Can Cliff Paul insure the sun’s shine when the reign show out? #2 Suns vs the 7th Seed Theory Lakers

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PHX is not losing to a Denver team without Jamal Murray. Unlike POR, they defend, and Ayton isn't a moron like Nurkic.
It's going to be a close series.The Suns & Nuggets play down to the wire every time they face each other.Ayton guards Jokic maybe better than any player in the league.Jokic might be forced to play more like Dirk this series.Kenny Smith made a great point last night.Jokic won't be able to dominate the post against Ayton.The one guy who normally kills the Suns is Jamal Murray.He's a guy who could neutralize Book's scoring with his own.I think Booker's going to go absolutely ape shyt.Monty's been trying to get him to be more decisive with the ball.Mainly when it comes to scoring opportunities.Book normally likes to back out and ISO, but in the last two games against the Lakers, he started taking what the defense was giving him.Executing more catch & shoots..One, two dribbles & let it fly.If Book's finally starting to understand that, it's going to get ugly.All that over-dribbling just give the defense a chance to set up their strategy against you.I think Book will conserve more energy by making quick decisions with the ball.Seems as if he gets in a better rhythm.Leading to better efficiency.This is the way I envisioned him playing with CP3 all year.Looks like he finally stopped being stubborn & went away from the ISO hero ball.
 

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It's going to be a close series.The Suns & Nuggets play down to the wire every time they face each other.Ayton guards Jokic maybe better than any player in the league.Jokic might be forced to play more like Dirk this series.Kenny Smith made a great point last night.Jokic won't be able to dominate the post against Ayton.The one guy who normally kills the Suns is Jamal Murray.He's a guy who could neutralize Book's scoring with his own.I think Booker's going to go absolutely ape shyt.Monty's been trying to get him to be more decisive with the ball.Mainly when it comes to scoring opportunities.Book normally likes to back out and ISO, but in the last two games against the Lakers, he started taking what the defense was giving him.Executing more catch & shoots..One, two dribbles & let it fly.If Book's finally starting to understand that, it's going to get ugly.All that over-dribbling just give the defense a chance to set up their strategy against you.I think Book will conserve more energy by making quick decisions with the ball.Seems as if he gets in a better rhythm.Leading to better efficiency.This is the way I envisioned him playing with CP3 all year.Looks like he finally stopped being stubborn & went away from the ISO hero ball.
Suns in 5 bro
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The media will still be talking about Lakers first round exit and what they will do in the offseason more than whoever wins the chip :mjlol:
Yeah there’s still no other nba player who moves the needle like Lebron :manny:
So many low talent people owe their careers to Bron . Gonna be a void for awhile after he retires .
 

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Yeah there’s still no other nba player who moves the needle like Lebron :manny:
So many low talent people owe their careers to Bron . Gonna be a void for awhile after he retires .

Thats why I find it funny when people hate on his accomplishments, yet he been the center of the league for so long. Combine that with the Lakers still being one of the most popular teams too :wow:.

No discredit to the Raptors but nobody talked about their championship like that when they won, but people stay bringing up Lakers bubble win.
 

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Bron got the most 40 point playoff games in one postseason but he can't take over a game. Dude has dragged teams with no other all-stars to the finals but he can't lead a team. The analysis on this site :mjlol:


yall are impossible to argue with on this site cause majority of yall arent smart

of course dudes playing "on teams with no other all stars" are gonna have great stats
its like you cats cant tell the difference between someone basically plays dolo or has to share the touches with another player

its the same reason why the spurs scraped the fukking league up and nobody talks about any individual stat from them
Besides winning (you know the only shyt that matters) you gotta be a super dumb motherfukker to not see the difference. Same with Knicks right now and the Drose praise... of course he's gonna look good he's one of the main focus' of the team . You put him on Utah and you think he's gonna still have the same numbers?

Plus you wording shyt terrible to pad your bullshyt by saying "no allstars" you mean "no allstars that year" ... if your teammates are former or fringe allstars ... I thought you made players better?
then you said all that juelzing shyt just to use an example where they lost anyways. Where yall carrying people to? L's? Lillard is great but how clutch are you when you are stuck taking L's ... that's not the definition of clutch

Nash was one of the best shooters of all time and one of my favorite players... dude aint clutch though...he never made the finals. There's no conditional barometer to being a winner besides winning. Ron Artest hitting the closing shot in the finals was more clutch than Nash's whole career. Who cares if Nash beat Spurs with one eye... just to get wrecked in the next series :mjlol: You are defending a man who has lost twice as much as he's won. You can make a highlight reel of him ripping his jersey off, playing hot potato with Wade, getting screamed on by deshaun stevenson and JJ barrea, Dirk snatching his soul after Bron said he was faking sick, one of the worst finals turnouts in history when the spurs dismantled Miami, walking off the court early. All dude does is deflect ... you got locked up by roleplayers as usual and without a specifically built team around you, or another player who is actually a beast. The shyt never works out. Lebron has never snatched no souls or intimidated anyone. None of those pirouette layups and easy buckets impress me at all. nikka even wilt dropped 100 and lost. Would you rather hit the game winner with a ring, or drop 38 and still lose by a handful lol ... If you want that 38 then we aint talking about champion shyt. The game clock dictates winners not fukking statlines.

I dunno how this is so hard for people to understand, the dude you're defending's career is literally the example of why the shyt dont work. If you kept it a buck with yourself you would be saying Wilt is the GOAT by your standards. But of course you're not because you're on another mans penis
 

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You're underestimating Milwaukee's defensive players. Giannis and Jrue are more than likely making First Team All Defense this year and Lopez has made has All NBA Defense himself a couple of years ago. I'm sure they'll up to the task in guarding their assignments. Milwaukee has the length and defense to slow them down.

They've been sacrificing wins this year to practice defensive lineups for this specific matchup.
I understand that, and those games largely yielded nothing of value even when Brooklyn was in regular season mode. They’re better suited than anyone else I can think of left, but what does that result in...110 ppg instead of the seemingly 125 they were getting against Boston? Idk

it should be a fantastic matchup, and the most entertaining from a schematic standpoint though. And you are right to at least reference Lopez, because if Blake and the other 5 options can’t make him defend the outside, then he can be a defensive X-Factor.
 

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