Board 8 > NBA Finals topic

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yeah, suns have been playing great basketball. and devin booker can feel so automatic when he's in the right rhythm. beverly was giving him trouble last series but now he's finding his shots so much better again.
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MZero posted...

Bucks are streaky, they could easily win both of their home games. I'm not getting comfortable yet

I am guessing we see Foster for game 3 and the series depends on (can the Bucks win game 4). If you see Foster for game 3, there's good betting value on the Bucks. That's what a birdie told me anyway.

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I think Suns in 5 at this point. Bucks probably nab one at home (perhaps the Scott Foster game), but that's it.

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I got Suns in 5 too.

Also, Team USA lost to Nigeria despite being 30 point favorites. Previous two meetings were wins by Team USA of 44 and 83.

so you know what time it is

https://twitter.com/AlykhanKR/status/1414044134571130881

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Taking his talents to the gold coast

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Leonhart4 posted...

Taking his talents to the gold coast

The hardest Coast

Too many fairweather Suns fans on my Instagram feed. I'd probably seen 5 posts about the Suns before this year since I made an account in like 2013

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welcome to your team having playoff success you attract all the ExThas

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ninkendo posted...

welcome to your team having playoff success you attract all the ExThas

To be fair they are mostly from Phoenix or live there at least!

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There's no Lebron, Durant, or Curry to bandwagon in the Finals this year so they have to cling to someone new

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I mean, if they live in Phoenix, maybe they just aren't NBA fans that are excited for their city. That's a pretty common thing anywhere that happens.
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I dunno. Is it loyalty to talk about how trash your team is for an entire decade? The Suns have been a sub-par team for basically as long as Twitter has existed and it's really hard to be seen as a fan if all you have to talk about is how your team keeps failing.

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jeff van gundy dunking on twitter nerds who criticize mike budenholzer


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ninkendo posted...

jeff van gundy dunking on twitter nerds who criticize mike budenholzer

Shocker of the day: former coach defends current coach

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ChichiriMuyo posted...

I dunno. Is it loyalty to talk about how trash your team is for an entire decade? The Suns have been a sub-par team for basically as long as Twitter has existed and it's really hard to be seen as a fan if all you have to talk about is how your team keeps failing.

The Kings have entered the chat

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Damn, if Giannis fell on Middletons head there

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Sorozone posted...

Im just gonna say Cam Johnson is going to be really fucking good in a couple years.

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Scott Foster is all sorts of fucked up btw

like how does this happen and we all just blow it off

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Giannis is a beast! This is how the Bucks are capable of playing. They proved tonight they can compete against the Suns, and even more than that, dominate. The question is, can they put this kind of effort up the rest of the way? They were helped a bit by a poorer than average shooting performance from the Suns. Can't expect them to play that poorly the rest of the way, but if the Bucks can perform on this level on their end, it will at least be an interesting series the rest of the way. Game 4 win is still very much needed to even things up.

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And now Team USA loses to Australia

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smh no LeBron and they fell apart. the goat argument grows stronger.

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Sixers are now engaging in trade talks for Ben Simmons

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how do you miss that call

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LOL Chris Paul

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well we have a series

and now ESPN might have a problem with Maria Taylor

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Paul played like garbage.

Refs were bad all around.

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yeah the officiating was pretty atrocious

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I was worried the Suns were going to pull that one out behind Booker's performance. Down 9 in the 4th, Bucks were able to get it done and now we got a series. Best 2 out of 3.

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MZero posted...

Bucks are streaky, they could easily win both of their home games. I'm not getting comfortable yet

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Also the refs had a dreadful game

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Monty should be let go of tonight.

The Suns had this team dead in the water, and the refs made terrible call after terrible call and he didnt challenge any of them, and every single terrible call led to 2 or 3 points the other way, and 2 of them led to 2 points and a fifth foul on one of your 4 best players.

Refs were bad both ways. Feel like Booker sets records for most points through three quarters and most fouls in a single game.

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Suprak the Stud posted...

Refs were bad both ways. Feel like Booker sets records for most points through three quarters and most fouls in a single game.

If you're counting the no-calls against his foul count it's only fair to take away the phantom calls he got earlier so it probabaly ends up at about 6 anyway!

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Suprak the Stud posted...

Refs were bad both ways. Feel like Booker sets records for most points through three quarters and most fouls in a single game.

Refs were unspeakably bad one way, and bad the other. The refs sucked, Im not blaming them, Im blaming Monty for never taking them to task or challenging their terrible calls.

MZero posted...

If you're counting the no-calls against his foul count it's only fair to take away the phantom calls he got earlier so it probabaly ends up at about 6 anyway!

That 100% is probably while the refs ate their whistles at the end there because those were to of the most obvious fouls and they just sort of shrugged and let him play. Well maybe no 100% but you could tell the were scared to foul him out.

NominateMoogles posted...

Refs were unspeakably bad one way, and bad the other. The refs sucked, Im not blaming them, Im blaming Monty for never taking them to task or challenging their terrible calls.

I dunno Im not even placing the blame on Monty as much as I am CP. That had to be his worst game of the entire season. I mean hes almost definitely hurt so I get it but if he plays even an average game I feel like Suns win by 10.

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Suprak the Stud posted...

That 100% is probably while the refs ate their whistles at the end there because those were to of the most obvious fouls and they just sort of shrugged and let him play. Well maybe no 100% but you could tell the were scared to foul him out.

I dunno Im not even placing the blame on Monty as much as I am CP. That had to be his worst game of the entire season. I mean hes almost definitely hurt so I get it but if he plays even an average game I feel like Suns win by 10.

Paul was awful (I actually dont think he was terrible the whole game like everyone else did, but he had a 4th quarter for the ages), but Monty never did a single thing to reverse momentum. Paul had 4 4th quarter TOs, he couldnt call a time out after any of them to calm him down, or make defensive adjustments when Middleton was getting to where he wanted at will, or again challenge a play, legit any play, you had quite a pick of awful calls that would be instantly overturned.

NBC is poaching her for the Olympics

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ninkendo posted...

NBC is poaching her for the Olympics

Why?

have they watched her career?

Letting monty go would be an all-time dumb move. It's on the players to keep the other team from getting those points after each foul. And even if monty made a mistake, he's allowed. He's a huge reason the team is even here.
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Emeraldegg posted...

Letting monty go would be an all-time dumb move. It's on the players to keep the other team from getting those points after each foul. And even if monty made a mistake, he's allowed. He's a huge reason the team is even here.

tbh that was too dumb to justify a response, especially with how bad the Suns were before last year

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Wizards name Wes Unseld Jr. their new coach

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Talk about a tale of two quarters

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imagine my surprise after missing the first 4ish minutes of the second quarter

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final minute gonna be a wild ride

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ninkendo posted...

final minute gonna be a wild ride

The countdown chant when Giannis is at the line keeps cracking me up.

and worked that time

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worked too well that time

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sucks to watch a team choke right at the end of a comeback

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I think my Suns in 5 pick isn't going to pan out

Oh well, I'd be glad to see Giannis get a ring

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