Suns Path to Playoffs

grumpysaddle · Post #161 » by **grumpysaddle** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:18 am

Denver just ran out of gas. Unfortunate.

Jdiddy701 · Post #162 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:18 am

SunsRback4Good wrote:Nuggets packing it in playing one starter and rest bench players with 3 min left. Unreal

Of course they are.. by the way, Portland is legit. Lakers should be worried.

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SunsRback4Good · Post #163 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:33 am

Garry Trent Jr & Lillard combined 18-28 from down town resulting in 64.3%

nevetsov · Post #164 » by **nevetsov** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:34 am

nevetsov wrote:Portland is definitely the worry now. With their bigs back they may overachieve and sneak Dame into the playoffs after all.

Called it on page 1. Lame Dillard is going to screw us.

bigfoot · Post #165 » by **bigfoot** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:35 am

Grizz go 1-3 we've gotta go 4-0
Grizz go 0-4 we can go 3-1

Not sure we can jump Blazers in the standings.

Jdiddy701 · Post #166 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:37 am

bigfoot wrote:Grizz go 1-3 we've gotta go 4-0
Grizz go 0-4 we can go 3-1

Not sure we can jump Blazers in the standings.

Grizz should go 0-4, too

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Saberestar · Post #167 » by **Saberestar** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:39 am

bigfoot wrote:Grizz go 1-3 we've gotta go 4-0
Grizz go 0-4 we can go 3-1

Not sure we can jump Blazers in the standings.

They play the Clippers and the Sixers on a back-to-back.

SunsRback4Good · Post #168 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:47 am

Saberestar wrote:
bigfoot wrote:Grizz go 1-3 we've gotta go 4-0
Grizz go 0-4 we can go 3-1

Not sure we can jump Blazers in the standings.

They play the Clippers and the Sixers on a back-to-back.

Nice! Travel fatigue going to set in and possibly help us.

bigfoot · Post #169 » by **bigfoot** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 2:48 am

Saberestar wrote:
bigfoot wrote:Grizz go 1-3 we've gotta go 4-0
Grizz go 0-4 we can go 3-1

Not sure we can jump Blazers in the standings.

They play the Clippers and the Sixers on a back-to-back.

Even if they lost them both and went 2-2 we would have to go 4-0 to pass them.

ImNotMcDiSwear · Post #170 » by **ImNotMcDiSwear** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 3:03 am

Grizz' last game is against the Bucks, who have already clinched the #1 seed. Portland has a gimme against Brooklyn.

Really hoping the Grizz just continue to fall apart, because I don't see Portland dropping 2 of 4. Heck, they might win out.

SunsRback4Good · Post #171 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 3:08 am

We're about to finish 7-1 or 8-0 and still miss the play in games. Just like in 2014 finishing 48-34 and missing the playoffs. Why does god continue to punish us?

NY 567 · Post #172 » by **NY 567** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 3:50 am

Rooting for you guys. Pretty incredible tear you've been on, and its been fun to watch.

darmani · Post #173 » by **darmani** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 7:25 am

Update

darmani wrote:Suns - 4 games remaining

7 more Suns wins + Grizzlies losses to clinch over Grizzlies (4 games remaining)
6 more Suns wins + Blazers losses to clinch over Blazers (4 games remaining)
4 more Suns wins + Pelicans losses to clinch over Pelicans (4 games remaining)
4 more Suns wins + Spurs losses to clinch over Spurs (4 games remaining)
4 more Suns wins + Kings losses to clinch over Kings (4 games remaining)

Dual · Post #174 » by **Dual** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 8:22 am

The big problem is teams resting players, I saw tonight Jazz are resting 5 or 6 players against Spurs...

Saberestar · Post #175 » by **Saberestar** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 10:12 am

Dual wrote:The big problem is teams resting players, I saw tonight Jazz are resting 5 or 6 players against Spurs...

We knew that, but there are enough teams playing for something yet.

I trust on the Clippers winning to the Blazers to make sure that they stay second in the West. And teams like Raptors and Bucks are really deep, so they can be tough opponents even without their three best players.

We need to win all games and don't look around. All eight games. That's must be our mindset.

God Squad · Post #176 » by **God Squad** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 10:29 am

I'm rooting for you guys. Love underdogs and you guys are playing with so much heart right now. Everyone counted you guys out and yet here you are taking teams down one by one. Probably the best NBA bubble story so far.

Revived · Post #177 » by **Revived** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 11:43 am

Dual wrote:The big problem is teams resting players, I saw tonight Jazz are resting 5 or 6 players against Spurs...

This is just so lame. I thought the whole point of having a few regular season games instead of going directly into playoffs was so give teams a chance to get back into game shape and get back into their groove.

If teams are just gonna rest players for the remaining regular season games, then why even have these games? Why didn't they just go directly into playoffs once they came into the bubble? Preseason and then directly to playoffs should've been what they should've done.

And yes I'm well aware of the Isaac, Jackson Jr, and Simmons injuries. Those are all part of the game and could've happened in practice or in the first game of playoffs as well imo.

starbosa10 · Post #178 » by **starbosa10** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 11:57 am

Revived wrote:
Dual wrote:The big problem is teams resting players, I saw tonight Jazz are resting 5 or 6 players against Spurs...

This is just so lame. I thought the whole point of having a few regular season games instead of going directly into playoffs was so give teams a chance to get back into game shape and get back into their groove.

If teams are just gonna rest players for the remaining regular season games, then why even have these games? Why didn't they just go directly into playoffs once they came into the bubble? Preseason and then directly to playoffs should've been what they should've done.

And yes I'm well aware of the Isaac, Jackson Jr, and Simmons injuries. Those are all part of the game and could've happened in practice or in the first game of playoffs as well imo.

It is frustrating but the heat could sit Jimmy tomorrow, Sixers won't have Simmons, I could see the Mavs sitting people in our last game. We also got wizards without Beal and Pacers without Sabonis. Obviously we haven't played anyone missing 4 of 5 starters like the spurs get to today

Jorgeglez7 · Post #179 » by **Jorgeglez7** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 11:59 am

Revived wrote:
Dual wrote:The big problem is teams resting players, I saw tonight Jazz are resting 5 or 6 players against Spurs...

This is just so lame. I thought the whole point of having a few regular season games instead of going directly into playoffs was so give teams a chance to get back into game shape and get back into their groove.

If teams are just gonna rest players for the remaining regular season games, then why even have these games? Why didn't they just go directly into playoffs once they came into the bubble? Preseason and then directly to playoffs should've been what they should've done.

And yes I'm well aware of the Isaac, Jackson Jr, and Simmons injuries. Those are all part of the game and could've happened in practice or in the first game of playoffs as well imo.

The point of the 8 regular season games in the bubble is to not lose the tv contract. Full stop.

Saberestar · Post #180 » by **Saberestar** » Fri Aug 7, 2020 12:20 pm

Revived wrote:
Dual wrote:The big problem is teams resting players, I saw tonight Jazz are resting 5 or 6 players against Spurs...

This is just so lame. I thought the whole point of having a few regular season games instead of going directly into playoffs was so give teams a chance to get back into game shape and get back into their groove.

If teams are just gonna rest players for the remaining regular season games, then why even have these games? Why didn't they just go directly into playoffs once they came into the bubble? Preseason and then directly to playoffs should've been what they should've done.

And yes I'm well aware of the Isaac, Jackson Jr, and Simmons injuries. Those are all part of the game and could've happened in practice or in the first game of playoffs as well imo.

It's like that in a normal regular season too. Teams are gonna rest their main players for the last couple of games before the playoffs, that's the way it has been for so many years, so I accept it and I think it's fair.