Game 51: Phoenix Suns (36-14) @ Los Angeles Clippers (34-18) l Thursday l 7:00pm l TNT

[lilfishi22]

I like the value of Mikal Bridges over on 3’s on 1.5 makes, the value of +130 is too good to pass up. I would lean towards +6 Suns if I had to make a bet.


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Good calls. I'll put some spare change on Bridges

How About Galloway? I feel like he can nail 3-4 3s tonight.

Can't trust those DNPs

[grumpysaddle]

Beverly has no chance guarding Book. Booker exploits small guards every time. I’d post up Booker a good amount in the 2nd half.


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Beverly scares me. I feel like he's not above intentionally injuring someone in the name of "playing hard defense"

[TouchPassDario]

No more Saric minutes and we win this easy. Clippers won’t shoot 50% from 3 all game....

[Barkley6]

Chippy it is getting

A little spice to complete the playoff atmosphere

It being on national TV just adds to the playoff feeling.

[denial]

Beverly is such a POS.

A lot of us wanted him here as our starting pg if I recall. Glad we went the route we did

[grumpysaddle]

Ayton taketh and Ayton giveth.

Dumb taketh

For future note, I clicked on display post this time, but any time you quote my posts, I can't see them. So you may as well give up trying to be an absolute dick to me, like you are to everyone else. I won't be seeing anymore of your posts. Have a nice life.

[SunsRback4Good]

We are 26-6 since 2/1...that is like a regular season 67 game win pace. I remember when we started out 8-8 I kept pointing out that OKC started 8-12 last year with him but finished 36-16...and that it probably takes players time to get accustomed to him. People started making fun of me continuing to say that....well, IN YOUR FACE!

Thunder really finished 28-4 after that horrid start? That's more impressive than Suns current 26-6 stretch. That's an 87.5% winning clip in 32 games.

[Frank Lee]

Beverly has no chance guarding Book. Booker exploits small guards every time. I’d post up Booker a good amount in the 2nd half.


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Beverly scares me. I feel like he's not above intentionally injuring someone in the name of "playing hard defense"

He plays with the ‘I’ll eat your children’ mindset

[Keith_myath]

Good to see someone on the coaching staff has found what makes DA angry and fight for rebounds now.

[SunsRback4Good]

Ayton taketh and Ayton giveth.

Dumb taketh

For future note, I clicked on display post this time, but any time you quote my posts, I can't see them. So you may as well give up trying to be an absolute dick to me, like you are to everyone else. I won't be seeing anymore of your posts. Have a nice life.

He hurt my feelings few days ago I cried for literally 3 hours until my gf calmed me down and took me to Dave N Busters.

[Revived]

Love the effort the guys are showing tonight. Incredible stuff. Especially Ayton.

With the type of motor and play that he’s shown the last two games, he’s definitely getting drug tested this weekend. Hopefully he’s ready for it.

[grumpysaddle]

Dumb taketh

For future note, I clicked on display post this time, but any time you quote my posts, I can't see them. So you may as well give up trying to be an absolute dick to me, like you are to everyone else. I won't be seeing anymore of your posts. Have a nice life.

He hurt my feelings few days ago I cried for literally 3 hours until my gf called me down and took me to Dave N Busters.

Lol. Imagine coming into a forum with posters that have been posting for years and immediately being a dick to everyone. Some people have sad, sad lives.

[SlovenianDragon]

THEY ONLY GUNNA TALK ABOUT THE CLIPPERS?

[TouchPassDario]

Ayton taketh and Ayton giveth.

Dumb taketh

For future note, I clicked on display post this time, but any time you quote my posts, I can't see them. So you may as well give up trying to be an absolute dick to me, like you are to everyone else. I won't be seeing anymore of your posts. Have a nice life.

Made you look. Ayton haters are just fish in a damn barrel these dayzzzz.

[SunsRback4Good]

Good calls. I'll put some spare change on Bridges

How About Galloway? I feel like he can nail 3-4 3s tonight.

Can't trust those DNPs

That might be only thing stopping him. I actually thought he'd play today and do good but it didn't happen.

[bwgood77]

Oh yeah I hate back to backs. I think it’s dumb in general but especially when the team doing it has to travel (even if it’s a short flight). I don’t think college can be compared to NBA. It’s just a whole different game. Just like high school is cause I remember some tourneys where I’ve played 6/7 days in a row in my hs days. There’s way more game planning, strategy, strength and stamina required at the NBA level than college, or high school imo.

Many players do rest. LeBron, Giannis, 20 yr old Doncic, Harden, Durant, I mean basically you can name any top 20 player in the league and they probably have been rested at least a few times on back to backs in the last 5/6 years. The Raptors won a title by basically doing it with Kawhi for a whole season keeping him completely fresh for postseason. And Kawhi was only like 27 at the time.

Pop did start it but now every elite coach in the league and others utilize the resting strategy. Especially teams with great records who know their gonna make the playoffs anyway. I think borderline teams are more hesitant because the difference between 1 or 2 losses could mean making playoffs or not.

I think it especially makes sense for 35 yr old CP3. And this isn’t just any back to back, it’s a back to back after playing 43+ mins. If it was just a regular game in which he played his usual 31 mpg then I wouldn’t really care as much.

Anyway, looks like there is no resting though and everyone is a full go. Hopefully we come out of it clean.

There are a handful of players who rest without injury, but most who do have ailing injuries or are coming back from one. Doncic, for example, doesn't rest for the hell of it.

Unless you are talking about the bubble or near the end of the season when seeds are determined and players rest.

But yeah, I know you are a big proponent of it.

I'm not unless it involves injury or a team is up really big...or maybe if something is clinched. I'd rather players keep the momentum.

Now if it's clear certain players simply cannot handle playing b2bs that would be a different story but in our 9 b2bs this year, that doesn't seem to be an issue, so despite how much you say it, I doubt it's something we will do under normal circumstances.

Have we had many back to backs this season in which we went to OT the night before? Iirc there was the Denver one from earlier in the season and only this so far.

I hate having so many back to backs in general lol. It’s cool if it’s only like 2 or max 3 back to backs for a whole season but the way the NBA does it’s weird scheduling, they make it many more. I know just about every NBA player hates the back to backs too and many have talked about how it needs to be reduced but not much has happened.

I hate it in football too when a team has to play SNF and then play TNF like 4 days later. Teams should play TNF when their coming off a bye week imo. Of course yeah it’s worse in football than basketball because of the physicality of the sport but generally I think there should be adequate time between games, a week or more football and at least a day for basketball. If they are gonna schedule it in basketball, at least make it two back to back home games instead of team having to travel afterwards.

We have had 2 games after an OT...a win against Indy in one of them, and a double OT loss to Denver on the other one...we would have likely won that if we didn't have people foul out.

But OT isn't that big of a deal. It's 5 minutes. It's not like it's an extra quarter. We are young. These guys have plenty of injury especially now that they are in peak game shape over midway through the season.

They won't do b2b home games normally because teams want to maximize arena revenue..season ticket holders generally don't want to go 2 nights in a row.

Players prefer b2bs on the road so they can get home more quickly...maybe unless they are in LA or NY or Miami or something.

[TouchPassDario]

Dumb taketh

For future note, I clicked on display post this time, but any time you quote my posts, I can't see them. So you may as well give up trying to be an absolute dick to me, like you are to everyone else. I won't be seeing anymore of your posts. Have a nice life.

He hurt my feelings few days ago I cried for literally 3 hours until my gf calmed me down and took me to Dave N Busters.

Superspreader. Wow.

[TouchPassDario]

Beverly has no chance guarding Book. Booker exploits small guards every time. I’d post up Booker a good amount in the 2nd half.


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Beverly scares me. I feel like he's not above intentionally injuring someone in the name of "playing hard defense"

He plays with the ‘I’ll eat your children’ mindset

And Book is his daddy. Self-destruct mode engaged.

[Jdiddy701]

Good calls. I'll put some spare change on Bridges

How About Galloway? I feel like he can nail 3-4 3s tonight.

Can't trust those DNPs

Bridges bet cashes. I can’t lose!!!!


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[Frank Lee]

Good to see someone on the coaching staff has found what makes DA angry and fight for rebounds now.

Deangry Ayton is good to see