Bucks @ Suns Thursday Finals game thread 7-8-2021 - Game 2

[Mainstreet]

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We don't have a good coach. We have a great coach. Chills.

Monty telling Ayton to go dominate the game with force. Like it! Great coaching.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Monty is a very good coach but he would be an outstanding coach if he would call timeouts when Cheese and Ouchie tell him to.

Lol. Thank you. Maybe we just need a timeout button we can hit that has a direct line to Monty.

 

[Muggz]

Decent game pretty par for the course for the Suns. Lil push to 10 points midway through the third, hold it the rest of the way.
Arena was loud as hell lost my voice but I won $250 from a Friend/Cheesehead at work. First bet ever. Think ill quit while i'm ahead.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Damn this shouldn’t be so difficult…
Have you ever studied your **** off for an exam, and failed? If not, you would be in the unfathomably tiny % of humanity that has never experienced this.
Ayton entered the game focused. But he’s in a classroom of PhD’s and he’s a mere undergrad. He can be max-focused and it might still not be anywhere close to being good enough in this setting. So on Sunday, he gets to retake the exam. He will have learned from his shortcomings and he’ll play better…
Is this really that difficult to grasp?

Uh, I’ve never even failed an exam that I put in any effort because I still put in some effort. And I don’t think that places me in this infinitesimal percentage that you claim it does. Or perhaps I’ve just been blessed by being around a lot of exceptional people.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Actually, no. I've never failed an exam I studied my *** off for. I would think if I had, that would mean I had lost focus, since I was prepared. Look, it is what it is. Did you see Monty talking to Ayton? Ayton was playing tentative, unfocused, whatever you want to call it. Ayton needed that talk. It helped re-focus, re-center him, re-assert him, calm him, whatever you want to call it. It's ok to admit it.

Exactly.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

No joke, NBA TV is the best post game.

Agree.

 

[mjb21aztd]

I think a big moment came when un 4th that white bucks 3 pt shooter missed to could have cut suns lead to 3 instead of 6..... huge break than suns get a clutch hoop

Also gianniqs is unreal and built like a mountain let him get his jist contain holiday middleton

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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We don't have a good coach. We have a great coach. Chills.

I get frustrated during games. But Monty is really the perfect coach for this team right now. That was a huge speech. Ayton needed that. Wasn’t berating him, but wasn’t excusing him. Laid expectations Ayton could reach. And it worked.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Also have to do it green hit wink to suns 2 0 early lead

 

[Muggz]

Ayton had a

I think a big moment came when un 4th that white bucks 3 pt shooter missed to could have cut suns lead to 3 instead of 6..... huge break than suns get a clutch hoop

Also gianniqs is unreal and built like a mountain let him get his jist contain holiday middleton

I think that was the game plan, let gAnus do his thing, if he has the ball they cant be the best 3pt shooting team in the league.

 

[mjb21aztd]

To excited to zzz fun night!!! Love this team bring sooooooo much hapiness

 

[Mainstreet]

How does Devin Booker not get one free throw in 44 minutes?

 

[mjb21aztd]

Jones for sure gm of yr now right?

 

[Chaplin]

Jones for sure gm of yr now right?

He already won that award.

 

[Muggz]

I get frustrated during games. But Monty is really the perfect coach for this team right now. That was a huge speech. Ayton needed that. Wasn’t berating him, but wasn’t excusing him. Laid expectations Ayton could reach. And it worked.

They were throwing bodies at DA tonight I would have been **mad** too.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

How does Devin Booker not get one free throw in 44 minutes?

He didn’t really drive much tonight.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

He already won that award.

What’s wrong with him winning it again??

 

[AZCrazy]

I'm not too down on Ayton. He got beat this game like Crowder did last game, but his guys picked him up and they won big, again.
Took the best shot Giannis could throw at them. who played one of the best games in playoff history, and got way more than his share of help from the refs tonight. G.A. had 20 free throws before the entire Suns team had six. The Bucks ran their entire offense through him full time.
He couldn't have done better, and still got spanked by the Suns team. (TEAM!)

What could Ayton have done defensively? Every time Giannis touched the ball he flopped and got the call. Offensively, the Suns just kept chucking up threes on most every possession. Never went down low to DA.

 

[sdscard4]

I suggest you watch the footage of his play this year, including in the G League, other than the meaningless regular season finale in San Antonio.

I wasn't being facetious when I said the Suns would be at least a minus-7 for every minute Stix plays. He is nowhere near ready to contribute so much as a minute in any NBA game that counts.

Just like your analysis of Cam
Just stop

 

[dscher]

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We don't have a good coach. We have a great coach. Chills.

Yup. Perfect moment to be told to look at his coach. He was a mess all game. I keep forgetting how young that kid is...but a guy like Monty will keep that ego in check .

 

[1Sun]

Just like your analysis of Cam
Just stop

I was wrong about Cam.

But this is not speculation at this point. It is empirical. There is still time for Stix to be a success in the long run, but THIS season he has been an absolute disaster in both the NBA AND the G League.

He's just not ready for professional basketball. That much is obvious.

 

[Cheesebeef]

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We don't have a good coach. We have a great coach. Chills.

we have the NBA COACH OF THE YEAR.

PERIOD.

amazing moment between Coach and player where we saw IMMEDIATE dividends at the most crucial moment of the game.

I mean... I just watched it five times in a row and was just pumping my fists.

 

[Raindog]

Eh, maybe...they most likely would only need him to go in and give Ayton a rest for a few minutes at most. Maybe give a foul or two to Giannis. It's not like they would be playing him at crunch time. I don't see that it could cause so much harm to give him a few minutes to get Ayton some rest, if they are indeed short another big if Craig is out.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

we have the NBA COACH OF THE YEAR.

PERIOD.

amazing moment between Coach and player where we saw IMMEDIATE dividends at the most crucial moment of the game.

Those are also the sound bites that will attract other young players to the Suns.

 

[sdscard4]

I was wrong about Cam.

But this is not speculation at this point. It is empirical. There is still time for Stix to be a success in the long run, but THIS season he has been an absolute disaster in both the NBA AND the G League.

He's just not ready for professional basketball. That much is obvious.

You have no clue. Who's to say what will happen if he comes in. Next man up
Your whole analysis of this team has been wrong for 2 years but yet you still spin your negativity no matter.
I just dont get it
Go Suns!