Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Sucks to lose, but I'm not subscribing to the finger pointing. It's a talent issue with KD and Ayton out.

Even TJ Warren had a pretty good game if we ignore him getting cooked on defense in the second half.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:32 pm
Split T wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:29 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 pm
Just barely started watching but it seems Monty was really fucking bad?
Nah, suns got in a battle with the refs and the kings took advantage and killed us in the 3rd
Gross. I just saw on twitter everyone criticizing Monty, book and Paul.
Booker deserves the most criticism for the horrendous stretch in the 3rd, but he got it together and played well through the end of the game.

I don't get the Monty criticism and everyone should know what Chris Paul is and isn't at this point.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:35 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:32 pm
Split T wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:29 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 pm
Just barely started watching but it seems Monty was really fucking bad?
Nah, suns got in a battle with the refs and the kings took advantage and killed us in the 3rd
Gross. I just saw on twitter everyone criticizing Monty, book and Paul.
Booker deserves the most criticism for the horrendous stretch in the 3rd, but he got it together and played well until the end.

I don't get the Monty criticism and everyone should know what Chris Paul is and isn't at this point.
What was Book doing? Just forcing shit and hero shots?

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Ya not sure why Monty would be to blame here. We just let the officiating get to us and the kings steamrolled us while we blamed everything on the refs. Now the refs did suck, but you can’t react the way they did. Just play.

If Ross and Warren could just play even below average defense we’d have something…they are just so bad…CP3 too. We had 3 pigeons out there against the best offensive team in the nba.

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:37 pm
Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:35 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:32 pm
Split T wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:29 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 pm
Just barely started watching but it seems Monty was really fucking bad?
Nah, suns got in a battle with the refs and the kings took advantage and killed us in the 3rd
Gross. I just saw on twitter everyone criticizing Monty, book and Paul.
Booker deserves the most criticism for the horrendous stretch in the 3rd, but he got it together and played well until the end.

I don't get the Monty criticism and everyone should know what Chris Paul is and isn't at this point.
What was Book doing? Just forcing shit and hero shots?
No he was the big culprit with the refs. He thought he got fouled, came down and fouled Sabonis needlessly and got a tech complaining at the refs. Pissed off the refs and then we were all butt hurt with every call that went against us.

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:37 pm
Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:35 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:32 pm
Split T wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:29 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 pm
Just barely started watching but it seems Monty was really fucking bad?
Nah, suns got in a battle with the refs and the kings took advantage and killed us in the 3rd
Gross. I just saw on twitter everyone criticizing Monty, book and Paul.
Booker deserves the most criticism for the horrendous stretch in the 3rd, but he got it together and played well until the end.

I don't get the Monty criticism and everyone should know what Chris Paul is and isn't at this point.
What was Book doing? Just forcing shit and hero shots?
Arguing with the refs. He had a great game otherwise.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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That’s disappointing hearing about Book. Damn.

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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We’ve dropped to 5th…though maybe 6th would be best anyways

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Give up 80 points in a half and you're fucked.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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45 in the 3rd

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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We looked good in the first half. Then I went to put my kids to bed and came back midway through the 3rd and it was already basically over. Wth happened? Looking at some of the stats, it's hard to win when 3 of your starters score 2, 4, and 6 points respectively. And I know we got a lot from our bench, but the bench guys also play pretty lousy defense. So it felt like we were trading baskets at best.

We really need KD and Ayton back.

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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We gonna get Embiid his MVP tomorrow when he drops 60 in 3 quarters and doesn’t have to play the 4th

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Anyone still thinking that Ayton is easily replaceable?

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I just knew that first half was fools gold.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:30 pm
REFBALL!
Ed Malloy was the star tonight! What calls!
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Split T wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:29 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 pm
Just barely started watching but it seems Monty was really fucking bad?
Nah, suns got in a battle with the refs and the kings took advantage and killed us in the 3rd
This is killing my love for the game even more than Sarver did. Is consistently unfair refereeing supposed to be part of the game? All the flopping and whining sucks too

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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Use AI to replace the refs. I could probably do it, too, with the training dataset that the NBA is providing for the last two minutes of each game + Synergy sports

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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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virtual9mm wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:55 pm
Anyone still thinking that Ayton is easily replaceable?
Com'on now. No one was saying replace him for guys like Jock Landale and Bismack Biyombo.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
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Re: Game Day: Suns (38-34) @ Kings (43-29), Fri 3/24/23

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virtual9mm wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:58 pm
Split T wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:29 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 pm
Just barely started watching but it seems Monty was really fucking bad?
Nah, suns got in a battle with the refs and the kings took advantage and killed us in the 3rd
This is killing my love for the game even more than Sarver did. Is consistently unfair refereeing supposed to be part of the game? All the flopping and whining sucks too
Problem was we overreacted to 1 or 2 questionable calls. The refs didn’t screw us, our focus on the refs made us lose focus on our actual opponent. I do think Ed Malloy got a little “I’ll show you” with us, but just no excuse for getting in those battles with the refs. If I’m Monty I’d tell the team no talking to the refs whatsoever tomorrow. We just can’t let this ref storyline continue. Just play basketball.

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