Can we for the love of god get some more nuggets talk. I mean those dudes are showing up like how a number 1 seed is supposed to show up. NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD THEY LOOK.
@@nassiglutt6587 Nick IS the new Skip. Skip started his career ofcourse around Jordan's early years probably earlier BUT made his name in media by being the BIGGEST Jordan Stan while tearing down LeBron. Nick is now building his name/fame around being the biggest LeBron Stan, while tearing down Kd & others in the process. Btw I'm a lakers fan.
Lakers are 100 times better then grizzlies, the nba had to step in & make game 2 Memphis win. All those elbows JJJ is not getting called for in game 2will be fouls in game 3 cause home crowd won’t let it slide. AD was not happy after game cause obviously a refs memo was out before game “Let AD GET HACKED & well let JJJ do whatever cause we can’t lose him & Ja & if lakers go up 2~0 the series over”. Did u see the basket AD MADE on JJJ& they called AD for an elbow🤣🤣🤣IT WAS LITERALLY A NORMAL BBALL SHOT
Suns look so unserious. I know the Clippers have a deep bench, but the Suns are struggling against them even while getting over forty free throws??? No Kawhi or PG on the floor too???
I just think y’all underestimating the clips. This is why most gms picked them to win last summer. The roster is deep full of good nba players. 10-11 deep, most teams lucky to be 7 deep.
They did beat them when Kawhi was playing in game 2 and i don't think PG can play better than Westbrook has the past two games (who would have to take a smaller role on the ball with PG playing). Role players play better at home and Clippers have 3 of the best bench two-way plug-in players in the league. The Suns have a specialist bench, with clear scorers and clear defenders so they lose the bench minutes against a full two-way team. Clippers with Kawhi are contenders, they are the worst matchup for the Suns and Suns played exactly 8 games with KD in the regular season, with him being injured for a while - it's not surprising they struggle. They didn't even have time to rehearse sets with him. Ty knows this so the Clippers blitz KD to take him out of the game and force turnovers. If the Suns' shot is not falling, that's a winning strategy, one that not a lot of teams can offer. What the Suns did to offset that is a) Book is a bucket and letting him beat you is a bad idea because he's also pretty good at playmaking, so he is instructed to run very aggressively at defenders to prevent traps and exploit defensive movements b) when it was clear that it was going to be one of those poor shooting nights, they started attacking the rim more and initiating contact against a very physical Clippers defense (which is something they don't usually do). It payed off. And the fact that they did take the 2-1 lead just proves that when KD figures out his team a bit more and against a team that doesn't have defenders that can bother him as much, they'll look a lot better. Don't underestimate well constructed NBA playoff teams. Grizzlies beat the Lakers without JA and Adams. Bucks beat the Heat without Giannis. Those are still NBA players. That being said, i doubt the Suns can win it all this season but they are far more dangerous than this series would make you believe.
definitely not a good sign for winning a championship. regardless of this series I wouldn’t be comfortable as a suns fan. shows you how important an all around team is
Hilarious how Bookers performance (36.3 PPG on 64% fg and 3 steals and 2 blocks a game) for the first three games is barely even mentioned. If luka was doing this Nick would be spazzing out about how this man is the future of the league and absolutely carrying his team. But it’s book so everyone just brushes it off and dusts it under a table like nothing happened. Nobody wants to hear about the guy who dropped 45 on 70% shooting last night nah let’s talk about every other thing in the game but that.
😂 we have eye we can see most of his points are because the defense is doubling the real threat, yes he is great but you lost us saying he should get luka type love
He got KD on his team lmaoooo the one who is getting doble 💀😭😂 he is special but with KD the court is open for him which make him unstoppable but idk if they can pass other team fully healthy
Bcs he's doing it against a undermanned clippers team. If the clippers had both their best players, who aswell their best defenders and book was doing this? Then he would def be getting all the praise like luka. Luka was cooking the clippers with a healthy kawhi, pg, and pat bev.
He didn't fit because he had a $47 million contract and they had to get rid of all the role players, if any team got Him for the veteran minimum and didn't have to give up their role players he would look very good because he now has passing options and the defence can't collapse on him because they have to worry about the shooters.
Orrr he didn't fit because he's not a good shooter and the Lakers lacked shooting. On a team where your 2 great players don't actually space the floor.
I love the playoffs and my Spurs are also out. Its the only time in a year NBA players really play hard and refs let the game go so its a lot more fun basketball to watch and it gets better as teams win
Suns have too many stars and no defense. They need role players not more stars. Clippers are a wounded animal the suns are lucky. They will get mopped by nuggets in 5 or 6. Cant deny the offensive talent that will sometimes win the suns games but it ain't going to win them a series vs a good team
All we hear is that Clippers have such a deep bench so why complain when the Suns play starters longer. They’d be complaining if KD and Book didn’t play more.
@Carlos Gutierrez you can look at it as a bad sign or you can look at it as they've only played 11 games together and have a 2-1 lead on the deepest team in the playoffs
We saw this Russell Westbrook with Houston, he plays well in a small ball lineup because he’s a great rebounder and he can push the tempo and get out in transition and get in the paint without playing a half court offense
The one backup PG the Suns have on the entire roster isn't playing...like, everything else is 100% valid, but that's a huge part of at least 10 to 15 of Chris's minutes... C'mon now.
What's happening is that they're roughing KD up, if you don't watch the game and watch him you'll see a dangerous play every 2-3 possessions . Knee to knee , elbow to stomach , in one play Russ kicked him in the ankle when he was going to set a screen he hopped on one leg for a few seconds They're basically telling him if you gonna play your game you gonna be out for the playoffs He's adjusted beautifully pick and roll with Ayton
The refs were appalling last night. Phantom fouls, missed a goal tend and then called a goal tend that wasn’t, didn’t whistle for the Booker take foul on Russ....
lol, what about the last game of the season on April 9, where all 4 of the suns superstars were benched, and only the sun's bench almost beat the clippers with kawhi? suns only lost by 5.
You can’t stop KD, you can stop Booker. Clippers are doing their best to limit KD which is making things easy for Booker. If I was Ty Lue I’d let KD go off and limit everything else.
Book averages like 28 in the playoffs before KD. Lol what Book is doing he was doing before KD just not as efficient. Stopping Book is a fake narrative. Numbers don't lie.
They will only get better. Cam Payne will be back. LA will not shoot 50% from 3 again. Doubt if you want. You'll see. CP will be fine. And what you seem to forget is phoenix was two shots CP always makes but missed that day from stealing game 1 and being up 3-0
it a lose lose if the suns win they gonna say they scraped by beating an injured team, if they lose all the haters come out of hiding to call them frauds.
first off Nick is bias because LA lost to MEM who was undermanned, and we doing a disservice to the Clippers. Even without Kawhi and PG they play aggressive and with heart. They took the Suns 6 games without Kawhi a few years ago, why we acting like this team just sucks ???? They matchup very well with the Suns who btw JUST got thrown together. Yall have many excuses for Bron and LA but if its a team people dont like now all of a sudden yall have think pieces ready lol
Ive been a suns fan all my life. Clippers are just one of those teams, the games are scrappy and always decided in the last 5 min, doesnt matter whos playing for either team. Been that way for the past 4 years or so.
@@DontDrinkthatstuffSuns fan my whole life too. I remember Dantoni days, Gentry days, Hornacek days, Freaking Earl Watson, Jay Triano, Igor Kokoshov, and now Monty. From Nash, to Kendall Marshall, to Dragic, to Bledsoe, to Tyler Ullis, to Okobo and Mike James, to Ricky Rubio to CP3. Yeah real Suns fans exist. Stop acting like there's a bandwagon for a ringless organization that don't make any sense.
Teams didn’t want him because of the $47M not because he couldn’t help them. You had to attach an asset to offset the money but it has nothing to do with his skill. Nick is stuck on this narrative and refuses to let it go.
@@JStieloSoloPhysique1987 You’re right. And it’s uncalled for. The Westbrook contract was a bad contract made by the Thunder and inherited by the Wizards and Lakers. It’s not his fault that someone wanted to pay him $47M. The Lakers made a mistake by not renegotiating the contract down to a manageable number when they traded to for him to allow them to add better role players. But I guess these days is fashionable to rail on and mock Westbrook so Skip and Nick and even sometimes Shannon want to do it for clicks and likes.
Russell Westbrook is taking over Kawhi's spot on the team. Time to trade Kawhi he's not worth the money he's being paid, especially if he can't play full-time. A healthy Paul George and Russell Westbrook can lead this team just fine, I'm sure of it.
This reminds me of 2021, when suns went to finals, when ad got hurt, for layers, played nuggets team without Murray, clippers team without kawhi, what you saw in finals was a team that wasn't suppose to be there, losing finals to bucks after going up 2 , 0
Laker and Lebron fans really convinced everyone that Russ was trash because they couldn’t admit the team was trash and that Lebron can’t carry bad teams anymore and scapegoated Russ
Here's the thing, they aren't even playing their best ball yet and still winning. They will figure it out. I don't think they should be worried about the offense right now. Their defense has been awful.
To act like anyone expected MVP/one man playoff OKC ensurance Russel Westbrook was going to show up in playoff games after 4 years of him being a vet, an energy guy, a one trick pony on offense; is insane. This shouldnt be posible and it's happening, i felt like i was watching one of those games from all the way back when Russ was the entire game plan, and willed teams to the playoffs on his own. I don't know what the Clippers or Ty are giving him, but as a fan of his, im loving this timetravel/turning back the clock arc his is having IN THE PLAYOFFS.
The suns are still jelling and figuring out how to play together. You can literally see it but the thing is they are getting better each game but will come down to Ayton playing well and Cp3 hitting shots 🤷🏽♂️
I dont judge Russ in LA they had 3-7thers, Carmelo & all were useless, monk & tht played uninspired, LBJ hd to play center..& skip had la fans booing him..& they turned on his family & kids..but Russ gv ot his best shot..while everybody was blaming 1 guy...that's crazy..& everyone else got breaks..look at what hes doing now. Let the guy finish his legendary career..
It’s crazy how bias nick wrong is. He says nothing to worry about when his lakers lose to the grizzlies who are missing 3 key players including ja then the suns win their game and he talks about how bad they are. It’s insane to me that he gets paid money to give these takes that are nothing more than my team is the best. It’s laughable listening to him try to defend his team then disregard other teams that have done better. A win is a win and a lose is a loss.
Russ had vintage games with the lakers as well. The question is, can you win a ring with russ as your #1 or #2 player? As a 3rd option he's had very similar production with the lakers and clippers. He almost plays like he's trying NOT to make a mistake. He's on a vet minimum right now too so that helps with keeping pieces on the team.
This team can’t face the Nuggets like this. They just can’t. They will die out there in that altitude playing over 42-43 minutes a night. They can’t stop teams from attacking the rim. They have no big apart from Ayton and they have no 6th man to have a small ball lineup either so when Ayton has 4 fouls at any point, the team is in shambles because they can’t do anything when teams attack the paint and Jokic will have a feast there. And they can’t guard the 3 either and with doubling Jokic, the amount of shots created for the Nuggets will be perfect for an offense like that. MPJ should have a field day on offense with his corner 3s. Jamal is too tall for CP to guard him and you can’t have Booker guard Jamal while depending on him to average 30-35 a night while leading the playoffs in minutes played. Especially not while they’re in Denver.
I want embiid to get his first ring, but I also want Russ to get his revenge season… but i also want Lebron to get #5.. but I also want the kings to have the perfect cap on their unbelievable season… but I also want New York to finally get their long time win!!! Man this is a tough playoffs to root for
Im almost 100% sure Westbrook told his agent he was not moving his family again. So Clippers was the only option for him. I would do the same. Anything for my family.
I don't know why I talked myself into thinking this Suns team was a threat to come out the west, I never had them winning the title, I think the Celtics will but I thought The Suns' top talent would be enough to get them through 3 series but seeing how they are in dogfights with a clipper team that's missing their star power is shocking.
"Every time I watch the Suns play I have less belief that they can win 16 games in these playoffs." ...from the same dude who picked the Mavericks to win it all this year. 😂 Suns are 10-1 with KD and they're still not good enough for Nick Mild.
Ain’t No Way Anybody Wit Sense Can Still Think Phoenix Is A Serious Team… & I Called This From The Beginning They Got Bad Perimeter Defense. No Physicality. Weak Wings (Outside Of KD). No Depth… I’ve Never Seen A Champion In My Life With Those Specific Roster Holes
The Clippers are the anit-basketball , their plan is not to play their game because they don't have a game beyond hitting contested shots, their goal is to disrupt the other team's game and do they do that by hacking and trying to get away with fouls based on the fact that the refs can't call them all. This can be hard for mix bench units, who havent played long together and need a bit of confidence to get going . if the Suns bench hit their first coupla shots then this whole theory falls apart and you can rest the starters
I'll take it a step further. Russell Westbrook could have made a living as a male model. He is better looking than 95% of NBA players. And an Allstar. Former MVP. One of the biggest contracts in history. Fashionista. Still young compared to Sports Commentators. The criticism as a Laker was Envy driven.
You're comment is pointless, if you're just saying. Ty Lue has never had a healthy Kawhi for a full season. In 2021 the Clippers without Kawhi were eliminated by the Suns, who advanced to the finals.
20 more FTAs is the story last night. Refs won this, as they did for sixers with letting Embiid kick balls, and ejecting the kickee for a flex. Congrats to NBA refs retirement fund.
@@20dareason09 i agree game 2 mismatch on FTAs was BS as well. PiP is used to justify this with teams which drive less (Ws get less because they shoot 3s, less Pip). But with rebounds, steals, off ball moves, refs should keep FTAs within 5 so whistle remains fair.
jo wtf was going on with chris tonight. he was reacting to every word nick said, arguing semantics that seemed passive aggressive for no reason and nick got annoyed a bit
They need Wilde in esoteric clown mode to lighten up. Nick's bets are losing, Brou's wanting credit for being right, and Nick is still trying to pretend his crystal ball works.
This series is over in 5 and the altitude means absolutely nothing. Nick is a joke how many different picks for the ring is he gonna have this season? Once the Lakers get bounced he will be on his what 5th pick?
Bro there isn’t a team in the playoffs right now that are deeper then the clippers pair that with the fact that there used to playing without there stars this isn’t a surprise at all
@@justinroberts7373 meanwhile book flopping and crying is the epitome of masculinity. That and barking only when he's ahead. Luka humbled these frauds they're lucky they got KD but it will end the same way 👋
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Can we for the love of god get some more nuggets talk. I mean those dudes are showing up like how a number 1 seed is supposed to show up. NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD THEY LOOK.
Brou's facial reaction to Nick while he was talking about Russ is priceless😅😅
Brou’s “oh gosh” was hilarious 😂😂
I laughed out loud when Nick said Chris Paul is "my size and my age"
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So Nick looks 42
@@jamesorr4445 Nick is 26 years old. He looks a little older but that is just work pressure.
@@kritav1111 Nick is not that young 💀
@@samuelgaona7196 Um he most definitely is. Don't let his looks and google fool you.
Nick does not apply this same energy to the Lakers when they lost to an undermanned Grizzlies team. 😂
Dude is forever be bias like that old clown skip😁
@nassi glutt lmao the lakers second best player is 38 years old cmon
@@nassiglutt6587 Nick IS the new Skip. Skip started his career ofcourse around Jordan's early years probably earlier BUT made his name in media by being the BIGGEST Jordan Stan while tearing down LeBron.
Nick is now building his name/fame around being the biggest LeBron Stan, while tearing down Kd & others in the process.
Btw I'm a lakers fan.
Lakers are 100 times better then grizzlies, the nba had to step in & make game 2 Memphis win. All those elbows JJJ is not getting called for in game 2will be fouls in game 3 cause home crowd won’t let it slide. AD was not happy after game cause obviously a refs memo was out before game “Let AD GET HACKED & well let JJJ do whatever cause we can’t lose him & Ja & if lakers go up 2~0 the series over”. Did u see the basket AD MADE on JJJ& they called AD for an elbow🤣🤣🤣IT WAS LITERALLY A NORMAL BBALL SHOT
The grizzlies almost play better without ja
Suns look so unserious. I know the Clippers have a deep bench, but the Suns are struggling against them even while getting over forty free throws??? No Kawhi or PG on the floor too???
exactly bro, their superstars are playing 40+ every game too
I just think y’all underestimating the clips. This is why most gms picked them to win last summer. The roster is deep full of good nba players. 10-11 deep, most teams lucky to be 7 deep.
When did kawhi get hurt
They did beat them when Kawhi was playing in game 2 and i don't think PG can play better than Westbrook has the past two games (who would have to take a smaller role on the ball with PG playing). Role players play better at home and Clippers have 3 of the best bench two-way plug-in players in the league. The Suns have a specialist bench, with clear scorers and clear defenders so they lose the bench minutes against a full two-way team.
Clippers with Kawhi are contenders, they are the worst matchup for the Suns and Suns played exactly 8 games with KD in the regular season, with him being injured for a while - it's not surprising they struggle. They didn't even have time to rehearse sets with him. Ty knows this so the Clippers blitz KD to take him out of the game and force turnovers. If the Suns' shot is not falling, that's a winning strategy, one that not a lot of teams can offer.
What the Suns did to offset that is a) Book is a bucket and letting him beat you is a bad idea because he's also pretty good at playmaking, so he is instructed to run very aggressively at defenders to prevent traps and exploit defensive movements b) when it was clear that it was going to be one of those poor shooting nights, they started attacking the rim more and initiating contact against a very physical Clippers defense (which is something they don't usually do). It payed off. And the fact that they did take the 2-1 lead just proves that when KD figures out his team a bit more and against a team that doesn't have defenders that can bother him as much, they'll look a lot better.
Don't underestimate well constructed NBA playoff teams. Grizzlies beat the Lakers without JA and Adams. Bucks beat the Heat without Giannis. Those are still NBA players. That being said, i doubt the Suns can win it all this season but they are far more dangerous than this series would make you believe.
definitely not a good sign for winning a championship. regardless of this series I wouldn’t be comfortable as a suns fan. shows you how important an all around team is
Russ has been balling man I love it
The NBA did clippers and the sun dirty not giving them rest in between games, warriors played lastnight and now they not playing till sunday
Lakers still haven’t played their 3rd game
@@oro6463 they want LeBron to get rest and Anthony Davis who is injury prone like kawhi to get rest too, the NBA's agenda is clear for the Lakers
@@sheldonbryan5879 yea but it can help with Ja’s hand too so I’m not even mad
@@SudoSaiyanGod true
How lol. They will get more rest at the backend of the series and the other teams games will be every other day at the backend of the series.
Hilarious how Bookers performance (36.3 PPG on 64% fg and 3 steals and 2 blocks a game) for the first three games is barely even mentioned. If luka was doing this Nick would be spazzing out about how this man is the future of the league and absolutely carrying his team. But it’s book so everyone just brushes it off and dusts it under a table like nothing happened. Nobody wants to hear about the guy who dropped 45 on 70% shooting last night nah let’s talk about every other thing in the game but that.
😂 we have eye we can see most of his points are because the defense is doubling the real threat, yes he is great but you lost us saying he should get luka type love
He got KD on his team lmaoooo the one who is getting doble 💀😭😂 he is special but with KD the court is open for him which make him unstoppable but idk if they can pass other team fully healthy
@@treychapo1898 get off Lukas nuts already fanboy. He said IF it was Luka he would be going crazy.
@@justinroberts7373 you are talk about nuts
Bcs he's doing it against a undermanned clippers team. If the clippers had both their best players, who aswell their best defenders and book was doing this? Then he would def be getting all the praise like luka. Luka was cooking the clippers with a healthy kawhi, pg, and pat bev.
He didn't fit because he had a $47 million contract and they had to get rid of all the role players, if any team got Him for the veteran minimum and didn't have to give up their role players he would look very good because he now has passing options and the defence can't collapse on him because they have to worry about the shooters.
Orrr he didn't fit because he's not a good shooter and the Lakers lacked shooting. On a team where your 2 great players don't actually space the floor.
@@xcwilliams7980 right Lebron and Russ essentially do the same thing never was gonna work with Russ playing off the ball
Bron, AD and Russ can't shoot. Russ can play make for Kawhi, PG, Norman, Batum and Eric.
Russ around some real shooters is great who would’ve known ? 😂
Yeah instead the lakers thought he would be a great fit at Shooting guard 😭
he was mostly great but the guy still had 6 turnovers, that’s unacceptable
@@kevinbeach6431 Durant also had 6 turnovers
@@Theactualghost they say anything to discredit him
I swear people act surprised. Even on the Wizards when he got the chemistry down, he was effieicient and they went on a 25-7 run in the end.
What makes me happier than watching playoff basketball even though I’m a mavs fan is watching this show the day after
I love the playoffs and my Spurs are also out. Its the only time in a year NBA players really play hard and refs let the game go so its a lot more fun basketball to watch and it gets better as teams win
@@blablablaa14 yeah unfortunately so far the rest haven't gotten the memo
I gotta say I love this show 🙌🏽😂🤐
Did Nick show some concern about the Suns going to the Nuggets in the second round?! That's a real First things First! 😂
It's because DeAndre Ayton is softer than a feather
Soft as baby fabric 😂
Suns have too many stars and no defense. They need role players not more stars. Clippers are a wounded animal the suns are lucky. They will get mopped by nuggets in 5 or 6. Cant deny the offensive talent that will sometimes win the suns games but it ain't going to win them a series vs a good team
He is now flying around the court😂😂😂
All we hear is that Clippers have such a deep bench so why complain when the Suns play starters longer. They’d be complaining if KD and Book didn’t play more.
People forget they haven't played long enough to have great chemistry yet there figuring it on the fly
Bad sign that they still have to build chemistry in the middle of the playoffs
@Carlos Gutierrez you can look at it as a bad sign or you can look at it as they've only played 11 games together and have a 2-1 lead on the deepest team in the playoffs
You’d swear Denver plays on a black top with all this altitude talk lmaooo
One game at a time baby. KD and Book got a shooters chance every game
We saw this Russell Westbrook with Houston, he plays well in a small ball lineup because he’s a great rebounder and he can push the tempo and get out in transition and get in the paint without playing a half court offense
Cam Payne is coming back. That cuts CP3’s minutes immediately
The one backup PG the Suns have on the entire roster isn't playing...like, everything else is 100% valid, but that's a huge part of at least 10 to 15 of Chris's minutes...
C'mon now.
And he’s expected back soon, this problem will fix itself
I don’t recall Durant standing in the corner that much. He single handedly got ayton 10 points off pick and roll.
What's happening is that they're roughing KD up, if you don't watch the game and watch him you'll see a dangerous play every 2-3 possessions . Knee to knee , elbow to stomach , in one play Russ kicked him in the ankle when he was going to set a screen he hopped on one leg for a few seconds
They're basically telling him if you gonna play your game you gonna be out for the playoffs
He's adjusted beautifully pick and roll with Ayton
@@ihabibrahim8902 Holy doggamn desert rats! Someone who actually watches the Suns has chimed in!?!? I'm in shock!
These guys are SOFT AF talking about time management seriously because what 10 years ago 45 min a game was the regular
The refs were appalling last night. Phantom fouls, missed a goal tend and then called a goal tend that wasn’t, didn’t whistle for the Booker take foul on Russ....
Were they appalling in game 2?
@@tashied422 yes.
Quit crying Clips had 17 more FTs in game 2 and still lost even with Kawhi
lol, what about the last game of the season on April 9, where all 4 of the suns superstars were benched, and only the sun's bench almost beat the clippers with kawhi? suns only lost by 5.
If they played that same game but in the playoffs they would've got blown out
@@lancelem04 lol, ok.
Battle of two zeros is raging.
You can’t stop KD, you can stop Booker. Clippers are doing their best to limit KD which is making things easy for Booker. If I was Ty Lue I’d let KD go off and limit everything else.
KD is still scoring an average of 26 points while being limited. Sheesh. Imagine what he would score if he had full freedom
Book averages like 28 in the playoffs before KD. Lol what Book is doing he was doing before KD just not as efficient. Stopping Book is a fake narrative. Numbers don't lie.
Has anyone considered maybe just maybe the Clippers match up well against the Suns. Not worried about our championship hopes sorry
Russ was predicted to play with high energy versus KD, before the series started. Now, nobody says that, even tho the prediction was correct.
No smoke
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This Is The Best Sports Program On Tv.
NBA fix the game!!!
Referee rob clippers last night!!!
Suns 46 free throw
20 free throw 3rd period alone!
Clippers 25 free throw only!
Clippers 2-1
Clippers have been hacking on the Suns all series long, and I game 2 Clippers were +17. You want to talk about that? I guess it is even now.
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All sports are rigged!
@@20dareason09 No. Stop it. The refs were horrendous this game. They wouldn't even call intentional fouls on the Suns. There is no excuse.
@@bluesrockfan36 Likewise, there is no excuse.
They will only get better. Cam Payne will be back. LA will not shoot 50% from 3 again. Doubt if you want. You'll see. CP will be fine. And what you seem to forget is phoenix was two shots CP always makes but missed that day from stealing game 1 and being up 3-0
This show is SO MUCH better than First Take is not even funny 😅😅
Suns is the only team thats winning and still get criticized smh that’s insane
You guys almost lost to clips without kawhi and PG with a superteam lmao
it a lose lose if the suns win they gonna say they scraped by beating an injured team, if they lose all the haters come out of hiding to call them frauds.
@@jasonpark1012 Not only did they almost lose to an undermanned team but they also had help from the refs shooting 46 free throws vs the Clippers 25.
@@hayw1re almost
@@hayw1re By your logic the Clippers got help from the refs (Scott Foster) in Game 2 when Kawhi was playing and they still lost by 14.
first off Nick is bias because LA lost to MEM who was undermanned, and we doing a disservice to the Clippers. Even without Kawhi and PG they play aggressive and with heart. They took the Suns 6 games without Kawhi a few years ago, why we acting like this team just sucks ???? They matchup very well with the Suns who btw JUST got thrown together. Yall have many excuses for Bron and LA but if its a team people dont like now all of a sudden yall have think pieces ready lol
Ive been a suns fan all my life. Clippers are just one of those teams, the games are scrappy and always decided in the last 5 min, doesnt matter whos playing for either team. Been that way for the past 4 years or so.
Yeah you started rooting for the Suns in 2021. Stop lying lmao.
@@DontDrinkthatstuffSuns fan my whole life too. I remember Dantoni days, Gentry days, Hornacek days, Freaking Earl Watson, Jay Triano, Igor Kokoshov, and now Monty. From Nash, to Kendall Marshall, to Dragic, to Bledsoe, to Tyler Ullis, to Okobo and Mike James, to Ricky Rubio to CP3. Yeah real Suns fans exist. Stop acting like there's a bandwagon for a ringless organization that don't make any sense.
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@@joseortiz7828 Let's be real you probably just read the wikipedia page 😂
How are we talking clippers suns and no one on this show mentioned anything about Kawhi load managing regular season AND playoffs?
Teams didn’t want him because of the $47M not because he couldn’t help them. You had to attach an asset to offset the money but it has nothing to do with his skill. Nick is stuck on this narrative and refuses to let it go.
Nick and skip both!!!
@@JStieloSoloPhysique1987 You’re right. And it’s uncalled for. The Westbrook contract was a bad contract made by the Thunder and inherited by the Wizards and Lakers. It’s not his fault that someone wanted to pay him $47M. The Lakers made a mistake by not renegotiating the contract down to a manageable number when they traded to for him to allow them to add better role players. But I guess these days is fashionable to rail on and mock Westbrook so Skip and Nick and even sometimes Shannon want to do it for clicks and likes.
Russell Westbrook is taking over Kawhi's spot on the team. Time to trade Kawhi he's not worth the money he's being paid, especially if he can't play full-time. A healthy Paul George and Russell Westbrook can lead this team just fine, I'm sure of it.
This reminds me of 2021, when suns went to finals, when ad got hurt, for layers, played nuggets team without Murray, clippers team without kawhi, what you saw in finals was a team that wasn't suppose to be there, losing finals to bucks after going up 2 , 0
Laker and Lebron fans really convinced everyone that Russ was trash because they couldn’t admit the team was trash and that Lebron can’t carry bad teams anymore and scapegoated Russ
Put some respect on Craig he's been going off these games
Here's the thing, they aren't even playing their best ball yet and still winning. They will figure it out. I don't think they should be worried about the offense right now. Their defense has been awful.
To act like anyone expected MVP/one man playoff OKC ensurance Russel Westbrook was going to show up in playoff games after 4 years of him being a vet, an energy guy, a one trick pony on offense; is insane. This shouldnt be posible and it's happening, i felt like i was watching one of those games from all the way back when Russ was the entire game plan, and willed teams to the playoffs on his own. I don't know what the Clippers or Ty are giving him, but as a fan of his, im loving this timetravel/turning back the clock arc his is having IN THE PLAYOFFS.
Unselfish players and a coach that let's his players play
Cameron payne will be back by game five, all their numbers will go down by a few mins.
This is the same Cam who scored 29 points on the Clippers in the playoff series they had together in 2021. Cam is gonna wanna repeat that
The suns are still jelling and figuring out how to play together. You can literally see it but the thing is they are getting better each game but will come down to Ayton playing well and Cp3 hitting shots 🤷🏽♂️
Errybody a suns hater these days...
CP3 and Book's minutes will go down once Cam Payne comes back. Most likely for game 4.
I feel like Durant lost his touch beyond the arc, he’s still deadly at the mid but he is less confident taking 3’s
Nah he just playing more efficiently
three point shot is very high variance, and he's taking a lot of tough threes off the dribbles anyway. he shot like 40% for the season anyway
He’s shooting 4-14 in the playoffs so far but I’ll just attribute to rustiness
@@sadeugas8037 small sample size also
KD shut me up today 😅 went 3 for 4 from the 3
Don’t think the crew is recognizing, other than the bucks, the clippers have by far the best defense in the playoffs.
I dont judge Russ in LA they had 3-7thers, Carmelo & all were useless, monk & tht played uninspired, LBJ hd to play center..& skip had la fans booing him..& they turned on his family & kids..but Russ gv ot his best shot..while everybody was blaming 1 guy...that's crazy..& everyone else got breaks..look at what hes doing now. Let the guy finish his legendary career..
Brou was so right on Westbrook. Knew that guy can still ball and should have never gone to the lakers
Suns might be cooked, in terms of winning the title. Doesn’t look like they have the staying power
The Clippers are playing hard. It's still too early to think the Suns will win 4 first. It's a "must win " for the Clippers now
Honestly, you don't have to blame a player, it's someone who got you injured. no one wants him to get injured.
Brou.. you were the drastic minority.. it was set up perfectly for a Wildes comment
It’s crazy how bias nick wrong is. He says nothing to worry about when his lakers lose to the grizzlies who are missing 3 key players including ja then the suns win their game and he talks about how bad they are. It’s insane to me that he gets paid money to give these takes that are nothing more than my team is the best. It’s laughable listening to him try to defend his team then disregard other teams that have done better. A win is a win and a lose is a loss.
Celtics lost to the awful hawks. It happens. They are NBA players dude, any team at any moment can have a good night and win a game.
Russ looked good before he was with the lakers and he looks good after he left them, I wonder why
Unselfish players , coaching , and players that can shoot so its space on the floor
@@yungface012 exactly, these folks try to come up with every reason as to why it didn’t work with the lakers besides the most obvious
Russ' game has never looked good.
All any coach knows how to do when they have KD is play him for 45 mins a game.
Injury to both PG13 and Kawhi = series over.....
Russ had vintage games with the lakers as well. The question is, can you win a ring with russ as your #1 or #2 player? As a 3rd option he's had very similar production with the lakers and clippers. He almost plays like he's trying NOT to make a mistake. He's on a vet minimum right now too so that helps with keeping pieces on the team.
This team can’t face the Nuggets like this. They just can’t. They will die out there in that altitude playing over 42-43 minutes a night. They can’t stop teams from attacking the rim. They have no big apart from Ayton and they have no 6th man to have a small ball lineup either so when Ayton has 4 fouls at any point, the team is in shambles because they can’t do anything when teams attack the paint and Jokic will have a feast there. And they can’t guard the 3 either and with doubling Jokic, the amount of shots created for the Nuggets will be perfect for an offense like that. MPJ should have a field day on offense with his corner 3s. Jamal is too tall for CP to guard him and you can’t have Booker guard Jamal while depending on him to average 30-35 a night while leading the playoffs in minutes played. Especially not while they’re in Denver.
I want embiid to get his first ring, but I also want Russ to get his revenge season… but i also want Lebron to get #5.. but I also want the kings to have the perfect cap on their unbelievable season… but I also want New York to finally get their long time win!!! Man this is a tough playoffs to root for
i so wish the warriors had gotten the suns
Russ is a whole chapter of anecdotes in the totality of the nba 😂🎉.
Grizzlies, Nuggets, Bucks and Clippers can beat top tier teams without their stars because they have great coaches and incredible playmaking depth.
Im almost 100% sure Westbrook told his agent he was not moving his family again. So Clippers was the only option for him. I would do the same. Anything for my family.
The more Russ does offensively, seems like a detriment to the Clips. Weird dichotomy
How about your idol nick Lebron? Memphis without Morant and Adams what happen?
Rus gonna fkn drop 50 😄
I don't know why I talked myself into thinking this Suns team was a threat to come out the west, I never had them winning the title, I think the Celtics will but I thought The Suns' top talent would be enough to get them through 3 series but seeing how they are in dogfights with a clipper team that's missing their star power is shocking.
"Every time I watch the Suns play I have less belief that they can win 16 games in these playoffs." ...from the same dude who picked the Mavericks to win it all this year. 😂 Suns are 10-1 with KD and they're still not good enough for Nick Mild.
Ain’t No Way Anybody Wit Sense Can Still Think Phoenix Is A Serious Team… & I Called This From The Beginning
They Got Bad Perimeter Defense. No Physicality. Weak Wings (Outside Of KD). No Depth… I’ve Never Seen A Champion In My Life With Those Specific Roster Holes
they are realy a bad team, they need to find a PG and build a roster
@@yonamzigu291 The Fixes Pretty Simple… They Just Need A Couple 3&D Wings & A Physical Paint Presence
Once They Get That, They Gone Dominate Teams
The Clippers are the anit-basketball , their plan is not to play their game because they don't have a game beyond hitting contested shots, their goal is to disrupt the other team's game and do they do that by hacking and trying to get away with fouls based on the fact that the refs can't call them all.
This can be hard for mix bench units, who havent played long together and need a bit of confidence to get going . if the Suns bench hit their first coupla shots then this whole theory falls apart and you can rest the starters
only russ haters and lakers fans are surprised. people who don’t jus follow the narratives knew russ could still play
Suns ain't winning the title.
They struggle against the Clips without Kawhi and PG.
Right cuz the dubs are coming out the west
Anything that’s a legitimate threat to Lebron Nick will hate on. Warriors and Suns being prime examples.
Clippers Need Leonard And Paul George
Aka going home in the 1st round
I'll take it a step further. Russell Westbrook could have made a living as a male model. He is better looking than 95% of NBA players. And an Allstar. Former MVP. One of the biggest contracts in history. Fashionista. Still young compared to Sports Commentators. The criticism as a Laker was Envy driven.
Ty Lue hasn't won since the Irving and lbj break up🤔just saying
You're comment is pointless, if you're just saying. Ty Lue has never had a healthy Kawhi for a full season. In 2021 the Clippers without Kawhi were eliminated by the Suns, who advanced to the finals.
Someone get Nick off the show
It's his show.
U can't say he doesn't play definitely in years
20 more FTAs is the story last night. Refs won this, as they did for sixers with letting Embiid kick balls, and ejecting the kickee for a flex.
Congrats to NBA refs retirement fund.
Refs "gave" the Clippers 17+ on free throws in game 2. You gonna talk about that? And they still lost even with better depth and Kawhi on the floor.
@@20dareason09 i agree game 2 mismatch on FTAs was BS as well. PiP is used to justify this with teams which drive less (Ws get less because they shoot 3s, less Pip).
But with rebounds, steals, off ball moves, refs should keep FTAs within 5 so whistle remains fair.
Okay then play real defense and stop fouling trying to double, triple team and blitzing everyone 😂
@@curtiszyr that is real D.
@@artimp152 lmao ok 👌🏾
jo wtf was going on with chris tonight. he was reacting to every word nick said, arguing semantics that seemed passive aggressive for no reason and nick got annoyed a bit
They need Wilde in esoteric clown mode to lighten up. Nick's bets are losing, Brou's wanting credit for being right, and Nick is still trying to pretend his crystal ball works.
Very clear Suns will not get past second round.
This series is over in 5 and the altitude means absolutely nothing. Nick is a joke how many different picks for the ring is he gonna have this season? Once the Lakers get bounced he will be on his what 5th pick?
I still think clips win this series
😂😂😂
Russ would’ve been better on the Nets then dinwiddie if the nets traded for him 💯
kawhi load managed even thru playoffs 😂
Lmao😂😂
What these guys get paid for guessing predicting
Not everyone is as deep as the Clippers..Suns will be fine.
Suns won’t make it past the 2nd round. They can barely beat an unhealthy Clippers team
Clippers might be the deepest team in the league lol omg learn ball please
@@joseortiz7828 you have no pic. You can’t talk to me about basketball
@@DineroMadeIt730 lol what
Why do people respect Monty as a coach? What has he done to deserve that?
Took a team to finals.... Won coach of the year...
@@LearAndrew have you watched a Suns game? He doesn’t coach. He just rolls the ball out there and CP3 and Booker figure out how to win.
Russ balled out regardless of the outcome
Bro there isn’t a team in the playoffs right now that are deeper then the clippers pair that with the fact that there used to playing without there stars this isn’t a surprise at all
Phoenix is not winning championship until they trade cp3 or ayton for some bench depth
Ppl really don’t criticize coaching until he’s fired. Monty isn’t good.
Man I want the Suns to lose so bad 😂 only team I'm rooting against
Why?
Why?
Because cp3 is dirty and since he joined the Suns book became annoying too. Hard to root for them with their attitude
@@bigmadafaca1020 psh. I know who you voted for. Tell me you're overly feminine without telling me you're overly feminine. 😂
@@justinroberts7373 meanwhile book flopping and crying is the epitome of masculinity. That and barking only when he's ahead. Luka humbled these frauds they're lucky they got KD but it will end the same way 👋
Game rigged they gave the sun 80 free throws boring 4th qtr nothing but free throws for the suns