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06-14-2021, 03:35 AM
#301
XXL
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Denver just couldn't guard Phoenix on the perimeter. You can't give up these open midrange shots to guys like CP3 and Devin Booker. They'll hit like 55% of the open shots -- and they can get them all night long.
They simply don't have the defensive personnel to keep with Phoenix's guards on screens. They experienced similar problems with Portland -- they won that series because they had more firepower.
Should've 100% committed to a switching scheme from game 1. Committed to an appropriate lineup for that.
I'd have played McGee alongside Jokic for weakside rotational rim/paint protection when Phoenix hunts Jokic on switches. I'd have also tried out some super big lineups, like Jokic-McGee-Millsap-Porter or something.
Hell, why not a supersized zone?
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06-14-2021, 03:55 AM
#302
Lol
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by Im Still Ballin
Denver just couldn't guard Phoenix on the perimeter. You can't give up these open midrange shots to guys like CP3 and Devin Booker. They'll hit like 55% of the open shots -- and they can get them all night long.
They simply don't have the defensive personnel to keep with Phoenix's guards on screens. They experienced similar problems with Portland -- they won that series because they had more firepower.
Should've 100% committed to a switching scheme from game 1. Committed to an appropriate lineup for that.
I'd have played McGee alongside Jokic for weakside rotational rim/paint protection when Phoenix hunts Jokic on switches. I'd have also tried out some super big lineups, like Jokic-McGee-Millsap-Porter or something.
Hell, why not a supersized zone?
Lmaooooo good luck stopping open jumpers with two slow centers
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06-14-2021, 04:09 AM
#303
XXL
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by RRR3
Lmaooooo good luck stopping open jumpers with two slow centers
Javale isn't that slow
Probably would've faired better than what they did
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06-14-2021, 05:20 AM
#304
RENT FREE
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by wagexslave
Lol Jokic was just butthurt he missed like 5 shots in a row and didn't get bailed out with whistles, so he decided to take it out on someone half his size. What a tough guy. Anyone who watches this and pretends that this wasn't AT LEAST a flagrant 1 is a moron. The intention was clearly there(not to mention the context that he clearly did it out of anger), the wind up with the arm, and the follow through. So I'm not surprised with the F2 call one bit, although I'd have been fine with a F1. Not like it mattered anyways. Anyone who believed the Nugs were going to come back down 0-3 was kidding themselves.
https://twitter.com/LowkeyTae24/stat...664765952?s=20
Cam's nose literally turned sideways from the impact. Anyone who watches that(especially if you saw the context of how pissed Joker was after missing those shots and looked like he wanted to take it out on someone) and doesn't think it's at least a Flagrant 1 needs to get your eyes checked. I'm honestly surprised his nose isn't broken.
This
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06-14-2021, 06:07 AM
#305
Banned
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Jokic shouldn't have been ejected but Nuggets weren't coming back down 0-3 anyways.
This was fine. Put the Nuggets out if their misery.
Suns now the top dog, ready for the challenger.
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06-14-2021, 06:55 AM
#306
The Bearded Menace
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by DoctorP
As usual. His defense and physicality is always understated. Great role player.
Can't forget the way he mimicked that salsa dance from kong.
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06-14-2021, 08:05 AM
#307
NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Loving this Suns team
I wouldn't be mad if they won the championship
CP3 is a top 3 point guard of all time
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06-14-2021, 08:47 AM
#308
The Bearded Menace
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by Manny98
Loving this Suns team
I wouldn't be mad if they won the championship
CP3 is a top 3 point guard of all time
Wow
It seems we have a new team to cheer from here on
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06-14-2021, 09:05 AM
#309
NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by Axe
Wow
It seems we have a new team to cheer from here on
How does "i wouldn't be mad" translate to "new team to cheer on"
Stop putting words in my mouth
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06-14-2021, 09:13 AM
#310
The Bearded Menace
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by Manny98
How does "i wouldn't be mad" translate to "new team to cheer on"
Stop putting words in my mouth
You just said you were loving them, didn't you?
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06-14-2021, 09:47 AM
#311
NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Utah and Suns will be a great matchup
as would 6'ers vs the Bucks.
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06-14-2021, 11:17 AM
#312
NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by Im Still Ballin
Best playoff series of Chris Paul's career? He smoked them mother****ers.
To be fair when your leaning on Austin rivers, morris, and will Barton as some of your best players that's the result you're gonna get. This nugget team without jokic would be like a 20 win team.
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06-14-2021, 12:34 PM
#313
NBA lottery pick
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by highwhey
yeah cuz cocking your arm like you're gonna bitchslap someone and then trying to slap them is totally classy. you dumbfvck. that's a 7 footer with a 100lb difference.
it should have been a flagrant 1, but you need to stfu.
He wasn't trying to slap Payne though. It's painfully obvious. He was playing for the ball and grazed his face with the side of his arm. Payne is honestly the player I might be hating the most in the NBA right now. Just a classless bitch with no integrity. I don't like people like that.
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06-14-2021, 12:50 PM
#314
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Originally Posted by dankok8
He wasn't trying to slap Payne though. It's painfully obvious. He was playing for the ball and grazed his face with the side of his arm. Payne is honestly the player I might be hating the most in the NBA right now. Just a classless bitch with no integrity. I don't like people like that.
Why are you dumb over this? You realize Jokic specifically said it was not a play for the ball right?
He tried to “change momentum” - his words - with a hard foul. And hit a man in the face full force in the process. Do you not realize Payne doesn’t have a strong face? That no one does? That the face is hella sensitive and a 260 pound monster hitting you going downward is gonna hurt even if it grazes? Especially when you don’t expect it.
Guys get knocked out in bloodsports all the time through grazes. Most shots in fighting are grazes, and they get rolled too. Meaning guys flinch and go the direction of the hit to lessen impact. None of that happened.
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06-14-2021, 01:12 PM
#315
Not airballing my layups anymore
Re: 2021 Western Conference Round 2: (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) Denver Nuggets
Phoenix is so impressive. Big fan of Mikael Bridges...he has potential to be Kawhi like
Last edited by King Kawhi; 06-14-2021 at 01:16 PM.
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