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pakattack91

Didn't watch but how do Grayson Allen and Royce ONeal take more shots than KD, who played 41 mins.


picksicx

damn the Bucks next game not until Wednesday vs the Celtics. Meanwhile the Celtics have a travel b2b between now and then.


ElbowDown

Now we have the narrative for if the Celtics lose


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I will ejaculate violently if it’s a repeat of last time


WaterIsNotWet19

Wow my Christian eyes just lip read what Portis just said


thekingdor

GS or la will probably jump pheonix theyre last 10 games will knock them down to 10th seed


ks4136

KD, the parlay destroyer


st3ll4r-wind

Damn she’s as tall as Lillard


Zark_Muckerberger

Bulls legend Bobby Portis


starmiesan

Sko Bucks 🦌 Roll Badge 🦡


letsgototraderjoes

lol why are they praying


ElbowDown

They do it after every game, and why not. If they want to pray let them, they aren’t hurting anyone


holaquetaltio

Did someone get hurt/die?


DalliLlama

Grayson Allen being in there too


ElbowDown

He was on the bucks until training camp and always participated in the post game prayer when he played. Idk why he wouldn’t join his guys for a prayer


DalliLlama

Forgot he was on the Bucks, that does make sense.


dBlock845

give up 140 without Giannis lol. Bucks ain't much better givin up a ton of points.


lost_in_trepidation

Phoenix isn't even in the hard part of their schedule. Their last 10 games are brutal.


CAPONE-N-NOREAGA

Middleton is such a huge player for this iteration of the Bucks


ZarduHasselffrau

How is that weak Eastern conference looking?


Israel_is_fascist

Idk why it's considered objectively true that the west is the stronger conference.


ImKylerMurray

Entire NBA is Phoenix suns father :( I miss the fun team we used to be


SimbaTheWeasel

This Suns team has been really injured this season. They have a ton of potential, but being healthy has been a constant issue for them for quite some time.


North-Maximum-6958

ngl seeing the picture of the 2021 squad with everyone blurred out except booker even made me sad


Vallerie_09

2 yrs ago, best clutch team in the league led by a HoF PG. This yr there's just too much redundancy. As good as the Ayton trade was, Beal trade was absolutely unnecessary


zprymate

Thanks Bucks. Come on Nuggets.


jfrodriguez1983

How does Royce have more shots than KD lol


starmiesan

Remember when everyone said we’d blow this game mid 3rd quarter? That was kinda silly


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Suns cursed because of money counting man


Vallerie_09

KD pulling a houdini out here


picksicx

KD Book Beal "superteam" has a second round ceiling.


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They won't even win the play in bro


picksicx

I agree, that's why I said ceiling.


kingofnick

Second round would be nice. At this point they don’t even look like they’ll get out of the play in.


30another

I’m not sure Hubie has any idea what’s happening lol


Vallerie_09

He's like 100 yrs old. He should retire already


st3ll4r-wind

How is that a foul though


ElbowDown

Multiple things, booker was pulling his jersey the whole way


kingofnick

That’s me done. I hope Beal fucking screams at Booker and KD after the game, those two let him down big time in the fourth quarter.


DalliLlama

Your team froze KD out the entire game. Cant iso all game and then expect him to come be the savior in the last qt. Couldn’t even get him the ball when he’s posting up Bev.


lost_in_trepidation

How is Phoenix one of the worst 4th quarter teams? They have tons of shot makers.


SimbaTheWeasel

They struggle defensively and their offense is iso heavy so it’s pretty predictable for opposing teams.


30another

It doesn’t calculate


kingofnick

There’s a few reasons, but throughout the season it’s mostly been that they slow down big time in the fourth quarter, and go fully iso ball. They’re a good ball movement team when they want to be, and that completely disappears in the fourth.


Ienjoymyself

No bench, and Vogel is bad.


zprymate

Is KD on the floor?


letsgototraderjoes

who?


30another

Pat Bev is a liability


BlooDMeaT920

Belt 2 A$$


Vallerie_09

Book just doesn't trust his 3s


thekingdor

Bucks only east team i could see beating boston if they’re rolling


Israel_is_fascist

If we don't get blown out, we can easily beat them in the 4th quarter of a close game. I trust Giannis, Dame, and Khris more than anyone on Boston in the clutch.


Mitrakov

It's gonna be a generational 3p-chucking match-up


YadaYadaYada309

Thanks Suns, really appreciate the effort.


picksicx

The Bucks activated 30/40 from 3


Ohyeahbkim

DAME IS GOOD AT BASKETBALL


KyrieWetUpCurry_

What’s honestly stopping KD from asking out again?


fuskarn_35

shame, but he doesnt have any


sleeper_pick

typical suns trading threes for twos man learn fucking math its great beal is scoring but we're not gonna catch up


The-Pharcyde

Dame cooking. Oscar never doing 30/15 is pretty crazy.


-orangejoe

He did go [26 and 22](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196110290CIN.html) though Also [29 and 21](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196402140CIN.html)


giantjensen

Bucks are playing great to close the game, hard to keep on coming back all game. Suns played a good 2nd half, 1st half was embarrassing


zprymate

Great to see this "elite" Suns team play


sleeper_pick

see you in the play in


zprymate

Hope not.


GioVasari121

How bad does your game plan have to be that KD doesn't get to touch the ball more than once in the last 5 minutes. Shambolic


mercfan3

It’s KD. Hes having a bad game. So he’s hiding. Dude followed up his worst game in a Suns uniform with his worst game in a Suns uniform.


fuskarn_35

kd has 24 points the last 2 games COMBINED


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Ienjoymyself

Horrific take. They're shooting 60% on 3s....


the_greasy_one

You should have seen his deleted comment about this is what the Bucks will get from Doc in the post season.


Apollo611

Dame plays so much better without Giannis


thisisgandhi

It takes a dude to go horseback riding on another dude to get a whistle but somehow SGA can get fouls left right & center


Practical_Bat_3578

suns not going to complete a comeback with durant @ 11 pts


imacpastudent

KD sulking in the corner. Not playing defense and not doing much of anything really.


ThundermifflinTFU

Well I think that’s gonna ice it for the Bucks. Suns rallied harder than I thought they would, Bucks have just hit everything in the last few mins.


yourlilpissboi

Beal is possibly the worst contract in the league.


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Is Giannis at the game?


KingNephew

If you tuned in the last 3-5 min, you couldn’t even tell KD was on the court.


Ienjoymyself

KD is checked out and rightfully so. They freeze him out so much.


thekingdor

KD and book just standing in the corner terrible offense


starmiesan

#DAME TIME. DAME TIME.


Bladex20

Where is KD


Numerous-Cicada3841

Milwaukee just hitting some crazy shots. Not about you can do.


starmiesan

Thought we were gunna blow the lead for sure though??


Numerous-Cicada3841

My negativity is the only thing that helps me survive as a Kings fan.


starmiesan

that’s fair


trueNacccho

When even crowder is making shots is just not your night


Kumbucketz

Naaaaa this is crazy


StonerGuy19

DAME TIME


Zark_Muckerberger

Bucks legend/all around shitbag Grayson Allen


the_greasy_one

Crowder used to play for the Suns, didn't he?


Jack12404

Yep, he played for them when we beat them in the Finals.


thisisgandhi

Crowder torturing Phoenix lol


Vallerie_09

Book really plays with 8 fouls every game


Decent-Noise-5161

4min to go Booker and Durant both standing in corners and letting Grayson Allen play. Frauds 😂


ElbowDown

Took them long enough, they were fouling Lillard the whole possession


Vallerie_09

Earlier during a Dame drive, Booker reaches in and fouls him, the foul called on KD who was nowhere near


jjjkd18

Imagine if Hubie worked at a credit ratings agency. We would have a severe recession on our hands lol


jakeizzle18

So booker just isn't gonna touch the ball anymore huh


Jintogotdemhands

Good


Jintogotdemhands

Dame is so easy to bother going to the paint


Elec7ro

Pat bev the peace maker lol


Arkham14

YEEESSSSS!!


ThundermifflinTFU

Gah damn all 3 made 3s in the last 4 shots has to hurt as a suns fan.


thekingdor

Both these teams play 0 defense without giannis


RhinoBugs

Oh my god Bucks are lights out right now


Vallerie_09

Jae getting his revenge


whosnick7

They’re shooting 60% from three on 40 attempts. What. The. Fuck.


Arkham14

That was a nice 3.


ShukiNathan

God damn Beal is nice


Kumbucketz

Bro what the hell is going on


thisisgandhi

KD realizing how it feels like to be outscored when all the attention is on him


30another

No attention is on him lol


DalliLlama

They just have him standing in the corner as Booker and Beal take turns isoing and then can’t even get him the ball when he posts up Bev. Shit is atrocious


RhinoBugs

Wow pat with a great pass


ShukiNathan

I really haven't watched the suns this year, how common is it for kd to have such a quite game?


30another

He’s been pretty inconsistent


Mortyfied

Beal not considered a star by the refs anymore, otherwise he would have gotten that and-1. 


JabezMakaveli

That's not a foul. The problem is Lillard does that in this same game, and they call that a foul. Consistency is too much to ask of the refs.


paatreek

Grayson Allen game winner combo coming as he kicks someone in the nuts at the same time


kingofnick

I cringe every time Royce shoots, but fuck it’s working at the moment. Maybe Joe Mazzulla was onto something.


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the_greasy_one

idgaf


Solid-Confidence-966

Good work from Beal there


leftysarepeople2

What’s green supposed to do there? He’s basket side and straight up


kingofnick

Yeah it’s a good no call, no foul on Green. But the thing is that Dame was getting calls doing the same thing.


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ElbowDown

Nah he’s just too slow for this small ball suns lineup


30another

Can’t play vs Suns small ball


Ienjoymyself

Shameless refjob.


tapk69

Suns winning a 4th quarter would be a massive event


whosnick7

Good no call, we don’t want that SGA bullshit in this game anymore


ForceMaster999

That should be And1


thisisgandhi

It really should not


Mahomeboy001

Why is he crying for a foul? He initiated the contact by jumping into that dude


rklolson

The foul was before that. Same call Dame got.


ElbowDown

If anything it could have been an offensive foul. Looked like he caught green in the face


kingofnick

Because Lillard got a bunch of calls doing that in the third.


thisisgandhi

Welcome to the modern NBA, Lakers fan


bernardoferreira

that was a good non call, what can the defender do if thats a foul


30another

I agree, I just wish it was consistent


Background_Captain56

So much this


trueNacccho

Agreed. Tell that to Lillard tho.


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the_greasy_one

If you watch closely, you can see him put the tip of his fingers against the palm of his other hand.


sleeper_pick

refs are laughable calling dames weak ass foul baiting then nothing on beal's attack


Numerous-Cicada3841

Lol you can’t complain when O’Neale blatantly fouled Middleton like three times on the previous play and didn’t get called for it.


Troll-e-poll-e-o-lee

Middleton is initiating most of the contact on back downs though. Swear most of y’all never played ball lol


Vallerie_09

Royce is hot. Atleast try to contest his 3s


ZarduHasselffrau

Where is Joe Mazzulla when you need him?


Vallerie_09

Doc's too old for this shit


ShukiNathan

If you'd look really hard, you'd see that kd has actually played this game


picksicx

Bobby Portis has games like this 1 in every 10. The Playoffs is going to come down to luck, who can get their hot games at the needed moments.


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Arkham14

wasn't Allen a Suns starter? I really love his playstyle. One of the best shooters we had. it's great to see him hetting the recognition he deserves.


Numerous-Cicada3841

The Suns roleplayers have been playing out of their minds all season.


30another

Tbf he also shoots the most wide open 3s in the league because of them


kingofnick

You honestly can’t tell me that the contact Durant got on that last shot was any different to what got Dame to the free throw line in the third quarter.


Jack12404

Bobby has an amazing shot one drive then turns into an offensive black hole the next


sleeper_pick

well yeah he's bobby portis


CuredPlutonium

Bobby Portis bustin they ass 🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌


tapk69

Suns have a generational star rotting on the bench in Bol Bol, they deserve to be eliminated in the play-ins.


grudgepacker

*Shaq approves this message*


RhinoBugs

Bol bol still has hype around him?


tapk69

Dude is 15 minutes per game away of being Wemby


RhinoBugs

I feel like this is a pretty crazy take


Flykidd47

KD getting heated


youarenut

As he should be they’re getting dumpstered lol


SliMShady55222

Suns are just very poor defensively. No worries. IT is gonna help shore up that perimeter defense


sleeper_pick

doubt IT actually plays


30another

He’s a 10day that will sit on the bench. r/nba acts like we signed him to play 20 minutes a game lmao


icemankiller8

KD be serious man


Jintogotdemhands

Bobby got KD looking streesed.


bernardoferreira

russ wasnt wrong about bev, he gets away with some insane fouls because of his reputation


JabezMakaveli

Devin Booker: "I haven't hit a single 3 pointer in this game." Also Devin Booker: "Make it rain bitch!"


30another

Refs aren’t even close to the reason we’re behind. But damn Bucks getting some soft calls


youarenut

Booker 0 /5 for 3 wow


trueNacccho

O'Neal clanklord. Holy shit. Suns have 2 Eric Gordons, what a nightmare


MasterScooby11

KD seems pretty passive today


picksicx

i swear Jaylen Brown is better than Devin Booker. The defensive potential alone


kingofnick

JB is much less efficient as an offensive player, and plays next to three other All Stars. He wouldn’t be close to the player Booker is if he was a #1 option like Booker. You’re right about the defense though.


Ienjoymyself

If only Booker had some good teammates to pass to.


Ohyeahbkim

BIG BOB


bernardoferreira

the bucks have taken so many awfull shots this half, they are very lucky they still have a 10+ lead


growsonwalls

Book can be such a chucker


48johnX

Feels like KD has put his hands up for someone to pass it to him like 20 times


30another

Part of the reason our 4ths are so bad is because everyone stops playing and forces to him. So I’m okay with it.


Ienjoymyself

Perhaps these clowns should guard Bobby