2023 Playoffs: Suns-Clippers Round 1 News Thread

[JeremyG]

I don’t know about Nurse. He seemed to wear on the Raptors players and they’ve under achieved the last couple years. If the players are tired of Monty, sure it’d be worth a try, but I don’t think that’s the case. If the players are still on board with Monty I wouldn’t do that.

Whether or not they are now, they won’t be if we lose in the first round.

[Mori Chu]

I don’t know about Nurse. He seemed to wear on the Raptors players and they’ve under achieved the last couple years. If the players are tired of Monty, sure it’d be worth a try, but I don’t think that’s the case. If the players are still on board with Monty I wouldn’t do that.

Whether or not they are now, they won’t be if we lose in the first round.

The only thing that makes you happier than a good Ayton game is a bad Monty game.

[SunsSince92]

Uggghhh... Please, God, no more Landry Shamet.

I'd rather we played Saben!

[Superbone]

Uggghhh... Please, God, no more Landry Shamet.

I'd rather we played Saben!

Yeah, I don't know what we're Saben him for! He could be that spark we need. (I'm a little bit serious here. Couldn't hurt to try. He'd probably help more than Shamet although I know that's not saying much.)

[SunsSince92]

Uggghhh... Please, God, no more Landry Shamet.

I'd rather we played Saben!

Yeah, I don't know what we're Saben him for! He could be that spark we need. (I'm a little bit serious here. Couldn't hurt to try. He'd probably help more than Shamet although I know that's not saying much.)

Exactly. I'm sure there is a sound justification for playing an undersized SG who can't shoot over a legit (albeit inexperienced) PG in Payne's absence, but whatever it is, it's eluding me at the moment.

[Kryptonic]

Uggghhh... Please, God, no more Landry Shamet.

I'd rather we played Saben!

Yeah, I don't know what we're Saben him for! He could be that spark we need. (I'm a little bit serious here. Couldn't hurt to try. He'd probably help more than Shamet although I know that's not saying much.)

Exactly. I'm sure there is a sound justification for playing an undersized SG who can't shoot over a legit (albeit inexperienced) PG in Payne's absence, but whatever it is, it's eluding me at the moment.

Especially after that last performance…. I’m sure Monty’s going to over think his line up again today.

[Flagrant Fowl]

IIRC, Saben Lee isn’t available for the playoffs.

[Split T]

Ya Saben is on a 2-way, he’s not eligible to play unless we cut someone from the 15-man roster

[Kryptonic]

Ya Saben is on a 2-way, he’s not eligible to play unless we cut someone from the 15-man roster

I think we've seen enough of Ross to know we he's the odd man out...

[Split T]

Ross? I like Ross. Bazley is the clear cut if you want Saben to play. There’s zero plan for Baz to play at all.

[Kryptonic]

Ross? I like Ross. Bazley is the clear cut if you want Saben to play. There’s zero plan for Baz to play at all.

I stand corrected.... LOL, totally forgot about him.

[Superbone]

Ya Saben is on a 2-way, he’s not eligible to play unless we cut someone from the 15-man roster

Everybody's whipping boy, Shamet?

[Cap]

Ya Saben is on a 2-way, he’s not eligible to play unless we cut someone from the 15-man roster

It’s too late. Playoff rosters are set at the start of the playoffs.

[Superbone]

Suns-Clippers Game 2 preview: Phoenix’s effort to dictate the style of play

https://arizonasports.com/story/3520284 ... e-of-play/

PHOENIX — For the first time in the Monty Williams era, the Phoenix Suns are down 0-1 in a playoff series.

Phoenix was previously 6-0 in Game 1s, all at home, before Sunday’s 115-110 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Those six victories featured an overwhelming force of attention to detail and work rate. Though there was slippage at times, the latter was there most of the night. The execution, however, was not.

Once Phoenix got by the first-game jitters in Game 1 two years ago against the Los Angeles Lakers, it shot 52.0% and had a 3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio over the next five Game 1s. The numbers on Sunday weren’t too far off, 47.6% and a 2.7 ratio, but the eye test was far more revealing on offense.

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[JeremyG]

I don’t know about Nurse. He seemed to wear on the Raptors players and they’ve under achieved the last couple years. If the players are tired of Monty, sure it’d be worth a try, but I don’t think that’s the case. If the players are still on board with Monty I wouldn’t do that.

Whether or not they are now, they won’t be if we lose in the first round.

The only thing that makes you happier than a good Ayton game is a bad Monty game.

Happy? I've been in a terrible mood ever since Sunday night.

[Superbone]

I don’t know about Nurse. He seemed to wear on the Raptors players and they’ve under achieved the last couple years. If the players are tired of Monty, sure it’d be worth a try, but I don’t think that’s the case. If the players are still on board with Monty I wouldn’t do that.

Whether or not they are now, they won’t be if we lose in the first round.

The only thing that makes you happier than a good Ayton game is a bad Monty game.

Happy? I've been in a terrible mood ever since Sunday night.

That makes all of us.

[Flagrant Fowl]

[Superbone]

5 takeaways from Suns' Game 2 victory against Clippers
From Devin Booker's scoring barrage to the role rebounding is playing in the series, these 5 things stood out in Game 2.

https://www.nba.com/news/5-takeaways-su ... 60be89d7da

I love how they included some of Al's play calls in the video.

[JeremyG]

5 takeaways from Suns' Game 2 victory against Clippers
From Devin Booker's scoring barrage to the role rebounding is playing in the series, these 5 things stood out in Game 2.

https://www.nba.com/news/5-takeaways-su ... 60be89d7da

I love how they included some of Al's play calls in the video.

Very cool. I like that they usually include radio calls for a lot of the playoff videos on NBA.com, including the Clippers’ Noah Eagle for game 1. Fun fact: I used to run board ops for some of the Clippers games (for the Clippers radio network’s affiliate stations) when the legendary Ralph Lawler (“Lawler’s Law”) was still part of the broadcast, but that was before Ian Eagle’s son Noah became the radio PxP voice (both of whom are great broadcasters in their own right).

[Superbone]