Last Week's Games GAME 1: Sunday, April 17th vs. New Orleans WIN! 110-99
This Week's Games
GAME 2: Tuesday, Apr 19th vs New Orleans 10:00pm EST TNT/BSAZ
GAME 3: Friday, Apr 22nd @ New Orleans 9:30pm EST ESPN/BSAZ
GAME 4: Sunday, Apr 24th @ New Orleans 9:30pm EST TNT/BSAZ
How come we never make the ABC game? Network bastards! It's alright. We can wait them out. Like Steve Martin famously said, "Be so good that they can't ignore you."
How come we never make the ABC game? Network bastards! It's alright. We can wait them out. Like Steve Martin famously said, "Be so good that they can't ignore you."
Hopefully the Suns can make this first-round series short and spare everyone's cardiac health.
I'm more worried about the WCFs at this point but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
"There are 3 rules I live by: never get less than 12 hours sleep, never play cards with a guy with the same first name as a city & never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Everything else is cream cheese."
So we can pretty much expect the Suns n Monty to not disclose much about Book
Fact is, still have the better half of the Playoffs bracket and matchups that we should still be able to navigate so I expect our guys to show the usual resilience and respond
So we go Cam in the starting lineup, right? Honestly, that should help us defensively. He’s better than Book and bigger. We’ve got 3 guys now that could switch onto Ingram. Shamet/Craig split the Cam bench minutes.
I’d look at not playing McGee…maybe just go small when Nance is out there, or go with Biyombo. Don’t need a 5 out there unless Jonas is on the court. Biyombo covers the perimeter better than Javale.
Yeah I think we have to start CamJ. I guess we will get to see if Shamet was worth spending a pick and player on. That is really the only reason we made the deal, since we couldn't play Carter in the playoffs.
Phoenix star Devin Booker is unlikely to be able to play in Games 3 or 4 of the Suns' playoff series against New Orleans after exiting Game 2 with an injury, sources confirmed to The Athletic. An MRI revealed Booker suffered a "mild right hamstring strain" and there is no timetable for his return, the Suns announced Wednesday.
Booker left the game Tuesday with 31 points, all scored in the first half, and the Pelicans went on to win 125-114. The series is tied 1-1 with Games 3 and 4 in New Orleans.
Suns coach Monty Williams said he believes Booker was injured running back on defense. Booker missed seven games in December with a left hamstring injury. The Suns were 5-2 during that span.
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Significance of Booker's injury
Jason Quick, NBA staff writer: It's certainly a blow for Phoenix, but it's not the end of the world. Booker this season twice missed a chunk of games — he was sidelined for seven games in December with a left hamstring injury, and he missed four games in March because of the league's health and safety protocols.
The Suns went 5-2 in the December stretch (losing to Golden State and the Clippers) and went 3-1 in March (losing at Milwaukee).
Who has to become more of a scorer if he is out?
Quick: Williams would probably like everyone to absorb a little more responsibility rather than putting the onus on one player, but this probably changes the approach of point guard Chris Paul, who has shown in this series that he can shift from facilitator to scorer in the blink of an eye.
If Booker is unable to play, it will also likely mean more playing time for Landry Shamet, who received rave reviews from Williams and his teammates after scoring five points in 12 minutes.
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