Yeah that one and the tech that Booker got when George walked up his back and gave him a slight shoulder to the back. JVG is right, in all technical situations they should go to tape to see who the instigator was. That’s the guy who should always get the tech bc they’re creating the real problem.
If the Suns don't handle their business in game 5 it could even come into play in this series. They need to let the other guys be the "enforcers" from here on out.
That’s why heat of the moment game time takes should (a) always be looked at in context - for instance if someone says “book sucks” it likely means he sucks that game or even in that few moments; and (b) taken with a grain of salt because they’re usually more born from emotion than analysis.
Well personally Cam Johnson is better suited to start anyways. Crowder may have better rebounding and defensive presence (debatable) but Cam is mostly lights out and has the smoothest jumper I’ve seen in this players. Like it’s all rim or nothing.
To be fair Booker was able to bait PG into a technical early in the game with the exact same tactic. Just be physical and don't react to the physicality of the other team.
I only fault them for actions that aren’t basketball actions. Physical play? Fine. The BS? That’s not basketball. Even when the suns have really sucked and it would behoove them to muddy up a game with reckless play I can’t ever recall them doing so. The closest I can ever recall it was the ainge beanball on Elie (and who among us wouldn’t have done that to elie?) and Rajasthani clothesline (and that wasn’t a game long endeavor but a point in time retaliation). More than the clippers engaging in it, I take umbrage with the refs for allowing it. Although okay always gets more physical in the playoffs, you don’t see this in any other series and this era is supposed to have moved far away from this junk to improve the aesthetic of basketball closer to it’s original beauty. So it’s a weird outlier which if given oxygen by the refs, may grow once again in frequency. Something the nba surely does not want.
Very true. Because I watch a lot of both games solo the gameday threads are typically my only outlet for frustration. When I watch with cheese, or when I used to go to the bar for football, gameday thread frustration hot takes decrease exponentially.
This. The Clips have already proven they can get under the skin of the players on this team. Run them off the floor and none of that matters.
