Western Conference Round 1, Game 3: Suns (1-1) @ Clippers (1-1), Thurs 4/20/23

[Superbone]

Being a Suns fan has gotten harder on my nerves as I've aged.

Be careful. Take care of yourself.

[djy2j]

Impressive win against a Clippers team without Leonard and Paul George!

Normally I'd be discouraged by this but Powell did what Kawhi would have done. Kawhi and Powell wouldn't have had equal scoring outputs because Russ still would get his 23 shots up leaving only about 10 shots for other teammates and that's simply not a thing.

Letting Powell go off tonight is another topic however.

[Superbone]

Huge miss by Bones.

That thing was so far down. It's amazing that it popped back out.

[Superbone]

Imagine winning a playoff game where Paul only has 11 points and takes 3 more shots than Durant.

Luckily, I don't have to.

[Split T]

45/6/3/3/2 and 0 turnovers on 18/29 from the field for Booker.

[SunsSince92]

45/6/3/3/2 and 0 turnovers on 18/29 from the field for Booker.

He was sensational tonight

[Split T]

Ya incoming 30/10/10 game from Westbrook where he takes 35 shots

It was 30/8/12 on 23 shots

[bajanguy008]

I usually read all the posts then make mine
Because of that sometimes I just don't bother to comment on DA cause he gets enough heat on here as is but I haven't read a thing yet cause I have to add my 2cents

Tonight was like really really badd man
Unbelievably so.....

We've been commenting on the same thing for years, stronger with the ball and usually that shows up on rebounds (happen tonight also) or catching in traffic (also happen tonight) but watching Plumlee guard him was depressing man

I was cursing then just disheartened cause I felt like Plumlee was gonna steal the ball every time....
Like he was pressing right up on DA at the 3pt line, high post, wherever and DA is there literally trying to hold the ball strong and Plumlee just kept knocking it out

It's one thing to get a rebound and someone comes in when you're bringing the ball down but to be just standing gripping the ball and keep having it dislodged is mind-blowing......

I don't know what to say man

[SunsSince92]

The effort the Clips put in tonight has me wondering whether there is acknowledgement within the org that Kawhi's injury is likely to rule him out of the next 2 to 3 games minimum? I obviously wouldn't expect them to go down without a fight if he was just out the 1 game, but there seemed to be a real desperation to win tonight's game.

[JeremyG]

[JeremyG]

I usually read all the posts then make mine
Because of that sometimes I just don't bother to comment on DA cause he gets enough heat on here as is but I haven't read a thing yet cause I have to add my 2cents

Tonight was like really really badd man
Unbelievably so.....

We've been commenting on the same thing for years, stronger with the ball and usually that shows up on rebounds (happen tonight also) or catching in traffic (also happen tonight) but watching Plumlee guard him was depressing man

I was cursing then just disheartened cause I felt like Plumlee was gonna steal the ball every time....
Like he was pressing right up on DA at the 3pt line, high post, wherever and DA is there literally trying to hold the ball strong and Plumlee just kept knocking it out

It's one thing to get a rebound and someone comes in when you're bringing the ball down but to be just standing gripping the ball and keep having it dislodged is mind-blowing......

I don't know what to say man

He had 2 turnovers.

[carey]

What is this team that shoots 46 FTs, 20 MORE than their opponent?

[Superbone]

What is this team that shoots 46 FTs, 20 MORE than their opponent?

Kind of hard not to when the other team is overly aggressive for 48 minutes.

[Superbone]

KD really embracing Arizona. Rocking the DBacks hat in his postgame press conference.

[Superbone]

Now we need to step on their throats and take game four.

[ShelC]

Postgame Quotes and Videos

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[Flagrant Fowl]

I have some trouble with the developing “Monty isn’t involving KD enough” narrative. I was frustrated in Game 1, but that’s flipped for the most part as I rewatch these games more closely.

Kinda funny this was on my Twitter timeline because I noticed it much more on the second viewing. Plumlee isn’t looking at Booker at all because of Durant.

[Drewsprocket]

I usually read all the posts then make mine
Because of that sometimes I just don't bother to comment on DA cause he gets enough heat on here as is but I haven't read a thing yet cause I have to add my 2cents

Tonight was like really really badd man
Unbelievably so.....

We've been commenting on the same thing for years, stronger with the ball and usually that shows up on rebounds (happen tonight also) or catching in traffic (also happen tonight) but watching Plumlee guard him was depressing man

I was cursing then just disheartened cause I felt like Plumlee was gonna steal the ball every time....
Like he was pressing right up on DA at the 3pt line, high post, wherever and DA is there literally trying to hold the ball strong and Plumlee just kept knocking it out

It's one thing to get a rebound and someone comes in when you're bringing the ball down but to be just standing gripping the ball and keep having it dislodged is mind-blowing......

I don't know what to say man

I think if there is a suitor for him this summer, he’s gotta go. too much $ spent on players who aren’t consistent. This is now game 3 and we’re still waiting on playoff Ayton.

[Kryptonic]

I usually read all the posts then make mine
Because of that sometimes I just don't bother to comment on DA cause he gets enough heat on here as is but I haven't read a thing yet cause I have to add my 2cents

Tonight was like really really badd man
Unbelievably so.....

We've been commenting on the same thing for years, stronger with the ball and usually that shows up on rebounds (happen tonight also) or catching in traffic (also happen tonight) but watching Plumlee guard him was depressing man

I was cursing then just disheartened cause I felt like Plumlee was gonna steal the ball every time....
Like he was pressing right up on DA at the 3pt line, high post, wherever and DA is there literally trying to hold the ball strong and Plumlee just kept knocking it out

It's one thing to get a rebound and someone comes in when you're bringing the ball down but to be just standing gripping the ball and keep having it dislodged is mind-blowing......

I don't know what to say man

I think if there is a suitor for him this summer, he’s gotta go. too much $ spent on players who aren’t consistent. This is now game 3 and we’re still waiting on playoff Ayton.

Yup….he needs to go something fierce. Him and CP3 can be packaged…. They’re the things holding us back, no matter how much people want to excuse aytons bullshit.

[Mori Chu]

Great to get this win. Kind of a must-win; if we couldn't beat this Clips team without Kawhi and PG, that'd be pretty pathetic. We should be concerned by how much they stuck with us, though. We barely won and still had to play Book 45 minutes yet again. This is going to come back to bite us.

Folks were saying that KD struggled and had a bad game. I don't know if I agree. Sure he didn't have a gaudy stat line, but even on a "quiet" night he got us 28/6/5. And I just see countless plays where KD draws a double-team or distracts 2-3 defenders and then another player gets a good shot because of it. I don't remember ever having a player like that before who just drew that much attention on offense, who had that much gravity and drove that much fear into the opponents' hearts. KD is extremely valuable on both ends of the floor.

I really think Coach should be playing Damion Lee more. He will get so many open looks from 3 on this team, and he can actually make them. In 11 minutes he had 8 points and hit two 3s for us last night. I think he should get most of those Shamet minutes. I don't think the TJ Warren experiment is really working, though; would rather see more minutes for Okogie or maybe Ross instead.

We're lucky that Eric Gordon couldn't hit anything last night. I think the Clips would have beaten us if their guys had just played to their usual levels. Really happy we got the win, but if it is this hard for us to beat the Clips without their 2 best players, we have some work to do if we want to be a championship team.