Playoffs: Clippers @ Suns Tuesday game thread 4-18-2023 - Game 2

[Vacard]

I’m sick of Monty. This team is not focused. That’s on coaching.

 

[Finito]

This is where I’m at… Kawhi > KD (this was not the case 2-3 years ago).
Zubac is more effective than DA.
Westbrook is more impactful than CP3.
And the Clippers bench, which is league average, is light-years better than the Suns bench.

It’s gonna take Herculean efforts from Book and KD to merely give the Suns a chance. And I can’t even imagine what this would look like if Paul George was playing!

IMO the biggest difference is Lue over Monty

I can guarantee you all our talent would look very different with Lue

 

[Mainstreet]

Paul is not shooting well which is a liability. It's nice the Suns value backup point guards.

 

[JosiahLee]

Early thoughts:

-Clippers are still the more physical team
-KD is playing a bit reckless but at lest he's being aggressive
-Monty heard all of us talking about him so he's course-corrected the lineup.

 

[AzCardsfan76]

Early thoughts:

-Clippers are still the more physical team
-KD is playing a bit reckless but at lest he's being aggressive
-Monty heard all of us talking about him so he's course-corrected the lineup.

It’s seems Monty is just throwing guys in and out at this point grasping at straws.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ayton is nailing that free throw jumper.

 

[Covert Rain]

Once again they have have more energy.

 

[Finito]

Early thoughts:

-Clippers are still the more physical team
-KD is playing a bit reckless but at lest he's being aggressive
-Monty heard all of us talking about him so he's course-corrected the lineup.

Craig still started now he’s playing TJ Warren and Lee guys who haven’t gotten real minutes in forever

 

[Cheesebeef]

This team looks dead.

 

[Mainstreet]

It’s seems Monty is just throwing guys in and out at this point grasping at straws.

It's called the Suns bench.

 

[Jakester]

It’s seems Monty is just throwing guys in and out at this point grasping at straws.

Thats how it seems to me as well. Like Damien Lee is out there after not playing at all last game and barely playing in the regular season

 

[dscher]

This team is going nowhere fast..

 

[TJ]

Alright it’s official: I’m in the “fire Monty” camp. I can’t excuse this anymore. Nice guy, can’t coach

 

[JosiahLee]

I kind of feel like LA's mentality is that of the Legion of Boom. That Seattle defense held, pushed and committed penalties every play. When you play like that the refs aren't going to blow the whistle every play. Honestly I can't hate on it, it's smart.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Yeaaaa suns not lookingike title contenders ughhhhhh soooo disapointed no heart

 

[Proximo]

Ok, I am now officially very worried.

 

[82CardsGrad]

It’s seems Monty is just throwing guys in and out at this point grasping at straws.

What else can he do?

 

[Chaplin]

Monty still experimenting with lineups. He has effectively ruined any continuity we had during the 8-0 stretch.

Fire him. Period.

 

[Finito]

Van Gundy talking about Monty’s rotation and how hard it is for players to get into a groove when they don’t know if there gonna play or what kind of minutes

Then talks about Lue and how everyone on the clippers knows there job and what they need to do every night

 

[JosiahLee]

Craig still started now he’s playing TJ Warren and Lee guys who haven’t gotten real minutes in forever

Yeah but he's finally playing Okogie.

 

[Mainstreet]

Thats how it seems to me as well. Like Damien Lee is out there after not playing at all last game and barely playing in the regular season

Nobody else is doing anything. It's worth a try when the cupboard is bare.

 

[Vacard]

This team had no energy last year when blown out by Dallas but people still want to say cOvId and they were the only team that had it??!? Nah not buying it. This team is lethargic. Book isn’t getting going either. No hand strips, no disruption on defense.

 

[Finito]

Monty still experimenting with lineups. He has effectively ruined any continuity we had during the 8-0 stretch.

Fire him. Period.

How the F are you experimenting with line ups and random guys in the freaking playoffs!!!!

 

[ajcardfan]

Only Ayton is knocking them down. That's not good. Paul keeps missing easy shots. Booker has somebody up in his grill the whole time he has the ball. As does Durant. Everyone else is a non factor.

 

[GoldGloveschmidt]

I will be very glad when Monty and CP3 are no longer parts of this team.