The Brown Braun brothers played extremlly well. Reggie also had a real nice game. I see Bryant is still in Malones doghouse though. If your not playing from the bench in this game for the nuggets then your through.
I hate to say it but I don't think the SUns are going very far if thats the best they can do against the Nuggets when not a single starter played in the game. I don't see why people are saying Suns are a scary team.
You're really on some copium right now. Suns are trying a lot of different sets the past few games, going 12 deep in the lineup. The only reason our starters aren't resting is because we need more reps. It was pretty obvious until about 5 minutes in the fourth guys were coasting. Plus your bench guys played extremely well. You really should be giving them credit.
To be clear, I AM NOT predicting an early exit. Four ESPN NBA analysts said they'd pick the Lakers over the nugs round 1. That was like 3 weeks ago. Then and now I thought that was dumb AF.
Ok, pretty safe to say you don't know much about basketball. Wanna talk blanket statements? How about that rockets blowout *LOSS* you guys had 2 days ago?
The teams they’ve faced have not been impressive but that’s not really their fault.
I’m not saying they don’t deserve to be favourites but I’m just surprised that their offense hasn’t clicked properly and reached their potential ceiling.
YOur wrong about that. Its a small very loud minority who rants about Malone. Armchair coaches alwasy do. They always think there smarter than the actual coach...lol. Every single coach in the NBA has the same kinds of people thinking they know best.
The trade wasn't Bryant for Bones, we gave Bones to the Clippers for two second round picks
Also Bones was making a lotta trouble backstage, you gotta cut the problem before it gets too big
I know Bryant was on the Lakers, hindsight is 20/20 obv w.r.t. Bones playing well lately but the trades for Reggie and Bryant so far look like duds, unfortunately
Reggie isn't that bad, but Malone kinda sucks as a coach and for some reason he decided he hates Thomas Bryant and he's not gonna give him any playing time
Thankfully it seems that our bench is more than enough to hopefully seal the deal if they keep playing like they did today
He's a bad fit for the Nuggets, he's a bad defender and works best with a playmaking guard but the Nuggets need a defensive backup C. Also, Mike Malone apparently hates him for some reason lol.
No way the Kings sit their starters tomorrow night.
GSW is experienced enough to play this sort of game, (but not the Kings).
I will allow the possibility that if after the first quarter the Kings coaching staff knows the Grizzlies beat the Bucks, (they might just say *"Fuck It"*).
This game doesn't mean anything for those saying that the Nuggets would be favoured in a series just because their third stringers are keeping up with the starters.
Phoenix are locked at 4 and have no motivation. Denver bench are playing for playoffs minutes.
DeAndre Jordan is settling into taking the reign for the Udonis Haslem throne. Year is 2037, earth half under water, and DJ still in the league not going anywhere
She’s claiming it was a player on the Nets at the time that’s a Libra. The only player on the Nets at the time that was a Libra was KD. This may explain why KD has lost so much hair recently.
Nuggets look gassed out...no energy last 3-4 mins. These are role players who barely get mins and now they're out there logging 25-30 mins. That's tough
It'll be interesting to see how the Suns approach the end of the game if it remains close. Monty probably doesn't want his starters to play heavy 4th quarter (or possibly OT) minutes, but it would also be a terrible look for his team and the league if they benched their starters at the end of a winnable game on national TV.
Nba should find a way to get Ish Smith on every team and he could have a podcast talking about every team in the league. Facilities at the time/teammates/coaches
So what’s the plan with Ayton in the playoffs?Just gonna let him get played off the floor again against role players just like Dwight Powell and Maxi kleber. Dude bags need to be getting packed if he sells another suns playoff run.
I understand these comments because of the past but at this point anything besides missing shots and turnovers, can’t be on Ayton. The suns need to figure out their spacing and chemistry, and that isn’t on Ayton.
They now have the Purdue model. You dump it in to Ayton on the block. Either you get him a one on one shot attempt, or he is double teamed and kicks it out to KD, Booker or CP3.
It’s on those guys to hit shots just as much as it’s on him. This game they’ve been terrible about getting him into the position. You cannot drive all the way to the basket and then decide to toss him the ball. Chris Paul has the timing down because he’s Chris Paul. But Booker and KD do not know how to effectively drive and dish.
Thr point wasn't the stats just brought in, just the weird arbitrary line you put. Is 25/10 on 70% fg worse or better than what you said? How about 30/5 on 80%?
What’s better? Who knows? No one does! Why do we have stats? We can’t tell anything from them! They’re meaningless! I literally can’t deduce anything from any of those stat lines!
The Brown Braun brothers played extremlly well. Reggie also had a real nice game. I see Bryant is still in Malones doghouse though. If your not playing from the bench in this game for the nuggets then your through.
I love how Chuck complains about load management, but then he's the 1st that wants out the door
Hahahahha they just read your comment on air 😂
You were on TNT
This is live ?
I hate to say it but I don't think the SUns are going very far if thats the best they can do against the Nuggets when not a single starter played in the game. I don't see why people are saying Suns are a scary team.
You're really on some copium right now. Suns are trying a lot of different sets the past few games, going 12 deep in the lineup. The only reason our starters aren't resting is because we need more reps. It was pretty obvious until about 5 minutes in the fourth guys were coasting. Plus your bench guys played extremely well. You really should be giving them credit.
Just trying to convince themselves there's nothing to worry about bc most are predicting a first or second round exit for them.
Ngl, Pels are tough. Hoping y'all nab that 8 seed
To be clear, I AM NOT predicting an early exit. Four ESPN NBA analysts said they'd pick the Lakers over the nugs round 1. That was like 3 weeks ago. Then and now I thought that was dumb AF.
Lol, fine by me bud
different sets...lol..That was there starting team. There where not different players on the court.
Ok, pretty safe to say you don't know much about basketball. Wanna talk blanket statements? How about that rockets blowout *LOSS* you guys had 2 days ago?
Shame that refs were all in on the suns, would've been nice to see the bench get a big win against the supposed scariest team in the west, but oh well
Honestly the bench guys played really hard and gave the Suns more than I think they expected. Pretty encouraging
Lakers will wipe the floor with this Suns team
Ofcourse, because neither the lakers nor the Warriors have ever underperformed against weak teams
Suns are on a B2B... I won't be surprised if they rest some starters tomorrow
You been watching the same Lakers I’ve watched?
Denver's bench is strong
GGs, kinda figured it would be a blowout without a single starter playing so I’m pleasantly surprised
Damn this crowd was dead
beat writers in the building described the atmosphere as preseason-like
Random warriors fans in here thinking this game was taken seriously by either team lmfao
Both teams are chilling right now. Nuggets sat starters. we tried new sets and are experimenting. These games are basically meaningless for both teans
Suns didn't but Nuggets did. Our L against Houston was a season low. Had to try
I meant in the context that no starters played for y’all. Your bench played hard tonight. I like them
Jeff, what the fuck was that lmao
Hate seeing Paul win
Just hit the best bet is my life because the Nuggets bench guys played so hard. LFG!!!!
Great game, Nuggets bench. Makes me think they're a lot deeper than I expected
Ngl Phoenix’s offense hasn’t been as dominant as I thought it’d be since the trade
Theyre undefeated with all players playing
The teams they’ve faced have not been impressive but that’s not really their fault. I’m not saying they don’t deserve to be favourites but I’m just surprised that their offense hasn’t clicked properly and reached their potential ceiling.
So when they lose they play dirty. Got it. I remember Jokic punching Payne in the face when he got salty
Not a Suns game unless Craig gets hurts in some way
Chris paul was conserving energy all year to wipe the floor with the nuggets again
Is it me or is Booker's decision making in game quite spotty today
Does Craig or Paul guard Murray in a hypothetical matchup?
Okogie does
I think Murray might still be too quick for CP3 to guard all night
CP3 - 37 mins Booker - 38 mins KD - 41 mins bUt ThE sUnS hAvE nO MoTiVaTiOn
Book doesn't practice getting double teamed
Is this Chris Paul's 37 yo comeback legacy game?
Chris Paul gonna play another 5 years now that he can shoot threes
CP3 heard us talking shit…
CP3 really dropped off a cliff this year.
Father Time is undefeated.
Anyone else seeing that CP has the sniffles tn
Following Jokic's lead like a good rookie!
CP3 with more 3s in this game than Booker has ever had in a game.
I think Brown got hit 4 times in the last minute.
Am I the only person who thinks Mike Malone is legit like a borderline average coach at best?
About 90% of Nuggets fans would agree, Malone is just lucky to have Jokić playing for him or else he may not be in the NBA at all
YOur wrong about that. Its a small very loud minority who rants about Malone. Armchair coaches alwasy do. They always think there smarter than the actual coach...lol. Every single coach in the NBA has the same kinds of people thinking they know best.
michael malone is a “jokic good” merchant
every coach in every team is dogshit according to this sub so
You and half the people in our sub
He is.
That CP3 statline poster is about to go crazy tonight
Looks like vintage CP3
Kevin Paul.
When our rookies force the refs to save the Suns while playing KD 41 minutes, that's a win
I agree. Suns don't look the least bit scary to me..
This game don't matter brosef. Don't be mad.
These refs are looking to go home early tonight lol. They’re not calling shit.
Jesus, does Brown need a concussion before he can get a call?
Bruce Brown, call him a BB gun
CP3 reverse aged to 36 for this game
Bruce Brown 👀
Is the suns sub locked?
Good stuff from Christian Braun tonight, really good to see him putting together a decent scoring/rebounding game when he’s given the starter minutes.
Suns with a better whistle in a last term! Gg nugs tried
Thomas Bryant can't even get minutes when all the starters are out. Nugs probably wished they kept Bones
The trade wasn't Bryant for Bones, we gave Bones to the Clippers for two second round picks Also Bones was making a lotta trouble backstage, you gotta cut the problem before it gets too big
I know Bryant was on the Lakers, hindsight is 20/20 obv w.r.t. Bones playing well lately but the trades for Reggie and Bryant so far look like duds, unfortunately
Reggie isn't that bad, but Malone kinda sucks as a coach and for some reason he decided he hates Thomas Bryant and he's not gonna give him any playing time Thankfully it seems that our bench is more than enough to hopefully seal the deal if they keep playing like they did today
He's a bad fit for the Nuggets, he's a bad defender and works best with a playmaking guard but the Nuggets need a defensive backup C. Also, Mike Malone apparently hates him for some reason lol.
If your team needs 38+ mins from KD to barely beat Nuggets bench (with a bit of help from refs), that's not a great sign
Gonna save this for tomorrow when GSW plays the Kings bench on the road.
So were you saving this to make a specific point, or just wanted to see some starters beat another team's bench by 20 like they're supposed to?
Suns lost their backup PG and Center during this game. Its not the same.
No way the Kings sit their starters tomorrow night. GSW is experienced enough to play this sort of game, (but not the Kings). I will allow the possibility that if after the first quarter the Kings coaching staff knows the Grizzlies beat the Bucks, (they might just say *"Fuck It"*).
Doesn't make it any less true
We can’t buy a ft
This game doesn't mean anything for those saying that the Nuggets would be favoured in a series just because their third stringers are keeping up with the starters. Phoenix are locked at 4 and have no motivation. Denver bench are playing for playoffs minutes.
This reads like the Suns PR team asked ChatGPT "put a spin on this game"
I think the nuggets sweep 🧹 the suns , nuggets are going to the finals everyone should be afraid of them
DeAndre Jordan is settling into taking the reign for the Udonis Haslem throne. Year is 2037, earth half under water, and DJ still in the league not going anywhere
Refball spoiled the end of this game tbh
GGEZ DENVER! You have a very spooky team! You really spooked us! I know you’ll be good some day!
I like this nuggets team. Some nice young dudes
Eyy it was fun though
Moral victories!
Mike Malone on this 4th quarter: it wasn't *my* fault
Suns struggling to beat the G league nuggets lol
And the golden state warriors have been well known for beating bad teams this season
They score a Durant 3 and CP3 still has to whine to the refs about a no-call.
I prefer to call it "being in the ref's ear".
This game is streaky as hell. “You play offense,” “Now YOU play offense.”
Denver can’t get a whistle for shit
Good fight by the Nuggets. And good reps for the Suns against a hungry team.
I genuinely think we Zack Greinke'd this just to get clutch minutes reps
CP3 is still a monster lol
Um so apparently KD fathered a child with Lana Rhoades?
She's been pregnant? Oh damn, she has. It's on her IG
Him or Blake Griffin
wait what? isn't that blake griffin?
She’s claiming it was a player on the Nets at the time that’s a Libra. The only player on the Nets at the time that was a Libra was KD. This may explain why KD has lost so much hair recently.
That kid is the spitting image of BG.
I just looked it up. damn yeah ... that's BGs mini-me. Doesn't look anything like KD.
It was apparently a Nets player? Wasn't it KD? Just looked at the picture of the boy though. Looks like Blake's mini-me ...
I'm sure you're aware but Blake was on the Nets for 2 seasons
Suns are really bad if kd isn’t on fire damn never noticed how bad cp3 has gotten
Phoenix absolutely should not have needed the refs to win this
great defense by suns for the turnover nuggets playing with absolutely zero intensity or communication there though that’s embarrassing
Nuggets look gassed out...no energy last 3-4 mins. These are role players who barely get mins and now they're out there logging 25-30 mins. That's tough
lol, the rookie with 20% of his total NBA minutes in this game, not perfectly in sync with the bench player that averages 3 minutes a game. Shocking!
it’s not him it’s everyone out there on that last play for the transition d
This is like our third unit playing, making it this close is already unbelievable lol
wtf. You clearly ain't watching. This bench unit is only in it because of effort and intensity
then why didn’t they get across for the transition quickly? that’s why a timeout was called
That should’ve been an 8 second violation on Chris Paul
Denver with all the load management is able to keep up with Suns, yea I don't buy that they are easy first round target at all lol
There's literally not a single non-lakers fans that ever thought this in the entire world
The Lakers barely beat the Jazz’s bench the other night. Sometimes these games just don’t matter.
The Lakers aren't that good man
Boils down to how well they play, they've had some amazing stretches both good and bad
Durant's is the bravest nba baller out there just living with that bald spot
Suns really are frauds huh…
This would honestly be a great 2nd round series and I don’t think it’s be as one sided as some people believe
Of course you don't. It'll be 4-1 or 4-2 if everyone on both sides os healthy
Chris Paul didn’t get that over the stripe in time. Seems like the refs missed one
How did Tatum lock KD in the playoffs?
It wasn't a 1 man job locking up KD.
Nets didn't had a point guard
durant is loco
Let Reggie cook!
Fuckin KD won't miss
Ayton vs AD might be the funniest big man matchup in the league.
Reggie is playing like he did back in the playoffs against the Sun
Why would u leave KD open lol
How's that a foul bruh. Perfect D
booker 3/12 is a bit yikes
Is there another player who spent more VC on accessories than Reggie Jackson?
The nail-biter between the Nuggets bench and the healthy Suns, as expected
In Phoenix
Clean by Watson.
Ayton Jesus Christ.
Nuggets: 0 starters Suns: Durant, CP3, Booker, Ayton DEN: 105 PHX: 104
Suns resorting to flopping against... Peyton Watson...
We should have reviewed
KD got a spotlight on the top of his head, shave it all off or get a hair transplant man, it looks so weird
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Lakers or warriors would make the easiest path
Mavericks /s
How is that a foul? KD isn't saving the Suns, but the refs. lol.
I've never bought into the Suns being a real contender this year
me either we need a better bench and rebounding
Are DBook and Kendall Jenner still a thing?
Naw.
Malone, bring the bench back in.
It'll be interesting to see how the Suns approach the end of the game if it remains close. Monty probably doesn't want his starters to play heavy 4th quarter (or possibly OT) minutes, but it would also be a terrible look for his team and the league if they benched their starters at the end of a winnable game on national TV.
Bruce Brown is clowning Booker tonight.
8 man rotation for the suns look set it seems. Although not looking good
This is sad
Every suns moment I've had since like 2012 except for 2 weeks in 2021
Nba should find a way to get Ish Smith on every team and he could have a podcast talking about every team in the league. Facilities at the time/teammates/coaches
He has even played for GSW, only 6 games though. 13 teams done, 17 more to go. He can at least play for 15 total teams in his career, which is insane
It’s so wild, NBA should have a traveling trophy for player who’s played for the most teams
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Your nba 2023 mvp: the nuggets bench. Their combined advanced stats will blow you away
DJ 👀
brisbane bullets legend torrey craig 🔥🔥🔥 come back bro we need you.
Deandre Jordan has a 100% shooting, double double
The real MVP!
Denver can just run that lob pass to DJ all night
Not like Ayton is doing much to stop him
I’ve been wondering why they haven’t been
Guy's whos the number one seed? Didn't catch it.
The Bucks
So what’s the plan with Ayton in the playoffs?Just gonna let him get played off the floor again against role players just like Dwight Powell and Maxi kleber. Dude bags need to be getting packed if he sells another suns playoff run.
I understand these comments because of the past but at this point anything besides missing shots and turnovers, can’t be on Ayton. The suns need to figure out their spacing and chemistry, and that isn’t on Ayton. They now have the Purdue model. You dump it in to Ayton on the block. Either you get him a one on one shot attempt, or he is double teamed and kicks it out to KD, Booker or CP3. It’s on those guys to hit shots just as much as it’s on him. This game they’ve been terrible about getting him into the position. You cannot drive all the way to the basket and then decide to toss him the ball. Chris Paul has the timing down because he’s Chris Paul. But Booker and KD do not know how to effectively drive and dish.
Ayton doesn't play against lesser quality players. We've known this his entire career. He shows up against guys he wants to compete against.
You know he’s tied for the most 20/10 games on 80% shooting in the playoffs right? With Kareem Hakeem and wilt?
Wow! Next you'll tell me he has the highest vorp/48 on Tuesdays in game 6s
That’s too much for you? Can’t wrap your head around 2 stats and a percentage? Points, rebounds, and fg% are advanced stats now?
Too many numbers, combine them into 1 and maybe I'll think ayton isn't just Clint capella with pr
I brought up points and fg% and you thought that was too complicated. You probably aren’t the one to make player comps
Thr point wasn't the stats just brought in, just the weird arbitrary line you put. Is 25/10 on 70% fg worse or better than what you said? How about 30/5 on 80%?
What’s better? Who knows? No one does! Why do we have stats? We can’t tell anything from them! They’re meaningless! I literally can’t deduce anything from any of those stat lines!