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

[spanishninja]

This is a flagrant ii:

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You think what Hayes did is akin to this?

Nah, it should be a flagrant I all day long

Aw yes, there are no flagrant 2's short of a clothesline to the throat. Brilliant.

yeah, that guy be like "you're giving me a speeding ticket for going 60 in a 45? Now, going 100 in a 45, that's a speeding ticket!"

[Fo-Real]

I thought Hayes deserved a tech at the most, flagrant would have been crazy... when they said flagrantly 2, I was shocked!! He must have pissed the refs off with his earlier antics.

[AussieRules]

This why you should always strive to be the higher seed, the higher seed most of the time get the benefit of the calls which the Suns did tonight.

Jae Crowder has to be the most annoying nba player currently, worst flopper in the league. Has a reputation for being a shooter but can’t shoot smh getting toasted by BI all night, he doesn’t play defense either.

Suns fans went quiet during the game, look at them puff up their chest now that they won the game lol all good, this 8th seeded Pelicans will hunt your dreams in game 4. Hayes will be back.

[LukaTheGOAT]

Can we just start calling Chris Paul “The Surgeon”? It’s unbelievable how precisely he operates! Just a master class of controlling tempo this quarter.

[Wolfgang630]

Come on pelicans. You can win game 4

[Phystic]

This why you should always strive to be the higher seed, the higher seed most of the time get the benefit of the calls which the Suns did tonight.

Jae Crowder has to be the most annoying nba player currently, worst flopper in the league. Has a reputation for being a shooter but can’t shoot smh getting toasted by BI all night, he doesn’t play defense either.

Suns fans went quiet during the game, look at them puff up their chest now that they won the game lol all good, this 8th seeded Pelicans will hunt your dreams in game 4. Hayes will be back.

Who is puffing their chest?

Suns got all the calls yet show less free throws, weird

[AussieRules]

Both teams have won on each other’s home court so we definitely have a series.

[AussieRules]

[IamBBAnalysis]

Hayes should not have been ejected.

10 years ago that’s just a technical foul.

Give me a break.

A hard shove?

If the NBA gets any softer they’ll have to start wearing knee pads.

Are you trying to bait SUNS fans?

Cut the bull dude.

No. I’m serious.

Crowder sells the contact but it’s not ejection worthy in my opinion.

You can disagree but at the end of the day the flagrant rules are opinion based.

There’s no objective standard for whether something is ejection worthy or not.

It’s just a subjective call made by a ref in the moment.

Haynes was hunting man. You can't do that. Easy call. It was not in the moment, it was reviewed. The announcers both said it was an obvious flagrant 2 also.

[AussieRules]

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[IamBBAnalysis]

This is going to be a really good series. .

CP3 just flat out unguardable
Both Suns bigs did whatever they wanted all night
BI is great, but needs to be more aggressive. 2/3 games CJ has out shot him. BI needs to be putting up 25 shots a game
Hayes is an idiot

hayes is a **** criminal too. a literal thug.

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Before he did that shove I saw him giving out all kinds of attitude for what looked like no reason and was just like, "what is up with this guy?" It seemed like some type of anger issue thing he has going on.

[SunsLyf3]

This why you should always strive to be the higher seed, the higher seed most of the time get the benefit of the calls which the Suns did tonight.

Jae Crowder has to be the most annoying nba player currently, worst flopper in the league. Has a reputation for being a shooter but can’t shoot smh getting toasted by BI all night, he doesn’t play defense either.

Suns fans went quiet during the game, look at them puff up their chest now that they won the game lol all good, this 8th seeded Pelicans will hunt your dreams in game 4. Hayes will be back.

Who is puffing their chest?

Suns got all the calls yet show less free throws, weird

Leave him alone. Suns haters need excuses.

[Sal85012]

This is going to be a really good series. .

CP3 just flat out unguardable
Both Suns bigs did whatever they wanted all night
BI is great, but needs to be more aggressive. 2/3 games CJ has out shot him. BI needs to be putting up 25 shots a game
Hayes is an idiot

hayes is a **** criminal too. a literal thug.

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Before he did that shove I saw him giving out all kinds of attitude for what looked like no reason and was just like, "what is up with this guy?" It seemed like some type of anger issue thing he has going on.

Dude is a jerk and a hot head which is why the cops tased his ass

[itlnsunsfan]

I thought Hayes deserved a tech at the most, flagrant would have been crazy... when they said flagrantly 2, I was shocked!! He must have pissed the refs off with his earlier antics.

Lol I actually thought this was one of the easier flagrant 2 calls in recent memory. Man went full malice hockey check.

[art_tatum]

That idiotic push for the ejection and fts cost them the game. On top of points they needed hayes

[Slim Charless]

This why you should always strive to be the higher seed, the higher seed most of the time get the benefit of the calls which the Suns did tonight.

Jae Crowder has to be the most annoying nba player currently, worst flopper in the league. Has a reputation for being a shooter but can’t shoot smh getting toasted by BI all night, he doesn’t play defense either.

Suns fans went quiet during the game, look at them puff up their chest now that they won the game lol all good, this 8th seeded Pelicans will hunt your dreams in game 4. Hayes will be back.

What are you babbling about?

The FTA was 2-1 for them until they started to intentionally foul us to stop the clock. This despite us having twice as many points in the paint as them. In what way does that make any sense? You get more FTs when you're banging in the paint.

Aren't you a Celtics fan?

[timO]

Masterclass of CP3 closing a tied game.

[Statlanta]

Two hand push was worth a technical. I think the refs just eject to stop future things. I believe the go overboard with it at times especially in this era. Ejections on stuff like this should depend on the game and individuals

[Slim Charless]

Two hand push was worth a technical. I think the refs just eject to stop future things. I believe the go overboard with it at times especially in this era. Ejections on stuff like this should depend on the game and individuals

...and Hayes should be in prison right now for what he did to his girlfriend. Sooooo he definitely doesn't get the benefit of doubt.

[rocketsfan100]

Paul saved the suns in game 1 and 3. He is still a floor general of the highest order who can go and get you 30 if needed be. The Pelicans are playing really well and their future is extremely bright. They have run into one of the greatest point guards of all time who knows this might be his best and last shot at a ring