nba playoffs aka the 'offs (which includes the 'ins) 2021

Pat Bev just rage quit and threw his controller at the tv

— Very Nice Akis (@Aykis16) July 1, 2021

ok I gotta know what CP3 said to him

lol pat bev whta a baby

pat bev out here concussing players w/ no consequence this will rear its head later

cp3 going out being a total asshole to the clippers is hysterical

lol yeah good stuff

Suns go to the Finals for their first trip since 1976. Nicely done, Suns.

Barkley went in ‘93 with the Suns?

cant really take much joy in cp going to the finals tbh

if it was going to happen i’m glad it happened at the expense of the clippers

I used to be a PatBev fan but this is embarrassing and they should throw the book at him

well the whole genius of pat bev, as it were, is that he’s the one under control and getting under someone else’s skin, goading them into techs and ejections while never crossing the line. but when he’s the one shoving someone in the back it all kinda falls apart and he just looks like a petulant asshole. you can’t ever get out pat bev’d if you’re pat bev

i assume he’ll get suspended for like 5 games to start the season

Andrew Bynum tackled guys in midair three separate times and the third time he got a 3 game suspension

jae crowder has been a vital role player on back to back finals teams for two different franchises, low key of the better role player runs in recent history

role player hollafame resume builder right there

Chris Paul celebrates PatBev's ejection pic.twitter.com/4xSlFqcy7M

— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) July 1, 2021

this is how i want to remember cp3

man I love this suns team

cousins had a lot of great reactions this game

"I used to be a PatBev fan but this is embarrassing and they should throw the book at him"

Same

pat bev's been hunting for injuries this whole series, his whole career really. I enjoy all the other clown shit he pulls on some level, but hurting people isn't cool

cp3 lying prone on the floor like he was just run over by a truck was a great touch

funny how paul george, jokic, and lebron all didn't stick around to congratulate the suns post-series

Booker and PG had words in the past.

Congrats to the suns. Cool young team way ahead of Schedule you just don’t see that.

Everyone otm re pat bev. I used to be an apologist but he showed his whole ass and now we know what he’s really about.

i missed this game (sad!) but had to look up the pat bev thing and HOLY shit, just drop him from the league

the lil bastard did it 🥺

Chris Paul postgame: "To do it here against the Clippers, this is my family too... Billy Crystal, that's my family."

— Sabreena Merchant (@sabreenajm) July 1, 2021

Crystal is the OG Clippers fan, no?

yeah

the very first one

billy "mr clipper (the first clipper)" crystal

little known fact that in the beginning the Clippers only played on Saturday nights as an homage

funny how paul george, jokic, and lebron all didn't stick around to congratulate the suns post-series

he gave ayton a signed jersey

40-point, no-turnover performances in conference finals (via @Stathead):

Michael Jordan
Shaquille O’Neal
Chris Paul

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July 1, 2021

those are the types of dudes he’s on like every playoff leaderboard with, so happy he’s finally getting a shot

did jokic come back onto the floor after getting ejected? the signed jersey was awesome

I just think it's interesting that the suns somehow piss off the opposing team's best players over a series so much that by the deciding game, those players either take insane rage-fouls or storm off the court

^maybe because no one thinks they should lose to the Suns

and yet

tbf they were a lottery team for like an entire decade & the last few years they were in dead last in the West, it took me half the season to realize they were actually good and even still I thought they were gonna get massacred by the Lakers

the bubble run was a big clue, in retrospect. but I didn't think they'd beat a healthy lakers team either

I just think it's interesting that the suns somehow piss off the opposing team's best players over a series so much that by the deciding game, those players either take insane rage-fouls or storm off the court

― symsymsym, Thursday, July 1, 2021 9:28 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

CP

well yeah. booker, crowder and payne all talk a lot of shit too

none of them seem to care too much about being friendly w the competition

sun are a lil bit feisty, its nice

Paul's antics aside, I actually think the Suns carry themselves really, really well. I'm sure they talk, but Booker, Bridges and Ayton seem like relatively calm, cool and collected youngsters, and Crowder's wily vet moves are reasonable enough. None of 'em look like Pat Bev, Draymond, Boogie or Luka out there.

Booker in particular has evolved into exactly the kind of guy you want leading your team for 20 years. Talented, obviously, but also tough, even-keeled, willing to do the little stuff, says all the right stuff, seems passionate about team and winning. He may never be Kobe but he's definitely a guy you can hang a franchise on, imo.

otm
Ayton is such a refreshing player in so many ways - personality at the podium as well as how he is reviving some old school big man energy but making it work in the era of hoisting