Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns were the favorites against the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 1 but couldn’t execute well enough to get the win.
Brendon Kleen of @justbasketballfans and Brandon Dueñas recap the loss, including why Monty Williams over-adjusted, how the offense went away from its best stuff, Torrey Craig starting over Josh Okogie, a surprisingly great Russell Westbrook game, robot Kawhi Leonard, and more.
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26 Comments
Clips fan here: where is your guest that predicted suns sweep?
Starting unit needs to be up by ten before the rotations give it back. If the starters dig a hole for the bench to get out of, good luck.
The Suns lost because the best player in the court only took 1 shot in clutch time, SIMPLE BASKETBALL. Don't need a degree to know that.
Chris Paul trash self is taking to many shots we need to trade him
What game was this man watching he said Chris Paul didn't have ball enough 😂😂😂…Cp needs ball less, needs to be sitting in corner with KD or book as ball handler. KD had 6 assist alone in 3rd quarter run why not just run offense through him in 4th that's what got the lead but no Monty calling timeouts and running pick and rolls for Chris Paul 😂😂. Terrible coaching job yesterday
KD was to passive he was trying to let CP3 and D Book do there thang “Y’all know who I am I’m Kevin Durant” KD finna be dangerous the rest of this series mark my words !
Nobody ever holds ayton accountable. He’s a mid player who makes max money. Biggest disappointment in suns history
The bench needs to put in more than 10 points if we want to win. Ishbia didn’t realize we actually need a decent bench to win smh
#firemontyNOW
Why didn’t coach run the offense through KD in the last half of the 4th ? Running it through KD is the reason that they took the lead
Horrible horrible Monty rotation. Why in the hell would you take those starters out mid way through the 3rd?? Step on their throat, you just had a run to get you up 9 points. Rest them at the start of the 4th or whenever, screw your pre-determined rotations, when you smell blood you have to pounce. Also too many times late 4th did I see possessions where CP pulled up mid-range brick. Involve KEVIN FREAKING DURANT in your offense more, he's the best and most efficient player on this team. Stop having him play as part of the system, when a game gets tough he is the system.
Is this the only podcast Suns has to offer? This is hard to listen too
Suns need bucket getters on the floor! They're current starting 5 is making it easy on the Clippers to defend. They only have to worry about Booker and KD and to be honest really just KD mainly. Monty needs to stop worrying about defense as much and get bucket getters in the game to really pressure the Clippers defense. In other words….Terrance Ross and TJ Warren need way more minutes and Landale should be first off the bench for Ayron
Clippers in 5.
Kd was great.. Ayton, Cp3, and Book need to step up.
I agree with you guys, and think we will be fine with adjustments. I have hope.
If we fail to at least get to the conference finals with this squad we need to start questioning Monty's future with the Suns.
I guess Durant is not what everyone is saying he is, maybe it was the Warriors, he has won nothing without them, not even got out of the 2nd round.
As a clippers fan I know there's a few players that can get 25 points any night. Watch out for tmann,bones and Powell. Batum is extremely good at 3s so expect him to hit some clutch shots. KD gives me a mini heart attack everytime he shoots
How does shamet get all that play time over any of the other bench players I don’t get it
Monty Williams and his bald head need to play Ross and TJ
Where can I find the 2nd chance points from game 1? Hoping for less shamet and ish, more Okogie, more KD attempts
Shamet’s minutes need to be cut a little and I think Damion Lee needs to play again
Cp isn't a bad thing tho. But I agree monty was terrible. No idea why okogie goes from earning the starting job to only playing 6 mins in a fking playoff game…. No excuse for that. Even if you start Craig then okogie should be having 20+mins NOT SHAMET. Okogie is a beast on rebounds and wouldn't have aloud clips to get 2x as many off rebs. I really don't get monty at times.11man rotations… Fking trash. We went on thst run in the third. Clips call time and monty takes the foot off the pedal and subs out ayton and I think a few other starters. Then clips immediately went on a run and had tied it to end third. Fking embarrassing. Then monty needs to get kd the ball in fourth. idk what the plan was but monty better change it for game two. And come on.. Tj Warren gets no mins…. But Shamet gets 24???if monty doesn't sit Shamet rest of the series. And if he doesn't play tj Warren at least 10mins I seriously don't see us winning the series. Craig was amazing. But he is best off the bench as 6th man. No idea why we change up so much when we already had just a few games with so many new players…. Like wtf. Seriously seemed liked monty tried everything he could to blow this.
I’m so tired of it man. I’m about done with Monty if he doesn’t make these OBVIOUS fcking adjustments. Then #firemonty
The starters weren't tearing it up but wow did things go in the toilet when the bench came in.
Going to be a very different team next year, I think.