Re: Game Day (Early Start!): Suns (48-33) @ Wolves (56-25), Sun 4/14/24
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:21 am
I haven't been posting on the basketball side of this board in a long while since this team really messes with my mental health, but I'm glad the regular season is over and things worked out really well. A few observations after watching this game, a lot of it probably repeating what's already been said, but I'll give myself a pass since I haven't posted about actual basketball in a long time.
1. I've been super frustrated with the way we seem to always end up going one on one with at least three guys watching. When Beal is the release valve he's then more hesitant. With him as the engine, it feels like Booker and Durant are better difficult-shot makers and this is the right order of things. I hope this latest approach is *the* approach going forward.
2. Allen came up huge in the fourth. What's the status with his (lack of) extension? It might have been discussed somewhere else already but I have a lot of threads to catch up to.
3. Towns is coming back from injury so maybe he gets a pass? But in this game he was still a bit of a clown who lets his emotions get the best of him.
4. Rebounding is still an issue, especially when Nurk is in foul trouble, but I really liked how the smaller guys really pitched in to help on the boards, exemplified by that one defensive rebound that Beal came all the way back from the three point line to secure early in the fourth.
5. The Wolves announcers are such fucking idiots. "Bradley Beal has a questionable handle" "There was no contact on that" "Booker really sold that contact to the mouth". Asshats.
6. Have I mentioned that I liked this version of Bradley Beal?
1. I've been super frustrated with the way we seem to always end up going one on one with at least three guys watching. When Beal is the release valve he's then more hesitant. With him as the engine, it feels like Booker and Durant are better difficult-shot makers and this is the right order of things. I hope this latest approach is *the* approach going forward.
2. Allen came up huge in the fourth. What's the status with his (lack of) extension? It might have been discussed somewhere else already but I have a lot of threads to catch up to.
3. Towns is coming back from injury so maybe he gets a pass? But in this game he was still a bit of a clown who lets his emotions get the best of him.
4. Rebounding is still an issue, especially when Nurk is in foul trouble, but I really liked how the smaller guys really pitched in to help on the boards, exemplified by that one defensive rebound that Beal came all the way back from the three point line to secure early in the fourth.
5. The Wolves announcers are such fucking idiots. "Bradley Beal has a questionable handle" "There was no contact on that" "Booker really sold that contact to the mouth". Asshats.
6. Have I mentioned that I liked this version of Bradley Beal?