NBA Season - now 24/25
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@shark said in NBA Season 20/21:
Suns go up 3-1 and should make the NBA Finals. Should.
Meanwhile, I agree that the short off season has had an effect on injuries especially to the more seasoned pros. But tough shit guys, this is where the rubber meets the road in terms of the players doing what needed to be done in order to have a near full season, and full bank accounts. Suck it up you poor millionaires, and STFU.
The Suns are looking very strong. Ayton and Booker have thrived in the playoffs, all of the other players are contributing significantly and CP3 is, well CP3
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Today’s game showed how much the Clippers were exposed without Ibaka more so than Leonard. Would’ve been good to have Leonard for sure, but Ibaka is a very good defender on the switch. Would’ve drawn Ayton away from the basket plus troubled the Suns defence a bit more than how Morris and Zubak play.
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Yeah, I really like this Suns team (bar that flopping whining bitch Paul), but I'm really not sure they're that good yet. Still a season away maybe. They made very hard work of this despite the Clips being woeful and terribly coached. If you can't put away a team missing Kawhi, Ibaka, and reliant on Reggie Jackson taking 24 shots, then you're not worthy of making the finals.
Pretty shitty game I thought. Yeah, some aggressive D which is good. But some inept reffing, some awful shooting, and current rules that encourage intentional fouls and cause the last minute of close games go for 20 minutes, does not make for a good advert for the game.
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@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
@shark said in NBA Season 20/21:
Suns go up 3-1 and should make the NBA Finals. Should.
Meanwhile, I agree that the short off season has had an effect on injuries especially to the more seasoned pros. But tough shit guys, this is where the rubber meets the road in terms of the players doing what needed to be done in order to have a near full season, and full bank accounts. Suck it up you poor millionaires, and STFU.
The Suns are looking very strong. Ayton and Booker have thrived in the playoffs, all of the other players are contributing significantly and CP3 is, well CP3
Missing clutch open jumpers and flopping to sell calls at the death you mean?
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@voodoo haha, love the Reggie Jackson diss. Jackson rarely attempted that many shots in a game even when he was ball hogging in Detroit.
What about the 11 missed FTs from the Clippers! Playoff PG had more troubles there today.
It was an ugly game all round.
On the Suns, I don’t mind the team also, and I’ve said what I think about CP before. I like Bridges (even snagged a Nova 25 shirt a few years ago), Saric (liked him since he played for Philly), Booker, Payne, Cam Johnson, Craig
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@voodoo the Suns may not need to be one of the greatest teams ever to with this comp this year. We should now make the finals and then all we need to do is win one more series. And that series could yet be against a team without an established superstar that we match up well against (my biggest worry would be Capela getting on top of Ayton).
But to add further context to the 20/21 Suns, they did finish #2 in the West and even though both the Lakers and Nuggets were missing key personnel, each still had their biggest star. Ayton and Booker continue to step up, Paul does Paul most games, and the depth is incredible with Crowder, Bridges, Payne, Johnson, Craig, Saric and Kaminsky in support.
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Bogdanovic is having a shocker. Can’t hit anything, even wide open ones.
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Wild
Playing just eight main guys in the rotation, the Clippers' legs looked drained. After playing 13 games in 25 days this month, the Clippers finished 0-for-12 in the fourth quarter on shots that could've tied the game or taken the lead. That's the most such attempts without a make in the fourth quarter of a playoff game over the past 25 postseasons, according to ESPN Stats & Information
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Flagrant 1, get stuffed.
CP3 initiated the contact.
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Playoff PG came to play in the 2nd half.
Good win by the Clips.
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No Ice Trae and the Hawks offence hasn’t missed a beat.
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Clint Capela with a Bird-esque shot with the shot clock expiring. Love it.
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CP3 drops a 40-piece with zero turnovers to win an away close out game and defeat the evil empire death star Clippers (formerly the KD-Warriors). Love it.
If he wins his first ring in his 16th year in what is(was) viewed as a non-elite, non-main market team, it will be an amazing story.
Meanwhile the Bucks are in a massive scrap against the not-very-good Hawks. Giannis' knee hyperextension was horrible to watch in real time and he won't play Game 5.
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