Nets @ Suns Tuesday game thread 2-16-2021

[Chaplin]

it not that he’s out of the rotation this team is just that deep

And he’s not needed in this game. There is nobody for him to match up with. If the Nets were a bigger team he’d absolutely be playing.

 

[Hoop Head]

New Orleans put up 144 tonight? Wow

Scoring this year is insane. It makes me think the bubble wasn't so much an anomaly and more of a turning point for the league. Scoring and shooting percentages were up there also but everyone tried writing it off as some weird outlier.

 

[Chaplin]

We have to settle down. Not able to make a shot.

EDIT: and there we go

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Little sloppy right now

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Suddenly a lot sloppy

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Stop jacking up 3s

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns have periods where they settle for the outside shots and get sloppy with the ball.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

They're rushing for whatever reason. No ball movement so far.

 

[Sunburn]

Scoring this year is insane. It makes me think the bubble wasn't so much an anomaly and more of a turning point for the league. Scoring and shooting percentages were up there also but everyone tried writing it off as some weird outlier.

I wondered if it had anything to do with the lack of fan attendance at the arena, guys are more relaxed, ymca gym like atmosphere.

 

[Mainstreet]

They're rushing for whatever reason. No ball movement so far.

Everything was so crisp in the first half.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Shaq says he doesn't want Ayton to be a pseudo big man.

But he is

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Suns defense is playoff ready. Loving the physicality inside.

 

[Hoop Head]

I wondered if it had anything to do with the lack of fan attendance at the arena, guys are more relaxed, ymca gym like atmosphere.

That's a good point. Guys definitely seem more relaxed. I wonder if there is a real difference in arenas when fans were allowed and when they aren't. Like with the suns, they actually started clicking when fans were allowed to attend but only 1500 at first, now 3000.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

That was a great play by Harden.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Yeah the lead is evaporating. Put in Saric

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Does anyone ever miss when they shoot over Ayton?

No

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Now that's Dominayton

 

[Mainstreet]

Booker feeds Ayton perfectly.

 

[Chaplin]

Ayton’s best play this game.

 

[Sunburn]

DetonAyton. Wanna see more of that. That was nice

 

[Hoop Head]

That's a great play, pick by Ayton on Paynes man and Booker swings around also to lob it back to a cutting Ayton.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

This feels like the lead we piss away again

 

[Mainstreet]

Nets keep chipping away at the lead.

 

[Hoop Head]

Good play by Payne, taking the charge. I like him alot and hope he's not too expensive this offseason.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Stop jacking up 3s