Western Conference Round 2, Game 6: Suns (2-3) @ Nuggets (3-2), Thu 5/11/23

[Charlie Smithy!]

[SunsSince92]

It's 11:30 for me. Trying to decide if I should just go to bed now or watch the 3rd quarter and see if they can get it under 20. Thoughts?

Get some sleep.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Would you look at that, Monty turned over the ball again!

No he just doesn't adjust. That's why he gets out coached by Kidd,Lue,Budenholtzer, and Mike Malone. It's ultimately on the players but you have to bring a guy in here who doesn't have 13 man rotations at playoff time and play empty spaces that give you nothing in an elimination game.

It's also flat out on the coach to not have your team ready. IN ANY SPORT. Two straight closeout games...he's gotta get canned. Sorry.

Weird how he's never lost a series to Ty Lue but still been outcoached by him. Also 1-1 against Mike Malone with the winning team be significantly healthier.

Do you not understand how wide the talent gap is between these teams right now?

[Sunsfan4life]

I didn't expect to win this series. But going out like this is inexcusable. Are we the Grizzlies? Except this is at home...AGAIN!

[Superbone]

Thanks for fighting the good fight, FF. I do think CP3, Ayton, and Williams will be gone next year though.

[Superbone]

I didn't expect to win this series. But going out like this is inexcusable. Are we the Grizzlies? Except this is at home...AGAIN!

At least we had the Finals two years ago. There's always next year. At least we have money behind us now. Just hope IT isn't involved. I'm afraid he might be.

[Wally_West]

Monty is not the problem, he deserves one more year.


…unless spurs don’t get wemby and popovich wants to move on

[Sunsfan4life]

Would you look at that, Monty turned over the ball again!

No he just doesn't adjust. That's why he gets out coached by Kidd,Lue,Budenholtzer, and Mike Malone. It's ultimately on the players but you have to bring a guy in here who doesn't have 13 man rotations at playoff time and play empty spaces that give you nothing in an elimination game.

It's also flat out on the coach to not have your team ready. IN ANY SPORT. Two straight closeout games...he's gotta get canned. Sorry.

Weird how he's never lost a series to Ty Lue but still been outcoached by him. Also 1-1 against Mike Malone with the winning team be significantly healthier.

Do you not understand how wide the talent gap is between these teams right now?

Ty Lue tried Everything vs us last series and in 21. They were severely short handed yet took us to the wire every game with a mix of small ball and lineup changes. I'm not even a Lue defender but they atleast went down fighting



Was the gap last year wide between us and the Mavs? You know when the suns had 4 of the best 5 players in that series? How about vs Milwaukee? When Gianni's wasn't 100%?

When a team losses at home I'm back to back years by 30+ it's a lot more then just "talent"

[Flagrant Fowl]

Thanks for fighting the good fight, FF. I do think CP3, Ayton, and Williams will be gone next year though.

I also won't be surprised by it.

As Shel said, no coach is changing the outcome of this game or series. The reactionary takes to blame one person, especially one who's not even playing in the game, is tired.

[Superbone]

At least I'm in the middle of an amazing vacation and not at home watching this travesty.

[SunsSince92]

Would you look at that, Monty turned over the ball again!

No he just doesn't adjust. That's why he gets out coached by Kidd,Lue,Budenholtzer, and Mike Malone. It's ultimately on the players but you have to bring a guy in here who doesn't have 13 man rotations at playoff time and play empty spaces that give you nothing in an elimination game.

It's also flat out on the coach to not have your team ready. IN ANY SPORT. Two straight closeout games...he's gotta get canned. Sorry.

Weird how he's never lost a series to Ty Lue but still been outcoached by him. Also 1-1 against Mike Malone with the winning team be significantly healthier.

Do you not understand how wide the talent gap is between these teams right now?

I mean the Clips were more depleted than us and relying on a guy that has been ridiculed for most of the season to carry them. Despite that, we still made hard work of it with our much hyped 'Big 4' on the court throughout.

[Superbone]

Even though we're understaffed, still no excuse for getting outworked.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Would you look at that, Monty turned over the ball again!

No he just doesn't adjust. That's why he gets out coached by Kidd,Lue,Budenholtzer, and Mike Malone. It's ultimately on the players but you have to bring a guy in here who doesn't have 13 man rotations at playoff time and play empty spaces that give you nothing in an elimination game.

It's also flat out on the coach to not have your team ready. IN ANY SPORT. Two straight closeout games...he's gotta get canned. Sorry.

Weird how he's never lost a series to Ty Lue but still been outcoached by him. Also 1-1 against Mike Malone with the winning team be significantly healthier.

Do you not understand how wide the talent gap is between these teams right now?

Ty Lue tried Everything vs us last series and in 21. They were severely short handed yet took us to the wire every game with a mix of small ball and lineup changes. I'm not even a Lue defender but they atleast went down fighting



Was the gap last year wide between us and the Mavs? You know when the suns had 4 of the best 5 players in that series? How about vs Milwaukee? When Gianni's wasn't 100%?

When a team losses at home I'm back to back years by 30+ it's a lot more then just "talent"

Who knows what happened in the Mavs series? Maybe he was just outcoached.

Giannis wasn't 100% but still averaged like 40 points a game. That was not a case of being outcoached.

[Wally_West]

Outside of Book, everyone gets blame for this series. Some more than others. Monty deserves criticism but he’s only working with the pieces that were given to him.

[Sunsfan4life]

Malone ripping into the nuggets to start the 3rd....I like it.

Also props to Jock n Payne. Jocks energy was there all night. We were down 27-26 when he subbed out and it was 44-26 when he subbed back in. Really missed his fight out there

[Flagrant Fowl]

Monty - the great motivator who can't motivate.

When you get crushed at home two years in a row in win-or-go-home games it's time to try something new.

Are the Suns not playing hard?

Sure looks like they're still playing hard.

[Wally_West]

Hey little bit of a comeback!

Let’s be real, how many times were we up big only to let the other team come back?? Let’s see how this quarter ends


*no more guardians showing at my local theater so might as well watch lol

[Flagrant Fowl]

Outside of Book, everyone gets blame for this series. Some more than others. Monty deserves criticism but he’s only working with the pieces that were given to him.

Whoa.. a nuanced take.

[Wally_West]

If we could get to 10 points going into the 4th, we winning this game boy. Lol

[Superbone]

If we could get to 10 points going into the 4th, we winning this game boy. Lol

I'd take 14 and losing by 2.