Western Conference Round 1, Game 2: Clippers (1-0) @ Suns (0-1), Tues 4/18/23

[Wally_West]

Glad it’s tied but boy did we get lucky on clips missing some wide open 3.


And that obvious travel by Gordon. The what actual fuck.

[djy2j]

PHX starting to take it personal finally

[Democritus]

Chill out guys, Russ is not going to score 17 points in the second half. We win this, have a little faith here in this team.

[Split T]

Bench in 25 minutes:

5/4/1/1/1

3/2/1 of that from Okogie. So 2 points, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block over 18 minutes from everyone else. Don’t think 4/4/0/2/2 is a great per-36

[Split T]

Chill out guys, Russ is not going to score 17 points in the second half. We win this, have a little faith here in this team.

Just too many of the same mistakes. We might win but I don’t have a lot of faith right now.

[Wally_West]

They need to sustain this flow, you can’t have any more extended periods looking clueless.

[Gladiator]

Nice that we turned it on late but boy do we have some work to do on the defensive end. Also stop the Clippers offensive rebounds - it drives me mad!

[ShelC]

Nice to see KD get going. He's gotta get the ball and people need to get out of the way. We also need to force the Clips into quicker, worse shots and keep them from working off Kawhi in the halfcourt. Okogie needs more time, Shamet can't guard Kawhi and isn't offering anything on offense. We're playing off Westbrook which lets him get a head of steam towards the basket.

Monty has no idea what to do with the bench. No one's really stepped up or shown much so they're just out there to give the starters a rest.

[Gladiator]

Suns starters all positive +/- and bench all negative.

[Sunsfan4life]

Math game (2s vs 3s) Killing us
Not giving shamet and Lees mins all to Okogie is stupid
Getting crushed on boards

Those are the 3 biggest problems. I'm not sure why Monty isn't playing Okogie. He's our best defender and clearly plays with energy. He should be our first guy off the bench and should be getting in the 20s of mins.

[Sunsfan4life]

Chill out guys, Russ is not going to score 17 points in the second half. We win this, have a little faith here in this team.

Just too many of the same mistakes. We might win but I don’t have a lot of faith right now.

It's not him scoring 17 it's the way he's doing it. Layups when you're playing off should not happen

[Split T]

We are shooting 57/50/100…we’re tied because they are +6 on the offensive glass, +2 in the turnover battle, +3 from 3, and +6 at the line.

[ShelC]

Okogie matches up so well with all of their wings - Gordon, Westbrook, Mann, Powell - it's really weird not playing him a ton.

[Gladiator]

We are shooting 57/50/100…we’re tied because they are +6 on the offensive glass, +2 in the turnover battle, +3 from 3, and +6 at the line.

The problem is not much of what they are doing looks unsustainable unless we change tactics and/or execution (or players on the floor)

[Sunsfan4life]

Good start to 2nd half. Defense has juice

[Split T]

Just clean up the turnovers and offensive boards and we will win

[Flagrant Fowl]

Good start. Not sure what Gordon was complaining about on that Booker steal.

Clippers still look flat and I hope they start to feel satisfied at the thought of getting out of Phoenix 1-1.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Westbrook taking the Giannis approach and being rewarded by the official.

[Mori Chu]

GO SUNS

[Split T]

Foul trouble for Ayton…not good