Suns @ Mavericks Sunday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-8-2022 - Game 4

[Mainstreet]

It sucks… I had supreme confidence every time Cam had the ball before his injury.

I literally now have none.

Physically, Cam Johnson doesn't look as strong since he came back from injury.

 

[nashman]

You sound just as ridiculous as Russ and Loyalty.

Our defense is atrocious and our biggest advantage with size is playing like a total wuss. And Booker for as great as he’s been offensively has been downright offensive on D

Oh Ayton is playing like crap I would be using McGee and Biz and all their fouls and let Ayton know if you don’t want to board and play D take a seat young man! Ayton should be dominating this series instead he’s been a total bystander! But to ignore all the ridiculous calls is a joke! Booker got a ******* T for shooting and getting fouled? Paul has never had 4 fouls in a half his entire career? Luka flailing like Ginobli in his hay day and they keep rewarding them and not us, plain as day! I never said we were play good but that’s not the story of this game so far. It’s been lights out from 3 and questionable officiating!!!!!

 

[1tinsoldier]

the bottom line is that Doncic is a dirty SOB on offense. every contact, whether he initiates it or not, invokes a big reaction or fall-down to force the refs to make the call

i've never seen anyone so blatantly full of crap and it has completely disrupted our flow and has gotten into the suns head. they are either accumulating fouls or just backing off him and he's getting wide open shots

 

[dscher]

It’s pretty simple they shooting lights out from 3 and the refs calling anything they can to help them as well. Multiple 3 second violations come on when have you e we seen that? Luka falling all over the place and refs rewarding him with bs fouls? Booker is on the ground half the time with lots of contact and not getting calls? Yeah looks real legit NBA… hot garbage!

This doesn't seem grounded in reality. The aggressors always come out on top in the playoffs. Are there calls that could be disputed? Absolutely. But we've done nothing to be aggressive and force the refs hand like the Mavs have been....not even close.. imo.

 

[dscher]

Just like last year.. the focus on the refs. Let it go dudes.

 

[mojorizen7]

Get Booker, Crowder and CJ some good shots.
Keep feeding Ayton until he wakes up.
Attack the rim on the P&R


Stop sagging off their camped 3 point shooters.
Play more man straight up, stop trying so hard to team defend the paint. We have rim protectors.
Force them to make Doncic play hero ball.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Awful effort in 1st poff nerves? Who knows

Sadly this series is goin 7 in phoenix just ughhhhh

 

[Cheesebeef]

Lol… Ayton misses both FTs. Jesus.

 

[Chaplin]

Good energy though.

 

[Mainstreet]

Crowder is fighting underneath.

 

[dscher]

Ayton doing stuff like that was like last year....

 

[FB94]

I rip crowder a lot but he is only one playing with urgency

 

[dscher]

Good free throw shooting to start....

 

[Cheesebeef]

Wow. Giving us a chance to get back in it and we miss 3 straight freebies.

 

[Folster]

3 missed free throws in the 2nd.

 

[Mainstreet]

Booker taking it to the basket... the right thing to do.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Here’s the deal:

- Paul’s age is showing…sadly.
- Ayton is simply not a consistent, reliable bigtime player and Jones looks brilliant by not giving him a new deal.
- Bridges is good, but not great. And as we’ve seen the past two games, he has massive holes in his game on both ends of the court that still need to be fixed.
- Cam Johnson is a good bench guy….at best.
- Cam Payne needs to go.
- Shamet is of no value
- Crowder is a solid role player at best
- Magee an excellent bench solution.

All in all, not championship pedigree at all…

 

[dscher]

Take over CP. It gets guys going......

 

[Mainstreet]

How is that a foul on Paul?

 

[dscher]

What a *******....that's what you get for ALWAYS trying to initiate contact.

 

[FB94]

WTF

 

[Dback Jon]

How is that a foul on Paul?

It’s not. ****** rigged refs.

 

[Chaplin]

We’re going to waste a challenge on that? That is blatant referee bias.

 

[dscher]

How is that a foul on Paul?

Because HE is initiating contact.

 

[FB94]

Paul just dribble the F’ing ball up the court