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The Bucks would be a lot of cross matching on defense I think. The Hawks would be more straight up defensive matchups. The cross matching would favor us, generally. You can stick your weakest link on defense on Tucker. You can't do that as much on the Suns: even Crowder will light you up if he's gu...

Barkley said on Inside the NBA tonight that he thinks the Bucks are the best team left in the playoffs. I've never felt more confident we would win it all. I've watched a lot of the Bucks games. They're really not that good. Ayton's going to be brutal on Lopez. Suns have the defensive guys to work ...

I really think the Hawks are going to make the finals. I've watched a lot of Bucks games, and they just don't seem to be capable of making adjustments between games: their offense pretty much always looks rythmless and stilted, too much 1v1 hero ball, and not enough ball movement. They also don't ha...

Tonight's game is basically do-or-die for the Clippers. No team has ever come back from being down 3-0 in the NBA playoffs. Already, the Clippers have beat long odds coming back from 2-0 deficits. Historically, the Suns are in a good position: when the team with home court advantage wins the first t...

My contention was there was no way we'd win the series without Paul.

Chris Paul has passed his cardio test, and will play in game three barring unforeseen circumstances. Holy ****, I'm not sure what to expect out of Paul after he's had 10+ days to get healed up and study the Clippers. Having an All NBA guy added into a series where players are tired and beat up, and...

Chris Paul has passed his cardio test, and will play in game three barring unforeseen circumstances. Holy ****, I'm not sure what to expect out of Paul after he's had 10+ days to get healed up and study the Clippers. Having an All NBA guy added into a series where players are tired and beat up, and ...

Clipps adjusted.

Phoenix offense looks terrible, confused, hopeless.

I'd like to see Jevon Carter get some time alongside Payne and Booker. His energy on defense is really what we need more than offense, especially if Booker is the primary ball handler while Payne is out. While Booker is out, and Payne is on the court, we need him playing bulldog defense on Terrance ...

Nodack wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:06 pm

We could be up 3-0 too. 8-0 says don’t dismiss the Suns.

Clipps barely lost, and Lue has been a master of making adjustments between games.

Read the thread. Looks like CP3 is probably out until game 4, by which time we could easily be down 3-1 and returning to Phoenix to face elimination.

At best, there's an outside chance he returns for game 3.

Listening to a podcast with Broussard: says Morris tweaked his knee, and was unable to go in the 4th quarter as a result. He may or may not be available for Tuesday's game. That said, Ty Lue is a master of adjustments. He came back from being down 2-0 in both the first and second round. His team ral...

ShelC wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:45 pm

Why would he be in Cali?

His family still lives there. He only has an apartment in the Valley.

Looks like CP3 is in California. Online commenters saying this is a signal he won't be back until game 3.

I think the Bucks are eminently beatable, as are the 76'ers.

I worry most, ironically, about the Hawks. Trae is a problem for CP3, and Collins is a stretch 4. I still think we'd beat them, but I want the easiest match up possible in the finals, if we make it that far.

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Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:47 pm

Wormwood wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 19, 2021 12:40 pm

Donezo.

Clippers in 5.

Ah... Music to my ears. You and Barkley.

Suns in 6.

Did Barkley also call Clips in 5?

Bad match up to start with. Without CP3? Impossible.

Donezo.

Clippers in 5.

I’m mostly thinking the offensive glass. If the clips are going to defend Ayton with Morris or Batum, he should be able to get a ton of second chance points. That’s how he forces them to play Zubac. Good point. Either they play Zubac, play 1v1 with Morris / Batum, or double him with Morris / Batum....

Split T: Ayton's rebounds will go WAY down vs. the Clippers: he's going to be defending out on the perimeter a lot. Clips more or less neutralized Gobert this way. The Suns big advantage: the offensive sets they run with CP3 are way more complicated, and run much more effectively, that what the Jazz...

Looks like we'll be playing the Clippers on Sunday. Jazz threw their best punch in the first half, landed it squarely, and still lost. I really don't like the idea of playing the Clippers. They were basically built to beat a team like ours, which is constructed very similarly to the Jazz. If we want...