Suns @ Timberwolves Saturday Playoff game thread, 4-20-24 - Game 1

[nashman]

Wasn’t there a time when the Suns would play Okogie to disrupt the other team when it mattered??

Yeah when we had a coach that wasn’t clueless!

 

[Mainstreet]

We are seeing IT in a playoff game? That's a bad sign. We could have used a little Bol Bol today when it was that stretch when we couldn't score.

And we thought Monty wouldn't play the bench players.

 

[Yuma]

Bol Bol too short on a dunk?

 

[nashman]

And we thought Monty wouldn't play the bench players.

Exactly, zero reason Young shouldn’t get time over Drew! And Okogie defensively Bol? Their are guys that should be getting minutes but Vogel is a fool and wants to just ride the stars into the ground!

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Timberwolves 120 - Suns 95

 

[Finito]

rebounds

Nurkic 4
Gobert 16

This can’t happen. I don’t give a damn about scoring but he has to keep it close in rebounds.

Matter a fact KD leads the team with 7 rebounds.

That’s pathetic effort by this team. Suns standing around watching and the T-Wolves are going and getting it

 

[Shaggy]

Demolished!

 

[AzCardsfan76]

Exactly, zero reason Young shouldn’t get time over Drew! And Okogie defensively Bol? Their are guys that should be getting minutes but Vogel is a fool and wants to just ride the stars into the ground!

Especially Okogie, he’s a game changer on the defensive end, he does the little things that make a difference.

 

[95pro]

Booker take notes from Brunson now

 

[Mainstreet]

Some final stats.

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[GoldGloveschmidt]

This was easy to see coming today. This is a mentally soft team who came in with low intensity because they have been beating the Timberwolves all season. It's what they've done all year, take opponents lightly and lose. I think they will wake up and win the series but it's a super annoying trait of the team to only play with intensity after taking a beating.


Also, Vogel is a moron and Eric Gordon should never see the floor in this series.

 

[Cheesebeef]

These playoff humiliations are becoming the norm rather than the exception in the Devin Booker era.

 

[nashman]

We just got abused on the boards and second chance points! Nurk didn’t show up today can’t have only 4 rebounds! The ball bounced Minn way for sure to out rebound us by 20+ ! But Book can’t wait till the 4th to get aggressive, and we have to find ways to get open looks! We did it late in the fourth for a few minutes, where the hell is the movement offense that killed Minn all year? Vogel is just a moron, no reason you can’t use some of the bench not named Eubanks! Vogel saying we will be ready for anything they throw at us… what a joke you did nothing coaching wise! ZERO!

 

[Finito]

These playoff humiliations are becoming the norm rather than the exception in the Devin Booker era.

It’s not that they lose it’s the way they lose.

This team just quits and it’s his team and his era. Ayton is gone, Monty is gone and same results. Maybe this turns around but I seen no fight tonight.

It’s looking like this is a Booker culture thing

 

[nashman]

These playoff humiliations are becoming the norm rather than the exception in the Devin Booker era.

Yep it’s all Bookers fault… geesh… can’t be a team thing right has to be Book?

 

[Finito]

Yep it’s all Bookers fault… geesh… can’t be a team thing right has to be Book?

Dude you really need to take off the blinders. I get it you’re a Suns fan so am I but I’m not blind to reality.

Guys who are number 1 or even legit 2s don’t just let the team quit and this is a year in and year out thing now. It’s not that they are losing it’s the way they are losing. This team quit tonight.

Bottom line this is Bookers team and these kind of playoff performances keep happening on his watch

 

[BirdGangThing]

book better show up and show out on tuesday - plain and simple - if you want to be legendary - if you truly want that smoke you need to rise to the moment

 

[Finito]

Flex saying getting blown out in game one is a good thing is hilarious

 

[Raindog]

Flex saying getting blown out in game one is a good thing is hilarious

Classic Flex take. Just wait until the Suns are put away in a sweep or something. His takes are going to be gold, I tell you!

 

[Phrazbit]

A week of sniffing their own farts did not serve this team well.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

im gonna go to walgreens and buy a bunch of junk food

It's probably not going to make your body feel any worse. So go for it.

 

[TJ]

Flex saying getting blown out in game one is a good thing is hilarious

Winning game 1 must be a drag too, according to Flex

 

[RON_IN_OC]

This was easy to see coming today. This is a mentally soft team who came in with low intensity because they have been beating the Timberwolves all season. It's what they've done all year, take opponents lightly and lose. I think they will wake up and win the series but it's a super annoying trait of the team to only play with intensity after taking a beating.


Also, Vogel is a moron and Eric Gordon should never see the floor in this series.

I feel that since Barkley was on the team, every Suns team has been mentally soft. Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Yep it’s all Bookers fault… geesh… can’t be a team thing right has to be Book?

It’s not all his fault, but he’s the one consistent part of three straight season of humiliating losses, playing like absolute dog-snot in almost all of them.

That’s just a lot of terrible Booker performances since our run to the Finals 3 years ago.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I feel that since Barkley was on the team, every Suns team has been mentally soft. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Those Barkley teams were soft also. You don’t blow back to back 2-0 and 3-1 series losses if you’re mentally tough.

And you sure as hell don’t lose EVERY FINALS HOME GAME like we pathetically did in the Bulls series.