Lakers call timeout - we're within striking distance - but I'm kinda more worried about Rubio. That didn't just look painful, that looked long term painful.
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I'm still dumbfounded that Booker didnt call a T when Rubio was down, then the a bad pass, then got a dumb T....
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This has been a nice comeback, but I am frustrated with Monty's rotations. He was lavishing praise on the Ayton/Oubre/Bridges/Booker/Rubio lineup, how he thinks it is their best look. Then tonight, that group clawed the team back into this game... but also, that group was not on the court together until we were already getting smoked.
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Puzzling for sure. I don't know if Monty said anything to him.
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Hope Rubio is OK.
Tyler should not be taking all the threes down the stretch.
Tyler should not be taking all the threes down the stretch.
I wish they'd bring Thunder Dan in for head coaching position.
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Booker had the wide open 3 and passes it up. The Suns could have used it.
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Tyler got a lot of rebounds at the end.
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Book and Tyler have double-handedly killed our comeback attempt.
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Looked like he pulled his groin or hamstring. He slipped on a wet spot on the floor. Our luck... he will probably miss 2-3 weeks.
Kind of a relief though, initially it looked like a no contact collapse where his knee buckled.
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Probably time to get Ayton back into the starting lineup. Maybe even consider putting Mikal in there instead of Saric as well. We have to get out to better starts than this, especially defensively.
We also got all the needed stops in that 4th quarter to win this game, but couldn't make any of the shots that would have got us all the way back.
We also got all the needed stops in that 4th quarter to win this game, but couldn't make any of the shots that would have got us all the way back.
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yeah it looked like groin, I think he is definitely missing some games.
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Ayton with 14 points and 14 rebounds. He has altered a ton of shots.
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It was a groin injury and yeah he's likely out for a while
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Good effort. Would have had to be almost perfect down the stretch to win it. Needed those open threes from Tyler and Booker needed to play a little smarter.
Take away the first quarter and we crushed them. Hah...
Take away the first quarter and we crushed them. Hah...
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Final:
Lakers 117 - Suns 107
Suns came back to make it a game.
Lakers 117 - Suns 107
Suns came back to make it a game.
Chaplin
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Give me a break! It's comments like this that frustrate to no end. Booker killed our comeback attempt? We were down by 35 at one point. I'd say Booker is one of the reasons we got within striking distance.
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The rare game where it feels like both teams lost.
Evil Ash
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In a lot of ways, very true
Ayton should cut to the basket everytime Booker has it. Even if it doesn't result in a easy bucket it still clears a lot of space.
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God I hope they trade Johnson he contributes nothing
