Western Conference | Round 1 | (1) Phoenix Suns VS. (8) New Orleans Pelicans (PHX 3-2)

Perseus1966 · Post #761 » by **Perseus1966** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:33 am

Bad luck for Suns ,i hope Booker returns soon.

Can the pels trade zion now ,they dont need his bad attitude.

DroseReturnChi · Post #762 » by **DroseReturnChi** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:40 am

this right here is why rs doesnt matter at all and everyone was saying suns were favorite.
if zion played even 20min, pelicans in 5.

Hello Brooklyn · Post #763 » by **Hello Brooklyn** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:45 am

Warriors winning the West.

Suns have no idea what theyre about to be in for.

PaKwAn · Post #764 » by **PaKwAn** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:45 am

And they say the play ins don't bear any weight

Dan Z · Post #765 » by **Dan Z** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:04 am

Mr.Raptorsingh wrote:Pels could make a Grizzlies-like leap next season with a healthy Zion.

They also have the Lakers pick in the upcoming draft (unprotected).

metalinguss · Post #766 » by **metalinguss** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:28 am

Mr.Raptorsingh wrote:Pels could make a Grizzlies-like leap next season with a healthy Zion.

What's scary is they have way more star power.

SunsLyf3 · Post #767 » by **SunsLyf3** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:29 am

The anti-suns crowd is on full force tonight. Had it bottled up for a while now. :lol:

hoosierdaddy34 · Post #768 » by **hoosierdaddy34** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:32 am

SunsLyf3 wrote:The anti-suns crowd is on full force tonight. Had it bottled up for a while now.

There is an anti-Suns crowd?

spanishninja · Post #769 » by **spanishninja** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:40 am

Hello Brooklyn wrote:Warriors winning the West.

Suns have no idea what theyre about to be in for.

should have not rested so much to end the season. i was never for it. it is supremely arrogant for a team without prior championship history to think they can coast to the playoffs. the warriors spent time working on key lineups they could use in the playoffs while we were resting whomever whenever and not giving a **** about maintaining our continuity.

really gets me mad as a suns fan but we have simply not earned the right to slack off in the final couple weeks. we ate up the media talking us up as the best team. we are as bad as some lower seeds right now

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lambchop · Post #770 » by **lambchop** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:03 am

If booker is injured, the Suns are done

Antinomy · Post #771 » by **Antinomy** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:25 am

Suns are still favorites in this series but the Booker injury could be major.

He could be out a few days or a month, especially with it being a hamstring injury.

Johnny Tomala · Post #772 » by **Johnny Tomala** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:38 am

spanishninja wrote:
Hello Brooklyn wrote:Warriors winning the West.

Suns have no idea what theyre about to be in for.
should have not rested so much to end the season. i was never for it. it is supremely arrogant for a team without prior championship history to think they can coast to the playoffs. the warriors spent time working on key lineups they could use in the playoffs while we were resting whomever whenever and not giving a **** about maintaining our continuity.

really gets me mad as a suns fan but we have simply not earned the right to slack off in the final couple weeks. we ate up the media talking us up as the best team. we are as bad as some lower seeds right now

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Yup, Suns rested way too much. They should have try to get as best record as possible plus give one game rest max to core guys. It's better to be sharp when playoffs start.

rocketsfan100 · Post #773 » by **rocketsfan100** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:48 am

I mean even a slight hamstring strain is a minimum two weeks. The suns chances are riding on the grade of the strain

SpreeS · Post #774 » by **SpreeS** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:56 am

This PHO team so far in PO

LAL (injured Davis) - win
DEN (injured Murray) - win
LAC (injured Kawhi) - win
MIL (healthy) - defeat
NOLA (injured Zion) and (injured Booker) - now its interesting.

garrick · Post #775 » by **garrick** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:19 am

spanishninja wrote:
Hello Brooklyn wrote:Warriors winning the West.

Suns have no idea what theyre about to be in for.
should have not rested so much to end the season. i was never for it. it is supremely arrogant for a team without prior championship history to think they can coast to the playoffs. the warriors spent time working on key lineups they could use in the playoffs while we were resting whomever whenever and not giving a **** about maintaining our continuity.

really gets me mad as a suns fan but we have simply not earned the right to slack off in the final couple weeks. we ate up the media talking us up as the best team. we are as bad as some lower seeds right now

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I think the main issue is Cam Johnson went down right after he had that 34 point game with a leg contusion and he never really found his rhythm after returning after being out for so long.

I am fine with the rest because a freak accident could have happened and you lose a key player in a meaningless game but it's just our luck that Book gets injured in game 2 where we needed him to be the primary scorer as everyone else was sucking so bad on offense.

Statlanta · Post #776 » by **Statlanta** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:42 am

SunsLyf3 wrote:The anti-suns crowd is on full force tonight. Had it bottled up for a while now.

Not anti Suns, enjoy most of their players historically, but definitely tired of their worst posters invading certain non-Suns threads and putting in rhetoric. *coughs* Tempe *coughs*

Perseus1966 · Post #777 » by **Perseus1966** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:10 am

Come on guys its only one game.

Wolfgang630 · Post #778 » by **Wolfgang630** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:27 am

Perseus1966 wrote:Come on guys its only one game.

Dude that’s not the only thing. It’s Booker has the injury. This is a very big deal and we need to see how long he might be out with a hamstring injury.

One Last Shot · Post #779 » by **One Last Shot** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:33 am

MindState wrote:
Wolfgang630 wrote:Warriors might literally catch all the breaks (like they did for the first championship) to a championship.

What about when they lost back to back star players with achillies injuries in back to back seasons? Was that luck as well?

The Basketball Gods intervened. They never deserved a threepeat by simply stacking the deck. Even the core players of GSW hated Durant on their 3rd year Draymond got suspended in the process. It's like using a Gameshark in PS1, it's not fun even if you get the job done using cheats.

Damkac · Post #780 » by **Damkac** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:39 am

After every Suns win: They only won because player X on the other team was injuried!
After Suns best player got injuried and their lose one game: Haha they suck you have to be an idiot to think they are contenders lols!

Who wins the series?