Comments on: Recap: Heroic Booker, Suns beat Clippers, 117-115

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:42:43 +0000

I kinda think that the collective belief of the bubble teams is that Blazers have the best chance vs. Lakes to at least get their full attention. So, it may be that you see come unexpected tanking by teams trying to give the Blazers a helping hand.

By: TheGreatestShowman

TheGreatestShowman — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:47:24 +0000

Nah. We’ve lost two games by a combined 4 pts. That’s a random 50/50 ball here or there. Keep the negativity at the old site.

By: sjake

sjake — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:38:19 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see how things shake out over the next few games. Do we “tank” against Portland to boost their chances of nabbing the 8th seed? If we are tied with Denver going into our game with them and it looks like Utah will finish 6th, do we prefer 3rd vs. 2nd seed? There’s going to be so many highly competitive games and gamesmenship (is that a word??) to secure the best perceived matchup. Lots of fun.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:42:25 +0000

We need to learn from this one and realize that it’s very possible that we could fall to 4 unless we stay focused and play smart.

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 07:13:35 +0000

Denver will almost definitely finish 3rd. Houston would need to win out to pass a 4-4 Nuggets bubble performance. Let’s just focus on making sure Utah loses enough to keep Houston in the 4-5 matchup.

By: TheGreatestShowman

TheGreatestShowman — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 06:24:37 +0000

Sucks for JJJ and also for Jonathan Isaac. Hope these our outliers and not a trend of ill prepared guys getting hurt.

By: TheGreatestShowman

TheGreatestShowman — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 06:23:44 +0000

Wasn’t that long ago that Jevon Carter looked like Bev and the Suns were atop the Pacific.

By: ChrisD

ChrisD — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:36:24 +0000

100%, not anywhere near the same category. Zu was the best player out there, had the highest +/- (if you care about that), and limited Ayton to a bad night. He is the reason we got it tied and had a chance at the end (along with 4th quarter Kawhi). That is a horrible comparison tbh. If it’s anyones fault it’s Doc never giving him crunch time minutes, and this is not why, BUT this is just a learning curve that he will learn because he has learned everything else asked of him. Good it happened now. Anyone calling out Morris for turning it over in the final minute? No, Zu is the easy target, but without him we get whooped.

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:31:39 +0000

Jarren jackson jr torn meniscus, definitly need Portland or pellies to win that 8seed now. Suns and spurs fighting hard still too.
The 4,5,6 getting closer, Hopefully Houston stays in the 4,5. Along with either Denver or OkC would be choice.
Lakers
Clippers
Okc /Utah
Denver
Houston
Utah /OkC
Portland/pellies

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 03:07:25 +0000

That was probably the least sustainable part of the Suns’ win. Payne, Rubio, and Bridges shot 8-11 from deep. That’s extremely unlikely. A team’s bad-shooting role players aren’t going to beat you that way 4/7 times.