Suns @ Mavericks Sunday game thread 3-5-2023

[Germz249]

Umm.. I been watching games and we been winning so I think I have to keep it going right?

Okogie needs to knock down those 3s.. they were basically giving him those. Lucky Ish came in and was hitting those.

 

[Muggz]

Booker should have fallen on the ground and grabbed his eye and rolled around on the floor for 5 min when Luka went after him.

 

[Mainstreet]

This was really a minor push-off by Luka. He gets away with far worse all the time and never gets called for it.

That's why Wood pounding his way into the lane with his shoulder stood out so much.

 

[TJ]

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This pic is everything

 

[Lorenzo]

Yeah but I have nightmares from time to time from last year, where Chris and Booker look at each other and say take what the defense gives you, and that lit a fire in Luka and then the Suns went down quickly and really ugly.

Yeah I think this is pretty close to being even with the suns having the edge as the suns seem to be better overall. But there is some serious star power with those top 4 guys. any one of those guys can highjack a game at any time. Or they can just keep holding serve every game and we get these crazy finishes. Kind of reminds me of the old days of Dallas/Phx and Dallas/Sacramento.

 

[Lorenzo]

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This pic is everything

I prefer the one where Luka is looking at Booker smiling. But to each their own. Good win for the suns. Tough loss, but happy that dallas played well today and looked like they more than belonged on the same court. Probably going to be home court advantage for Phoenix now though.

 

[NoelPHX]

I prefer the one where Luka is looking at Booker smiling. But to each their own. Good win for the suns. Tough loss, but happy that dallas played well today and looked like they more than belonged on the same court. Probably going to be home court advantage for Phoenix now though.

Luka is a lunatic cry baby. He cries at everything.

 

[Muggz]

I prefer the one where Luka is looking at Booker smiling. But to each their own. Good win for the suns. Tough loss, but happy that dallas played well today and looked like they more than belonged on the same court. Probably going to be home court advantage for Phoenix now though.

I don't want home court advantage lets split here now and amicably and NEVER ever meet again in the playoffs.

 

[BirdGangThing]

I prefer the one where Luka is looking at Booker smiling. But to each their own. Good win for the suns. Tough loss, but happy that dallas played well today and looked like they more than belonged on the same court. Probably going to be home court advantage for Phoenix now though.

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Ross is like Warren. He gives you scoring off the bench. Okogie is a stud. He plays hard and he plays defense. I think he gives us more than Craig and others (Ish, I love you man), but if he's being left alone and can't hit the 3 coach Monty needs to make a substitution. I think he fits well with the starting lineup. He brings toughness and defense and he's been great the previous 8 games or something. Hope he forgets this one quick and keeps practicing the corner 3's. They should all practice hitting open 3's LOL.

The fact that Dallas was just ceding the best shot in the game (everyone acknowledges the corner 3 is the optimal shot in terms of risk/reward) and we couldn’t make them pay in the first half screamed we had an issue that monty refused to acknowledge.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Yeah this is something we couldn’t do with Mikal.

Despite being smaller okogie is stronger and keeps in front of doncic more solidly.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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He missed the shot, but this is dog **** that he didn’t get called for the push off

It’s 100% an offensive foul. Chicken wing extends.

 

[Muggz]

Welp at least with this win you can't say "yeah but it was just Dallas" hard fought win.

 

[Mainstreet]

Devin Booker talks about the smoke between him and Luka Doncic.

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[BirdGangThing]

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[Raindog]

I don't have a hard time imagining in about five more years, Luka being a bloated 280 lbs, waddling around and getting about 75% of his points off of free throws.

 

[Superbone]

I have KD goin for 40 today

Minutes? Almost on the points.

 

[Superbone]

How old is Hubie brown?

89 years young.

 

[TJ]

I don't have a hard time imagining in about five more years, Luka being a bloated 280 lbs, waddling around and getting about 75% of his points off of free throws.

Him and Zion at all-you-can-eat buffets would be more impressive than their games

 

[Superbone]

Luka gets away with BS offensive fouls geesh

SO fun to watch.

 

[Superbone]

The refs screwed us but not about stepping out, slow mo replay shows he clearly hit the line. But Luka was late when he stepped in front, should have been a foul called. And even if he had been there on time it should have been a foul called on him because he moved his leg into Okogie's thigh.

That's not what I saw. I watched it a few times on my DVR. I hate when refs make assumptions without actually seeing it.

ETA: Reading further on, apparently you watched it closer than me. I'll take your word for it. I didn't watch it in super slow mo.

 

[Chaplin]

Not talking about Monty in that post. Chap and I were talking about Mark Bryant.

Yep, and I was just saying, there are certain things you have control over. Perhaps bringing in a better motivator in that role would help.

 

[Superbone]

I usually do, even when in games where I've felt we got shafted, I still thought they were trying to do their job. But this is a joke. The travels, arm bars, push offs when the Mavs are on offense are even worse than the imaginary fouls being called against us. Monty needs to get ejected. Stand up for once Coach.

If he had gotten ejected, he wouldn't have been there to make the winning Wainright sub for Okogie.

 

[Germz249]

Devin Booker talks about the smoke between him and Luka Doncic.

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I love the game announcer.. "Booker was yapping at Jokic when he was down"

Booker wasn’t even talking to Luka but hey.. maybe I should go back to my cave so I don’t hear the dumb bias crap..

 

[SirStefan32]

I hate complaining about officiating, but this game had some awful officiating. I love Luka as a player, but I cannot stand what the referees are letting get away with. I counted seven clear offensive fouls they did not call on him. It's like watching Shaq back in the day.

Huge win, and a great example of why the Suns needed KD. I love Booker, but he is not at the level where he is one of the best Superstars when you really need to find a bucket. Watching KD is really amazing- he just scores with ease. I have reservations about the trade, but it's moments like this when I am reminded that the Suns HAD to make that trade. Suns don't win this game without KD.

Another thing is that KD makes things easier for Booker. Booker is getting 35-ish points per game effortlessly now. CP3 gets to "have" to be CP3 for a few minutes per game, which is huge at his age. He can obviously still be the CP3 of old, but he just can't do it for 30 minutes a night. With KD here, CP3 just has to step up for a few minutes.

While I am critical of Monty and his lack of adjustments, he did a good job taking Okogie out after eight missed wide-open threes and going with Ish.

I also gotta give props to Ayton- he disappeared offensively for three quarters, but he did a great job rebounding. He showed effort.

Overall, a good win, though I am still not convinced the Suns are "over" what happened last year. Theoretically, they should only keep getting better from here.