schnakenpopanz wrote:This is a bizarre 1st round in the West. if Suns (6), Lakers (7) and Warriors (8) would advance to the second round of their matchups, I would not call these upsets
Well unless it was over Denver haha
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schnakenpopanz wrote:This is a bizarre 1st round in the West. if Suns (6), Lakers (7) and Warriors (8) would advance to the second round of their matchups, I would not call these upsets
Mk0 wrote:KD is good for a win and Booker probably goes bananas in a game scoring like 56 but they still lose in 6.
This Suns team is as unpredictable as it gets. I wouldn't trust them.
This has Ant Man coming out party written all over it.
Clav wrote:MN gets wiped out in the final game of the season on their home floor by the Suns, and then get PHX in the playoffs. It's such a TWolves thing to do. Hopefully the Wolves, for their sake, take that punch to the lip and use that energy to win the game 1 that REALLY matters.
I think PHX is a terrible matchup for the Wolves and see this being kind of testy for both teams. MN figures it out though, and MN in 6 is my vote.
bwgood77 wrote:Clav wrote:MN gets wiped out in the final game of the season on their home floor by the Suns, and then get PHX in the playoffs. It's such a TWolves thing to do. Hopefully the Wolves, for their sake, take that punch to the lip and use that energy to win the game 1 that REALLY matters.
I think PHX is a terrible matchup for the Wolves and see this being kind of testy for both teams. MN figures it out though, and MN in 6 is my vote.
This is definitely the matchup most Suns fans wanted. OKC swept the Suns in embarrassing fashion and Denver is tough, but the Suns did well against them and won twice in Denver this year. So even having them #2 is preferable than OKC if they get past the Wolves.
But I do think the Wolves were struggling likely in part because they are reintegrating Towns and he was making some awful passes, like totally out of sync with others....then Edwards was sick I believe as well which may have impacted him.
Another one of the Suns wins was on a Minn b2b where they played a late game at GS the night before and got into Phx at like 4 am.
eyeatoma wrote:IMO the bigger issue is that Denver and the Jazz are allowed to host games at a high altitute, when they have literally had news exposes saying how it's a clear competetive advantage to play there.
C3H6N6O6 wrote:GeorgeSears wrote:Chuck Everett wrote:If tonight's Ant is who we get in the series, Minnesota gets swept. Gobert can't be your best offensive player and expect to win the series. I was disappointed in him tonight.
Ant was terrible in the play-in against the Lakers last season going 3-17 with 9 points. He's not very consistent.
I am not as impressed with Ant as everyone else seems to be. I still think he is a really nice player but these playoffs will tell me a lot about if he is ever going to be a get to Luka's or even Giannis' level and become a serious MVP candidate.
At least Lakers at the end of last season were a really good defensive team but he needs to put up big numbers against a team like Suns who aren't great defensively.