ITS THE OFFS BABY THE 2023 NBA PLAYOFFS

this play was wild. suns just like wow nice rebound russ and stand around no one even looking to cover the best player on the court who was wide open and cooking

LIVE BY WESTBROOK, DIE BY WESTBROOKhttps://t.co/3XdtUIKkbf pic.twitter.com/WqBGUOLeMF

— Wobsell Westbrook (@WorldWideWob) April 17, 2023

suns only 19 3pa

MPJ has missed some shots but I’m really liking his energy. he came to play. I’m a little worried about jamal’s burst

the suns bench is sooo bad

― k3vin k., Sunday, April 16, 2023 7:49 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

dying at the suns boxscore +/- they are gonna need a minimum A- game from their top 4 every night to win

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401540757

kd played 45 mins yikes

aaron gordon has 3 fouls, not ideal. think we’re seeing a lot of jeff green tonight

all upsets today can the nuggets break the trend

porter lookin sharp

I’ve said this before but I am “a porter guy”

cant believe this show dr pimple popper theyre running ads for

yeah its absolutely disgusting my daughter couldnt get it out of her heard when i was putting her to bed a bit ago

oh no wtf

the pimple popper dr is good internet content, idk how they turned it into a show tho

my wife loves that stuff. i cant stand it though

i instinctively recoil when those ads comes on

you fucking babies

keep that sicko shit online where it belongs

everything is online, im streaming tnt rn

jokic has been great on defense this game

good lord what is going on with KAT

shooting free throws off the side of the rim

well this rules

so what’s minnesota’s plan for competing in this series

seems like the kind of game where a few very key things have gone wrong for the nuggets (foul trouble for their bigs primarily) and yet they’re up 25

it feels like they’re shooting 50% from three but it’s only 40%

not sure kyle anderson was really the good guy in the gobert exchange…

Not bad pic.twitter.com/MPJ7dsTOQP

— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) April 17, 2023

nuggets defense out here holding the wolves offense to the 0th percentile. the ohth!!

I’m having a good time but I am very ok with taking the key guys out now

so naturally malone subs jokic back in up 30 with less than 8 minutes left. and jokic all but picks up 2 immediate fouls on purpose and fouls out. he’s seen enough

not sure kyle anderson was really the good guy in the gobert exchange…

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 16, 2023 9:39 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

he's def got a short fuse / sharp tongue

one of these russ interactions is not gonna end well.

@Suns we’re gonna need better security. pic.twitter.com/AIF6ND2xQX

— Blake Christopher (@BCH66223) April 17, 2023

wtf

J0rdan S. at 11:34 16 Apr 23

so what’s minnesota’s plan for competing in this series


Naz going down was tough, but with Jaden out they never had a slight chance, which would have been slight even with him

was wondering what russ was doing in that lounge and well he was taking a shortcut lol

I'm sure you've seen the Russell Westbrook/#Suns fan interaction by now, but visiting players have been going through the club area to the visiting lockerroom all season.

It's been used as a short cut to the visiting lockerroom. #ClipperNation #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/HGpOUu0105

— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) April 17, 2023

was thinking he went back there to track the guy down for some shit he said courtside but no seems like the guy said something while he walked past which is much more reasonable from the russ pov

cannot imagine eating some halftime snacks on a couch and heckling a very powerful and combustable nba player from ten feet away lol, personal safety issues aside its just very rude

wonder what he said

Clippers don't need plays. Kwahi scored 38 pts and, per the ringer article, "According to Second Spectrum, all of Leonard’s 24 field goal attempts were contested and 16 were not assisted by a teammate"

feels like their strategy for winning the series begins and ends w/ kawhi putting the whole team on his back. not like they have much other choice

theyve got a depth advantage to leverage need to play fast and physical

arent kawhi teams slow paced tho?

he does play quite deliberately but theres no reason the other guys cant speed it up tho tbf many of them are pretty slow too still i think they should try their best

watched the fourth q of suns-clippers

the clippers weren’t exactly playing the greatest defensive line up known to man but in a shocking turn of events the suns have a very easy time getting good shots in crunch time. i also thought they looked good defensively at the end too. booker being above average at D + KD means they have a pretty strong defensive backbone out there w/ their main 4 while also being elite or close to it offensively

i thought the stuff that killed them was just like… new team stuff. leaving guys incl kawhi wide open for threes off scramble type plays & offensive rebounds. not all out gang rebounding. in general rebounding seems like their biggest flaw to me… they’re a small team and ayton is only an ok rebounder for a guy his size. they were def getting outhustled by russ & there was some bad bounce luck, but i also thought russ exposed phx’s size/athleticism a bit. their guards are small, they’re kinda small at forward too, and ayton plays smaller than he is

all that said tho i’m still looking at a crunch time 5 of kawhi + westbrook, mann, gordon & zubac and thinking this is still a pretty tall task for the board man. even w PG hurt their roster has really gone backwards in the last year or two

they are at a talent disadvantage for sure but the lack of cohesion from the suns, a weak bench and shaky coaching gives them a chance.

the minutes situation for the suns is very worrying feel like cp3 and kd will probably die if it continues

they will perish

the west doesn't have the highest ceiling teams, but it does have a lot of teams with depth. i don't see how phoenix is going to get through multiple series where they lose every bench minute.

In Game 1, Miami had the 5th best shotmaking game of any playoff team in the past 10 years, as far as actual eFG over expected eFG.

But Milwaukee also had the best shotmaking game on *two pointers* of any playoff team in the past 10 years.

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) April 17, 2023

thats nuts

bucks only shot 50% from two too heats d was everywhere