Pelicans @ Suns Tuesday Playoff game thread 4-26-2022 - Game 5

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Way way to early to say that, especially with his out of control drives in the third.

This is the first time Cam Payne has looked like Cam Payne for a long time. Let's hope his game is hear to stay.
 

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Kinda... I lost count of the number of ridiculously dumb plays he made out there... and how many missed layups. Ugh...
Yeah no he is not. He was kind of but he almost cancelled out everything he did with a ton of STUPID plays and playing out of control. It’s sad but I felt relief when he fouled out.
 

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Flex is saying book will be back for the next game.
 
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Kinda... I lost count of the number of ridiculously dumb plays he made out there... and how many missed layups. Ugh...

It's the energy Payne brought to the game. He had 12 points off the bench. The next highest bench scorer was Shamet with 6.

McGee only had 2 and Holiday 3.
 

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Really? Because the resident geniuses here said play Holiday. Check. Play Twin Towers. Check. Limit Pauls minutes second half Check.

I would say resident ASFN geniuses did OK.
I actually agree with this. Monty was forced to make adjustments and they seemed to work. Well. He couldve used them more imo
 

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I hate this series. End it Thursday

Indeed....it feels like we are playing the 96 Bulls instead of a team that was 10 games under .500. I can't believe how gut wrenching this series has been.
 
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Some final stats.

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We finally shot half ass from 3 and won this game easy enough because of that. We didn't blow the doors off them but they didn't get closer than down 7 in the second half.
 

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I want to give credit to Monty. Even though I thought he made some boneheaded decisions with guys that got them in foul trouble?

Monty made some adjustments. I think Holiday brought some energy. I thought playing the twins threw the Pelicans off their game plan.
 

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We finally shot half ass from 3 and won this game easy enough because of that. We didn't blow the doors off them but they didn't get closer than down 7 in the second half.
Geez it felt like a struggle bus rather than a controlled win tho.
 

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It's playoff time for us fans too...if this was game 23 I would have felt confident the entire game...Game 5 of a playoff series...I wanna bash my face against the wall
 

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But, to be clear, this Suns team, right now, would have no chance against the Celtics or Bucks. IMO.

Milwaukee? No. Boston? Yes. I think we match up pretty well against Boston so long as Robert Williams is out.
 
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