Playoffs: Suns @ Nuggets Saturday game thread 4-29-2023- Game 1

[Sunstroke]

I miss Dario..

 

[Mainstreet]

How long have we been saying we need a real PF. We’re super small and we don’t gang rebound at all

The Suns have Durant at power forward.

 

[Covert Rain]

No, but what is on Monty is last year and in the Bucks series, those two 3 point shooters we lost got SHUT DOWN and that swung both series. He had no clue how to adjust back then to get them good 3 point looks and now he’s created an offense that has no flow or motion to even get shooters open.

How anybody can not see Monty’s obvious shortcoming when it comes to adjustments is beyond me. Monty has consistently got his ass handed to him by other coaches in that regard the last 3 seasons.

 

[Dr. Jones]

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[Finito]

The Suns have Durant at power forward.

And he’s not a real PF.

 

[Dr. Jones]

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How anybody can not see Monty’s obvious shortcoming when it comes to adjustments is beyond me. Monty has consistently got his ass handed to him by other coaches in that regard the last 3 seasons.

Kellan Olsen called it out in the tweet I just posted.

 

[JosiahLee]

Welp, I’d say we need to win this 3rd quarter by at least 10 points to have a chance.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Welp, I’d say we need to win this 3rd quarter by at least 10 points to have a chance.

And the Nuggs need to get under 40% on threes.

 

[Cardsfan77]

Feels bad to be losing by 17 when shooting 8% better than opponent,

 

[sdscard4]

Need another 50 spot quarter unfortunately that still may not get us close if Denver is hitting all the 3s

 

[dscher]

Welp, I’d say we need to win this 3rd quarter by at least 10 points to have a chance.

Here's to hoping they start sucking and we hit a few shots. Lol. I don't see any defensive effort being the key. It's going to come down to offensive suckage from the nuggets.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Depth had nothing to do with it mr announcer.

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns get Ayton slashing to the basket. This what they need.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Again DA..... Why IN THA crap are you not dunking there?!?!?!?! Total puss bag

 

[Cheesebeef]

Why did Bridges have to be traded? I don't buy the premise the Suns had to make the trade.

Because there was no TRADE WITHOUT HIM.

What the heck don’t you get about this? It’s insane. Any KD trade started with bridges. PERIOD.

 

[Finito]

Everybody talking about 3s, Ayton, Monty

Um our bench has 3 points? BRUH

 

[Finito]

Again DA..... Why IN THA crap are you not dunking there?!?!?!?! Total puss bag

Your literally criticizing a made basket at this point

 

[Mainstreet]

Nuggets with a timeout 32 seconds into the 3rd quarter.

Nuggets 68 - Suns 55

 

[BirdGangThing]

Denver coach didn't like none of that

 

[95pro]

Jokic gets to foul all he wants. Okogie hammered.

 

[Finito]

Depth had nothing to do with it mr announcer.

The hell it doesn’t

Our bench has 3 points

 

[Dr. Jones]

Your literally criticizing a made basket at this point

It's the mentality I'm criticizing. The ball happened to go in after three bounces.

Men like him should act like men like him.

 

[Covert Rain]

Because there was no TRADE WITHOUT HIM.

What the heck don’t you get about this? It’s insane. Any KD trade started with bridges. PERIOD.

The Nets made it crystal clear after the trade that Bridges was the center piece of that trade.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Why did Bridges have to be traded? I don't buy the premise the Suns had to make the trade.

Did you watch how PATHETIC Bridges was in the last 3.5 games of the playoffs this year? Do you not remember him COMPLETELY DISAPPEARING the previous two playoffs against the Bucks and Mavs?

The reason the trade had to be made is no team with Booker/Bridges as your 1/2 combo has a shot in hell of doing jack squat in the playoffs because one of those guys humiliates himself in every big playoff moment he’s ever had.

 

[Dr. Jones]

The hell it doesn’t

Our bench has 3 points

Theirs has 4 more and are 3-13? WTH do you think they are doing?