Lakers @ Suns Sunday Playoff game thread 5-23-2021 - Game 1

[Mainstreet]

@AzStevenCal

If I were going to bet, I'd bet on the Suns as well. It has to be better than lottery odds.

 

[Absolute Zero]

Calling my shot, Suns in 6.






BEAT LA!

 

[Chaplin]

What's wrong with this as I clear my throat?

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Is there any better bulletin board material other than a player trashing us?

 

[Proximo]

We need all of it. Shooters need to hit 3's, Ayton needs to step up and Booker will need to score 30+.

Booker is not scoring 30+ on the Lakers. He will be lucky to score 20.

The entire defense is going to be aimed at him, and it has worked when they have faced us before.

If we win the series it will be our roll players who do their jobs surprisingly well.

 

[Proximo]

To me, the key player in this series is Dario. We need the super variety to stand a chance IMO.

 

[Covert Rain]

What's wrong with this as I clear my throat?

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If the team doesn't take this with great insult and create a huge chip on it's shoulder? This team is soft.

 

[Proximo]

If the team doesn't take this with great insult and create a huge chip on it's shoulder? This team is soft.

The Lakers are the defending champions. Lebron has never lost a first round playoff series. The Suns have very little playoff experience. The Suns matchup horribly to the Lakers size.

Why wouldn't they be favored?

 

[Mainstreet]

If the team doesn't take this with great insult and create a huge chip on it's shoulder? This team is soft.

The Suns are anything but soft so I'm sure we are going to see a focused Suns team.

I often find myself comparing the Suns to the Miami Heat team of last season except I want the Suns to get past the Lakers.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Lol on sports radio this morning there was talk of how curry could help the suns via trade if it ever happened in offseason

Would be interesting imo curry can still shoot snd is a good leader they just said that if warriors decide to blow up team and try to trade curry for picks etc

 

[Chris_Sanders]

The first game is at 12:30 p.m. Arizona time on ABC at Phoenix Suns Arena.

Already four games are scheduled.

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@Ouchie-Z-Clown I am in Newport on 5/30 and fully vaccinated if you want to meet up and watch Game 4

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

@Ouchie-Z-Clown I am in Newport on 5/30 and fully vaccinated if you want to meet up and watch Game 4

Unsure if we are in town as yet. But if we are then for sure!

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Interested to see if my suns flag gets vandalized during series.

 

[Proximo]

Just watched another inteview from Barkley this morning. He acts like the Jazz are so vastly superior to the Suns and that they have the Lakers petrified. He's like the Lakers are so lucky they avoided the Jazz because they would have whipped them in a series the way they played last night, but they can play like that and beat the Suns.

I know they match up better, but Charles acts like the Jazz are miles better than the Suns, and I just don't get that at all.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Feeling kind of low today on poffs hopes but trying to stay confident

Really crappy luck man after a spectacular season

Pray old dario shows bring the cape dario one with s!! Lol and rest of bench especially c Johnson

Keeping fingers heavily crossed....

 

[mjb21aztd]

Just watched another inteview from Barkley this morning. He acts like the Jazz are so vastly superior to the Suns and that they have the Lakers petrified. He's like the Lakers are so lucky they avoided the Jazz because they would have whipped them in a series the way they played last night, but they can play like that and beat the Suns.

I know they match up better, but Charles acts like the Jazz are miles better than the Suns, and I just don't get that at all.

Eh why i avoid watching barkley on tv... he loves picking against suns

 

[Germz249]

Eh why i avoid watching barkley on tv... he loves picking against suns

That is why I don’t get why he is even used in Suns promo video. Can’t have him saying Rally the Valley but then turn around and say Suns losing..

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Eh why i avoid watching barkley on tv... he loves picking against suns

Not so much this season. He’s even referred to them as “my suns.”

 

[95pro]

Eh why i avoid watching barkley on tv... he loves picking against suns

Barkley has the Bucks coming out in the East. He has some good takes from time to time, but that one had me shaking my head.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Barkley has the Bucks coming out in the East. He has some good takes from time to time, but that one had me shaking my head.

He makes me laugh sometimes but he almost always has me shaking my head. He's wrong more often than every other personality on that show combined, and it's not even close.

 

[Finito]

He makes me laugh sometimes but he almost always has me shaking my head. He's wrong more often than every other personality on that show combined, and it's not even close.

Idk Shaq is pretty bad.

but those guys aren’t serious analyst there’s just there to BS and entertain

 

[AZ Native]

Is there any better bulletin board material other than a player trashing us?

Bulletin board material? A professional athlete makings millions needs it to get motivated? We should be motivated regardless. I think we are motivated. But a healthy Lakers’ team is better than my Suns. But that’s why we play the game. Could be our year.

 

[Carolinacacti]

The Suns will live and die by the three. If its close You have to wonder if its going to be Booker like its been or will Paul take over.,

 

[Hoop Head]

Early in the season, maybe 3-4 weeks in, Barkley made a big spectacle of betting on the Blazers to come out of the west and put $250k on it right away. Everyone one else was more shocked than anything because it was such a stupid bet at such a bad time to do it.

 

[Raze]

Bulletin board material? A professional athlete makings millions needs it to get motivated? We should be motivated regardless. I think we are motivated. But a healthy Lakers’ team is better than my Suns. But that’s why we play the game. Could be our year.

I don't view bulletin board material as motivational. All players want to win and therefore are motivated.

The problem is focus. Back when I played sports (100 years ago with Naismith), I could get lost in distracting thoughts: stats, nerves, the hot blond in the 2nd row... However, if I hated the guy across from me or someone doubted me I was immediately laser focused. I'm not sure why it did that but it worked every time. Focused emotion is a powerful thing. And since all players are human, they are susceptible to distractions and lose focus.

And that's what bulletin board material does. It focuses you. (Pete Caroll is a master at this stuff). It gives guys a reason to forget all the nonsense and focus on beating your opponent, or just making doubters look the fool.

The Suns have a TON of material to focus them. I trust Monty to put the right stuff up there and get this team, young as they are, focused.

 

[95pro]

I don't view bulletin board material as motivational. All players want to win and therefore are motivated.

The problem is focus. Back when I played sports (100 years ago with Naismith), I could get lost in distracting thoughts: stats, nerves, the hot blond in the 2nd row... However, if I hated the guy across from me or someone doubted me I was immediately laser focused. I'm not sure why it did that but it worked every time. Focused emotion is a powerful thing. And since all players are human, they are susceptible to distractions and lose focus.

And that's what bulletin board material does. It focuses you. (Pete Caroll is a master at this stuff). It gives guys a reason to forget all the nonsense and focus on beating your opponent, or just making doubters look the fool.

The Suns have a TON of material to focus them. I trust Monty to put the right stuff up there and get this team, young as they are, focused.

And our on court coach too would feel this way as well, CP3 has a chip on his shoulder going into this.