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

MrBigShot · Post #1661 » by **MrBigShot** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:36 am

A lot of money going to charity with all the players and coaches calling out the reffing lol

1st banana · Post #1662 » by **1st banana** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:36 am

Lol suns fans you worried yet?

Pels **** y’all up god damn.

I’ll concede tonight’s officiating wasn’t great tho seemed to favor the pels a bit. No excuse tho book no book you should rolling the Pelicans.

Bruin · Post #1663 » by **Bruin** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:36 am

kombayn wrote:The referees are not calling good games.

Story of the playoffs

eathb_au · Post #1664 » by **eathb_au** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:37 am

Not sure why we making excuses for Suns, Pels are without Zion man.

Incredible series right now.

JoeyLightYears · Post #1665 » by **JoeyLightYears** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:37 am

PrinceAli wrote:
JoeyLightYears wrote:
PrinceAli wrote:Playing 1 round with injuries vs every round with injuries. Yeah a fantastic comparison man

2015 Warriors played every round with injuries and I don't think their title is illegitimate

I’m not saying their run was illegitimate and I’m not saying the Suns aren’t good. I’m just saying that them reaching the finals last year had a lot to do with injuries so we can’t just assume they’re good enough to go right back to the finals

First off, they were injured too. CP3 was a shell of himself in the first round. Second, it’s unlikely they would have lost to Denver (who they swept) even if fully healthy, and remember that the same Clipper team fully healthy lost to Denver the year before so they weren’t exactly world beaters. But people should judge the Suns based on this year when they had multiple double digit win streaks and were destroying the league. That’s why they should be the favorites, not because they made the finals the year before.

eyeatoma · Post #1666 » by **eyeatoma** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:37 am

Duke4life831 wrote:Man I really hope the Pels have a great off-season this summer.

I think the ideal scenario is getting a guard that can shoot, get Zion in his best shape since Duke and ideally slide CJ to the 6th man spot. BI/Zion/CJ is probably over kill on the offensive end and too many defensive question marks (even though BI has improved a lot). CJ can be the best 6th man in the game.

No way you having CJ as a 6th man, that's not going to go over well.

AussieRules · Post #1667 » by **AussieRules** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:37 am

SkyBill40 wrote:Suns playing 5 on 8 all series. The officiating has been a straight up joke.

Terrible take. The suns have been outplayed all series, the refs gifted them game 3.

If you check the stats the Suns lost all the critical categories except for 2 point shots. They even fell for a CP3 rip through move that is clearly illegal. Not to talk of all the flops Crowder got away with

Roscoe Sheed · Post #1668 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:38 am

Duke4life831 wrote:Man I really hope the Pels have a great off-season this summer.

I think the ideal scenario is getting a guard that can shoot, get Zion in his best shape since Duke and ideally slide CJ to the 6th man spot. BI/Zion/CJ is probably over kill on the offensive end and too many defensive question marks (even though BI has improved a lot). CJ can be the best 6th man in the game.

may be true, but I highly doubt CJ would accept a 6th man role

Tor_Raps · Post #1669 » by **Tor_Raps** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:38 am

SkyBill40 wrote:Suns playing 5 on 8 all series. The officiating has been a straight up joke.

The Suns just stand out there shooting jumpers. Not sure how they're going to expect calls when never attacking the rim.

JoeyLightYears · Post #1670 » by **JoeyLightYears** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:38 am

Imagine if this goes 7 and Foster is the ref

SkyBill40 · Post #1671 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:38 am

1st banana wrote:Lol suns fans you worried yet?

Pels **** y’all up god damn.

I’ll concede tonight’s officiating wasn’t great tho seemed to favor the pels a bit. No excuse tho book no book you should rolling the Pelicans.

A bit? Are you high? It's been one sided ALL SERIES and tonight's officiating put the stamp on just how bad it's been. The league needs to get their house in order as this is the kind of stuff that makes Tim Donaghy a fixture in their history. This game stinks of it.

Post #1672 » by **Duke4life831** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:38 am

Harry Garris wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Man I really hope the Pels have a great off-season this summer.

I think the ideal scenario is getting a guard that can shoot, get Zion in his best shape since Duke and ideally slide CJ to the 6th man spot. BI/Zion/CJ is probably over kill on the offensive end and too many defensive question marks (even though BI has improved a lot). CJ can be the best 6th man in the game.

I think their best case scenario is Herb Jones developing his shot. I'd way rather have that guy on the floor with a better jump shot than some shooter who's whatever on defense.

I think Herb is locked in as a starter going forward, I don't think that is even up for debate anymore.

Bruin · Post #1673 » by **Bruin** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:39 am

JoeyLightYears wrote:
PrinceAli wrote:
JoeyLightYears wrote:2015 Warriors played every round with injuries and I don't think their title is illegitimate

I’m not saying their run was illegitimate and I’m not saying the Suns aren’t good. I’m just saying that them reaching the finals last year had a lot to do with injuries so we can’t just assume they’re good enough to go right back to the finals

First off, they were injured too. CP3 was a shell of himself in the first round. Second, it’s unlikely they would have lost to Denver (who they swept) even if fully healthy, and remember that the same Clipper team fully healthy lost to Denver the year before so they weren’t exactly world beaters. But people should judge the Suns based on this year when they had multiple double digit win streaks and were destroying the league. That’s why they should be the favorites, not because they made the finals the year before.

I’ve learned not to put too much weight into regular season performances and records. We’ll just have to wait and see. So far the Suns have got their hands full

SkyBill40 · Post #1674 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:39 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
SkyBill40 wrote:Suns playing 5 on 8 all series. The officiating has been a straight up joke.

The Suns just stand out there shooting jumpers. Not sure how they're going to expect calls when never attacking the rim.

They were going inside and still got nothing. Several plays where they got hammered and no call. Yet, on the NO side, someone looks at a player too hard and it's a damned foul.

This has been a damned joke. Seriously.

1st banana · Post #1675 » by **1st banana** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:40 am

SkyBill40 wrote:
1st banana wrote:Lol suns fans you worried yet?

Pels **** y’all up god damn.

I’ll concede tonight’s officiating wasn’t great tho seemed to favor the pels a bit. No excuse tho book no book you should rolling the Pelicans.

A bit? Are you high? It's been one sided ALL SERIES and tonight's officiating put the stamp on just how bad it's been. The league needs to get their house in order as this is the kind of stuff that makes Tim Donaghy a fixture in their history. This game stinks of it.

Lol the a bit part was a joke tonight’s game was bad but the first 3 I wouldn’t say was that bad.

But come on it’s the Pelicans I don’t care if Willy green and Zion are the officials the suns should be destroying them.

KHRICH · Post #1676 » by **KHRICH** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:40 am

Wish they'd clear zion make playoffs even more interesting

Tor_Raps · Post #1677 » by **Tor_Raps** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:41 am

Roscoe Sheed wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Man I really hope the Pels have a great off-season this summer.

I think the ideal scenario is getting a guard that can shoot, get Zion in his best shape since Duke and ideally slide CJ to the 6th man spot. BI/Zion/CJ is probably over kill on the offensive end and too many defensive question marks (even though BI has improved a lot). CJ can be the best 6th man in the game.

may be true, but I highly doubt CJ would accept a 6th man role

Ya that will never and should never happen. Zion replace Hayes in the starting lineup and they just bully teams all season with McCollum/Jones/Ingram/Zion/JV.

JujitsuFlip · Post #1678 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:41 am

Holy cow the free throw disparity!

sunsbum · Post #1679 » by **sunsbum** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:43 am

PrinceAli wrote:
sunsbum wrote:
PrinceAli wrote:It’s not really a “take” but rather what actually happened last year lol. And I would say the same if they had won tonight too. The Suns don’t really look all that scary

Ya'll won a championship playing against an injured Iggy and no KD, I mean lets play tit for tat here, you were lucky to win the finals.

Playing 1 round with injuries vs every round with injuries. Yeah a fantastic comparison man

Like I said, absolute terrible take, we dealt with Chris Paul's arm injury and Booker broken nose as well.

Post #1680 » by **Duke4life831** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:44 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
Roscoe Sheed wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Man I really hope the Pels have a great off-season this summer.

I think the ideal scenario is getting a guard that can shoot, get Zion in his best shape since Duke and ideally slide CJ to the 6th man spot. BI/Zion/CJ is probably over kill on the offensive end and too many defensive question marks (even though BI has improved a lot). CJ can be the best 6th man in the game.

may be true, but I highly doubt CJ would accept a 6th man role

Ya that will never and should never happen. Zion replace Hayes in the starting lineup and they just bully teams all season with McCollum/Jones/Ingram/Zion/JV.

I'm sure that is going to be the starting lineup, but I don't think that will be their best lineup.

That's 3 guys that want the ball. One of BI or CJ will have to turn into primarily an off ball guy in that trio.

I'm sure the lineups that only has 2 offensive guys out there at one time will be the better lineups.

Who wins the series?