Western Conference Round 2, Game 4: Nuggets (2-1) @ Suns (1-2), Sun 5/07/23

[Flagrant Fowl]

Jeremy, you're overreacting and the tattletale act is off-putting.

It's slightly above nothing and the technical foul was a just penalty in that situation.

What tattletale act?

The stuff about Ishbia being and owner and how the Board of Governors will feel about it is very My dad can beat up your dad!! energy. So tattletale act, as in childish.

[Wally_West]

idk…feels like Jokic asking for a suspension a little lol

[Flagrant Fowl]

Yeah, he and Malone aren't doing themselves any favors. A pretty dumb soapbox to die on if it comes to that.

[Vladimir_Taltos]

Yeah, he and Malone aren't doing themselves any favors. A pretty dumb soapbox to die on if it comes to that.

Malone acting all tough guy vs. apologetic is not going to play well...

[JeremyG]

Wait a minute...do we know if any Suns players left the "vicinity of the bench area" during this?

[Shabazz]

Despite the modest box-score and the +/-, DA was much better in this game. He's still got a ways to go, but good on him for being engaged and making some big plays in crunch time.

[Superbone]

Letter of the law:

[Nodack]

Wild game. That was a stressful game to watch. I thought this was supposed to be entertainment.

I am cool with whatever they decide with Jokic. From my view the ball ended up in the owners hands. He didn’t surrender the ball right away and Jokic pried it away from him sending it flying. Maybe words were said between the two and Jokic clearly gives him a slight shove backwards. Rule #1 in the nba, don’t attack the fans. They generally come down hard on that. This wasn’t much of an attack. It could have escalated if it was a drunk fan with a chip on their shoulder. It hope they just move on even though it still hurts that they suspended Amare.

This game. You could have made a fortune betting on Shamet to have the game he did. Nobody saw that coming on planet earth. He picked a great time to not suck. And Landale gave awesome minutes. I didn’t see the box score but, our bench totally out scored theirs. I saw a stat. The Suns were last or almost last in fast break points in the league this season and they are #1 in fast break points in the playoffs. Crazy

They are going to need another Herculean effort to win the next one. The strategy of letting Jokic get his with single coverage paid off, although barely. Jokic with hardly any rebounds and a ton of points this game. They doubled him just enough in the second half to cause a couple of turnovers. They got Murray to turn it over with a double team too. Durant finding his stroke groove a little more. Ayton had some good moments, especially early on. I was yelling at my tv when Murray chased down a ball while Ayton stood out of bounds and then watched Murray drive the baseline and lay it in as Ayton realizes too late that he should do something about it. I won’t dwell on it.

2/2

Next…

[Superbone]

I was yelling at my tv when Murray chased down a ball while Ayton stood out of bounds and then watched Murray drive the baseline and lay it in as Ayton realizes too late that he should do something about it. I won’t dwell on it.

Saw that too but I think it was his only transgression this game.

[Wally_West]

Suspend joker

[JeremyG]

[Superbone]

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[JeremyG]

This exactly.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Most unsurprising take ever from Pat Beverley.

[ShelC]

Postgame Quotes and Videos

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[ShelC]

The Jokic-Ishbia stuff is dumb. By the rule he should probably be suspended, but I don't think Silver's League Office will do it. They want players playing and TV ratings in the playoffs. Fines for both and move on.

[carey]

Anyone else watching think Ishbia was being dumb by not giving the ball up? I know he was giving J.O. time to get back on the court but it was kind of stupid on his part.

[wpmiller42]

Anyone else watching think Ishbia was being dumb by not giving the ball up? I know he was giving J.O. time to get back on the court but it was kind of stupid on his part.

Ishbia probably should have tossed it to a ref first thing. Jokic was dumb too because he was still going to hand it to the ref because it wasn't after a made basket. Odds are the ref was going to wait for Okogie to get up anyways. But lots of dumb things happened in that sequence.

[Kryptonic]

I personally don’t want Jokic suspended…. We’ve been on the receiving end of that. Not to mention I think him being suspended would actually ruin our momentum we have going and could see us getting lazy in the game if he’s suspended.

Love basketball when the foots to the pedal

[O_Gardino]

I haven't had time to post much lately, but you guys have it covered.

I just want to add that this was our first win where the Big 4 had less than 90 points. Great win by the guys.

edited for clarity