Here is the result, two straight losses to the tank team.

[bwoolf2]

Also really dislike okogie starting he is afraid to shoot

[grumpysaddle]

"inadvertent" whistle my ass, it was completely on purpose they just got called out for it.

[enigmatics]

If Nurkic is going to play this bad we could have just got a younger version of him by keeping Dario.

He had a great game in GSW and went 3-5 from 3 and had 15 points in 20 minutes off the bench yesterday.

Suns would have won the championship without Dario's injury. Still, the whole team was blown up. Here is the result, two straight losses to the tank team.

5 games in and you already know everything about this season.

[SkyBill40]

At least Booker looks a little better and more involved. He, Durant, and Allen need to pull out all the stops and go ham since no one else is really contributing.

[enigmatics]

Also really dislike okogie starting he is afraid to shoot

Yup he's still a liability from that perspective.

[Qwigglez]

Euabnks has been so horrible.

[SkyBill40]

Wembanyama just holding onto Eubanks and no call. Dude getting the white glove treatment already and hasn't earned any of it.

[enigmatics]

Euabnks has been so horrible.

I saw that Nurk was in foul trouble in the 1st half. How were the calls?

[bwgood77]

The difference in this game is the shots...they have taken 80 and we have taken 59.

We have 8 more turnovers, 7 fewer rebounds and also 10 fewer FT attempts.

[Qwigglez]

Euabnks has been so horrible.

I saw that Nurk was in foul trouble in the 1st half. How were the calls?

Nurk has looked like a non-factor. Just looking lazy IMO. I don't remember the calls.

[RaisingArizona]

I don't think they're losing this one gentlemen. Settle down

[SkyBill40]

The difference in this game is the shots...they have taken 80 and we have taken 59.

We have 8 more turnovers, 7 fewer rebounds and also 10 fewer FT attempts.

So... what you're saying is... business as usual?