Suns @ Mavericks Thursday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-12-2022 - Game 6

[Finito]

Perimeter defense can’t keep anyone in front of them.

Aytons fault obviously

 

[Proximo]

Seriously there are nights when it’s tough shooting or when the other team shoots the lights out. But tonight ain’t that. This is the entire machine crumbling all at once.

They looked ok in the first, then it all just went to hell.

 

[AZ due I love BBQ]

Suns by 9 Sunday

Also Cubs in town

 

[az240zz]

Who knows. 7ft plays like 6ft

Did you watch him in college? Played the same way

 

[Finito]

Book is horrid tonight

He’s been leaving his man all series long

 

[Chaplin]

Perimeter defense can’t keep anyone in front of them.

Aytons fault obviously

Jesus stop trolling. Picking fights on a message board makes you a big man. Ayton shares just as much blame as everyone else.

 

[Raindog]

If we lose a game 7 to this mediocre Dallas team, I have officially had it with Monty Mush. This team is playing as pudding soft as Monty coaches. He can take his COY trophy and go to the Lakers for all I care.

 

[Mainstreet]

Right now it's should be all about putting players on the court who will play with energy.

 

[Covert Rain]

We have no chance when our backcourt has been completely stopped.

What kills me is little ass Brunson lays out his body to get charges throughout this series and Suns just move out of the way for Luka.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Mavs OUTrebounding us. If that doesn’t show we don’t want I don’t know what does.

 

[Finito]

Jesus stop trolling. Picking fights on a message board makes you a big man. Ayton shares just as much blame as everyone else.

Who’s talking to you

Can’t I just make post in the game thread. Not everything is about you.

 

[FB94]

Williams doesn't have the cahones to do that

He needs to do something to jolt these guys, not for tonight because that’s long gone, but for game seven. Something out of character they don’t expect. I would bench them right now, no need to waste anymore energy

 

[dscher]

Perimeter defense can’t keep anyone in front of them.

Aytons fault obviously

Yes it is.




Feel better now?

 

[Hoop Head]

This is pathetic. The Suns have never even made the trip to Dallas. 3 of the worst games I've seen them play all year have been in this series. No defense, no offensive cohesion, no rhythm at all.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Omfg

 

[Chaplin]

Who’s talking to you

Can’t I just make post in the game thread. Not everything is about you.

Every post is you sarcastically trolling about Ayton.

 

[Suns_fan69]

Sit Paul, play Holiday. What have you got to lose, Monty?

 

[Finito]

Paul is DONE

 

[FB94]

Did you watch him in college? Played the same way

Nope can’t stand u of A. Not a college BB fan

 

[Finito]

Every post is you sarcastically trolling about Ayton.

What do my post got to do with you? Have I even quoted you?

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

So you're going to ignore minutes played and games played to hang onto your conclusion that we overworked him? I think you're wrong but heck, I have no perfect explanation for his struggles so who knows?

I don’t ignore it, but there is evidence that time off is not enough to overcome fatigue caused by high minutes and high stress minutes. For a more intuitive example, that’s like saying it’s ok to have a guy pitch 12 innings as long as you give him a week and a half off in return.

This article provides some examples, though in this case it talks more about injury. There’s a whole deal of sports science at work, this stuff gets tracked because there’s value in it.

Can load management prevent injury in the NBA? The link between fatigue and injury risk is complex

As NBA players skip games to lower injury risk, using workload to assess that risk can be a moving target.

theathletic.com

 

[Folster]

Paul is toast. I thought it was just his hand in the playoffs last year. He's washed. His old school heady game hides it, but not in the playoffs.

 

[FB94]

Paul is DONE

Seems like he just fell off a cliff overnight

 

[Chaplin]

What do my post got to do with you? Have I even quoted you?

You are addressing the board and getting called out on it. And your feelings get hurt. Stop trolling and you won’t feel so bad.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Omg Ayton dunked it!