Western Conference | Round 1 | (1) Phoenix Suns VS. (8) New Orleans Pelicans (PHX WINS 4-2)

[BuddyBuckets]

Or because the playoffs aren't officiated like its game 27 of the regular season. Should it be? Maybe but that's not reality.

They reviewed about 5 times during the raptors/sixers game today for a hostile act.

What CP did there with Alvarado mouth bloodied was FAR worse than anything happened in our game. Going out on a limb and guess you're a Suns fan lol.

I don't know which game you were watching but the referees were favoring the Pelicans pretty heavily. You want to talk about phantom calls, illegal screens and calling flagrant fouls after the fact then look no further.

I understand accidental hits but Jones/Hayes/McCollum were purposely targeting multiple players. I'm not going to sit here and pretend they played a clean series.

You are, by far, the saltiest Suns fan on the board man. Grow up.

[TeamTragic]

That’s not reviewed for two reasons. Chris Paul was the aggressor and Alvarado is a rookie.

Herb Jones was ejected from the Cats game for less, Paul swung his elbow back, Miles Bridges was leaning in as Herb was going up. Flagrant 2 & ejection. Alvarado showing the blood, they don't care. Pivotal call in crunch time. Challenge burned.

I love how you want focus in on that one play yet ignore everything else.

Pretty clear that the referees tried to screw over the SUNS multiple times.

[Flash4thewin]

Uhhh no. Cp3 hasn't done **** to warrant that.

If you gift CP3 Shaq, Grant, Rice, Malone, Payton, Gasol, Artest, Odom, Bynum, it isn't even a conversation.

Really? Cp3 would be a top 15 player of all time, only if he could've played with Horace Grant, 40 year olds Karl Malone and Gary Payton! Please.

This makes no sense, two years later Payton won a ring with the Heat. His defense was important to the championship run.

[Whole Truth]

CJ is very bad at defense

We knew that, unfortunately he wasn't very good offensively either...

[TeamTragic]

They reviewed about 5 times during the raptors/sixers game today for a hostile act.

What CP did there with Alvarado mouth bloodied was FAR worse than anything happened in our game. Going out on a limb and guess you're a Suns fan lol.

I don't know which game you were watching but the referees were favoring the Pelicans pretty heavily. You want to talk about phantom calls, illegal screens and calling flagrant fouls after the fact then look no further.

I understand accidental hits but Jones/Hayes/McCollum were purposely targeting multiple players. I'm not going to sit here and pretend they played a clean series.

no they weren't. The refs just made NBA ref calls both ways all game, it just is noticed more by people if calls are made in succession. Pels had a rough stretch of calls with the offensive fouls, some rookie mistakes, but the CJ one was inadvertent, but of course easier to say from slow motion than in real time, but they had no challenge.

You know I get it that you don't like the SUNS but all I hear in that post is salt.

I'm talking about the entire series and not just one game.

[Funcrusher]

Or because the playoffs aren't officiated like its game 27 of the regular season. Should it be? Maybe but that's not reality.

They reviewed about 5 times during the raptors/sixers game today for a hostile act.

What CP did there with Alvarado mouth bloodied was FAR worse than anything happened in our game. Going out on a limb and guess you're a Suns fan lol.

I don't know which game you were watching but the referees were favoring the Pelicans pretty heavily. You want to talk about phantom calls, illegal screens and calling flagrant fouls after the fact then look no further.

I understand accidental hits but Jones/Hayes/McCollum were purposely targeting multiple players. I'm not going to sit here and pretend they played a clean series.

You have to be out of your mind to paint the "suns were the victim" picture here lmao. Like seriously, gtfoh with that garbage

[Frank Lee]

Chris Paul is the most unlikable player in the league.

Can't wait for him to choke, again

LeBron
Ben Simmons
Harden
Kyrie
Embiid.

Paul's not even close.

Paul flops more than all of them, bitches all game, borderline dirty. I'm not sure anyone outside of Phoenix even likes him.

He had to come here for me warm up to him. All good now
He balled hard against that scrapper Jose. Looked every bit 37 at times.

I’d be mildly stoked as a Pels fan. Disappointed but man… wait’ll next year… y’all got something going

[TeamTragic]

They reviewed about 5 times during the raptors/sixers game today for a hostile act.

What CP did there with Alvarado mouth bloodied was FAR worse than anything happened in our game. Going out on a limb and guess you're a Suns fan lol.

I don't know which game you were watching but the referees were favoring the Pelicans pretty heavily. You want to talk about phantom calls, illegal screens and calling flagrant fouls after the fact then look no further.

I understand accidental hits but Jones/Hayes/McCollum were purposely targeting multiple players. I'm not going to sit here and pretend they played a clean series.

You have to be out of your mind to paint the "suns were the victim" picture here lmao. Like seriously, gtfoh with that garbage

Here come the excuses and selective memory!

[Funcrusher]

I don't know which game you were watching but the referees were favoring the Pelicans pretty heavily. You want to talk about phantom calls, illegal screens and calling flagrant fouls after the fact then look no further.

I understand accidental hits but Jones/Hayes/McCollum were purposely targeting multiple players. I'm not going to sit here and pretend they played a clean series.

You have to be out of your mind to paint the "suns were the victim" picture here lmao. Like seriously, gtfoh with that garbage

Here come the excuses and selective memory!

That's the height of irony coming from a suns fan lol. Just the audacity

[og15]

I don't know which game you were watching but the referees were favoring the Pelicans pretty heavily. You want to talk about phantom calls, illegal screens and calling flagrant fouls after the fact then look no further.

I understand accidental hits but Jones/Hayes/McCollum were purposely targeting multiple players. I'm not going to sit here and pretend they played a clean series.

no they weren't. The refs just made NBA ref calls both ways all game, it just is noticed more by people if calls are made in succession. Pels had a rough stretch of calls with the offensive fouls, some rookie mistakes, but the CJ one was inadvertent, but of course easier to say from slow motion than in real time, but they had no challenge.

You know I get it that you don't like the SUNS but all I hear in that post is salt.

I'm talking about the entire series and not just one game.

I don't like the Suns . What reason would I have to not like the Suns?

You said, "I don't know which GAME you were watching", and you expected me to somehow conclude you were talking about the whole series? Am I supposed to be a mind reader here?

[Jarlaxle0204]

Pels should be proud. Hell if a series and they never backed down or gave up. Incredible fight and I predict tip 4 seed next year.

[TeamTragic]

no they weren't. The refs just made NBA ref calls both ways all game, it just is noticed more by people if calls are made in succession. Pels had a rough stretch of calls with the offensive fouls, some rookie mistakes, but the CJ one was inadvertent, but of course easier to say from slow motion than in real time, but they had no challenge.

You know I get it that you don't like the SUNS but all I hear in that post is salt.

I'm talking about the entire series and not just one game.

I don't like the Suns . What reason would I have to not like the Suns?

You said, "I don't know which GAME you were watching", and you expected me to somehow conclude you were talking about the whole series? Am I supposed to be a mind reader here?

Because the series is over and I'm looking at this game from different perspectives.

Is that allowed since you make the call?

[og15]

If you gift CP3 Shaq, Grant, Rice, Malone, Payton, Gasol, Artest, Odom, Bynum, it isn't even a conversation.

Really? Cp3 would be a top 15 player of all time, only if he could've played with Horace Grant, 40 year olds Karl Malone and Gary Payton! Please.

This makes no sense, two years later Payton won a ring with the Heat. His defense was important to the championship run.

Well, Payton and Malone were complimentary players, and 35 year old Gary Payton would have been the league's best backup PG, but I think Shaq is the biggest cog there. Malone and Payton at those ages are still better than the vast majority of role players teams would have. There's a reason people mentioned the Malone injury as a factor for the Lakers, not just offensively, but also on defense. That said, CP is a small player, there are inherent disadvantages built into players his size.

[nolaPELSfan]

You are, by far, the saltiest Suns fan on the board man. Grow up.

this board or otherwise. Saltier than the twitter trolls, and that is SAYING something too

[TheLand13]

Why? Because he's not that good and long term it would be in his best interest. What is so hard to understand about that?

The part where Zion coming back is the reason for that. Again, he'd be replacing Hayes more than anything. I feel like you just put the two players together and didn't give it any thought beyond that.

Bro, you serious? Id rather start jose or trey over cj. Im aware that zion isn't replacing cj, no need to act dense

And there it is. Just wanted to confirm you just have no knowledge of the game of basketball. Jose and Trey have no business starting over CJ, regardless of his faults (which are in fact there and there's no denying it). The other person who replied said it best: CJ will definitely need to take a smaller role, but having him come off the bench? Idiocy to the highest degree.

[og15]

You know I get it that you don't like the SUNS but all I hear in that post is salt.

I'm talking about the entire series and not just one game.

I don't like the Suns . What reason would I have to not like the Suns?

You said, "I don't know which GAME you were watching", and you expected me to somehow conclude you were talking about the whole series? Am I supposed to be a mind reader here?

Because the series is over and I'm looking at this game from different perspectives.

Is that allowed since you make the call?

I don't know what you're saying, all we can respond to is what you type, I'm not sure what you're expecting here. If you ask, did you watch the "game" and say the Pelicans were favored, we aren't going to just assume, "well, he must mean the series even though he specifically said thee game because the series is over". Doesn't even make sense , weird.

[Funcrusher]

The part where Zion coming back is the reason for that. Again, he'd be replacing Hayes more than anything. I feel like you just put the two players together and didn't give it any thought beyond that.

Bro, you serious? Id rather start jose or trey over cj. Im aware that zion isn't replacing cj, no need to act dense

And there it is. Just wanted to confirm you just have no knowledge of the game of basketball. Jose and Trey have no business starting over CJ, regardless of his faults (which are in fact there and there's no denying it). The other person who replied said it best: CJ will definitely need to take a smaller role, but having him come off the bench? Idiocy to the highest degree.

Ok, don't care

[TeamTragic]

I don't like the Suns . What reason would I have to not like the Suns?

You said, "I don't know which GAME you were watching", and you expected me to somehow conclude you were talking about the whole series? Am I supposed to be a mind reader here?

Because the series is over and I'm looking at this game from different perspectives.

Is that allowed since you make the call?

I don't know what you're saying, all we can respond to is what you type, I'm not sure what you're expecting here. If you ask, did you watch the "game" and say the Pelicans were favored, we aren't going to just assume, "well, he must mean the series even though he specifically said thee game because the series is over". Doesn't even make sense , weird.

Fair enough. I will be more clear next time.

[Funcrusher]

The part where Zion coming back is the reason for that. Again, he'd be replacing Hayes more than anything. I feel like you just put the two players together and didn't give it any thought beyond that.

Bro, you serious? Id rather start jose or trey over cj. Im aware that zion isn't replacing cj, no need to act dense

And there it is. Just wanted to confirm you just have no knowledge of the game of basketball. Jose and Trey have no business starting over CJ, regardless of his faults (which are in fact there and there's no denying it). The other person who replied said it best: CJ will definitely need to take a smaller role, but having him come off the bench? Idiocy to the highest degree.

Also didn't know cjs family posted on realgm cause no way there are posters going to bat for light skinned jamal Crawford right now. I don't know anything about basketball, says the guy dickriding the player that has consistently underperformed in the playoffs IN A LESSER ROLE FROM THE JUMP. Jose and trey are winning players that demand the ball less. Cjs a bucket but that's it. Gomd

[Whole Truth]

That’s not reviewed for two reasons. Chris Paul was the aggressor and Alvarado is a rookie.

Herb Jones was ejected from the Cats game for less, Paul swung his elbow back, Miles Bridges was leaning in as Herb was going up. Flagrant 2 & ejection. Alvarado showing the blood, they don't care. Pivotal call in crunch time. Challenge burned.

I love how you want focus in on that one play yet ignore everything else.

Pretty clear that the referees tried to screw over the SUNS multiple times.

You do realize I responded to someone who brought the play up, it was kind of a key call that late in the game.

Herb was ejected for less contact than that in Pels last Charlotte match, cost them the game in crunch time. Now it works against them the other way,, zero consistency. They call it differently the game swings the other way. fact.