Game Day: Suns (25-25) @ Spurs (14-35), Sat 1/28/23

[Split T]

Uh oh, CP3 rubbing that heel

[Split T]

Mikal pulling an Ayton by missing a free throw in the clutch.

I’ll forgive it since he’s drilling everything else in OT

[Wally_West]

BRIDGJIZZZZ

[Mori Chu]

I really like Poetl. Very unexciting player but just smart and solid and knows what to do. Only has 8 points, but he also had 13 boards, 6 assists (!), and 3 blocks.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Mikal and Ayton need to swap contracts.

[Superbone]

Wow, Bridges! I've been complaining about him down the stretch but he's coming through tonight!

[Flagrant Fowl]

I really like Poetl. Very unexciting player but just smart and solid and knows what to do. Only has 8 points, but he also had 13 boards, 6 assists (!), and 3 blocks.

He's very solid. Will be interesting to see the contracts he's offered this summer.

[Split T]

Mikal kinda cooked him though in OT

[Mori Chu]

Mikal and Ayton need to swap contracts.

I know what you're saying. But if Mikal were making the max, people would be yelling at him, too. I love love love me some Mikal Bridges, but he hasn't been reliable enough as a scorer to merit a max contract. His growth at ballhandling and scoring this season has been encouraging, though.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Mikal and Ayton need to swap contracts.

I know what you're saying. But if Mikal were making the max, people would be yelling at him, too. I love love love me some Mikal Bridges, but he hasn't been reliable enough as a scorer to merit a max contract. His growth at ballhandling and scoring this season has been encouraging, though.

I was (mostly) joking, but you hit the point that at least Mikal is showing progression this year while Ayton has been stagnant at best.

[The Bobster]

Those things that the Suns announcers said about Pop's ability to get his players to play hard every night were not passed on to Monty.

[Split T]

Ya Mikal isn’t a max player either, but he’d get less crap because you can at least fall back on him playing hard every minute

[Mori Chu]

Suns win! Great throwback game from CP3 with 31, 11, and 7. Wow. Bridges was great with 25 points, basically carrying us in OT. Ayton did some Aytony things, but he did chip in 23 and 8. Cam Johnson had 15 points and hit three 3s. I thought Saben Lee did a nice job at PG off the bench, and Biyombo also gave us some good energy in his minutes.

[Mori Chu]

I blame Mori for feeling bad for the spurs on this one haha

I'll feel even worse for them after we beat them in OT.

I swear to god if we lose…

How come nobody gives Fowl crap for literally having a Popovich avatar?

[The Bobster]

Ya Mikal isn’t a max player either, but he’d get less crap because you can at least fall back on him playing hard every minute

41 minutes, 1 rebound.

He's got his warts too.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I think we can overlook just one rebound when he put the team on his back for the win.

[Superbone]

We’ve lost every overtime game this season? Damn

If we lose this one, you spoke it into existence.

I think Mori deserves blame for this exchange more than me

I blame Mori for feeling bad for the spurs on this one haha

I'll feel even worse for them after we beat them in OT.

You're off the hook. Mori? Not so much. And the answer to your question is no. We beat the Spurs in OT on January 28th, 2023.

[Wally_West]

[Split T]

Ya Mikal isn’t a max player either, but he’d get less crap because you can at least fall back on him playing hard every minute

41 minutes, 1 rebound.

He's got his warts too.

Rebounding isn’t his job

[The Bobster]

Ya Mikal isn’t a max player either, but he’d get less crap because you can at least fall back on him playing hard every minute

41 minutes, 1 rebound.

He's got his warts too.

Rebounding isn’t his job

Rebounding is everybody's job, expecially since they don't have a real PF.