Devin Booker and Phoenix Suns Fall Short Against Minnesota Timberwolves In Road Game One
Devin Booker went cold and the Phoenix Suns defense broke down in a 120-95 loss to Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game One.
Brendon Kleen of @justbasketballfans breaks down why the Suns lost, how the end of the third quarter went wrong for the Suns after a hot streak from Kevin Durant, how Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns got comfortable, and what the Grayson Allen injury could mean for the Suns going forward.
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37 Comments
Vogel lineup & rotation is flawed. The Wolves exposed it's lack of size, defense & rebounding. Even after the Suns got smoked in the 1st half, Vogel still ran out his undersized small lineup & got blown.You can play hard as fk but at times you need to adjust & match personal. He doesn't put the players, bench or rotation in the best position to win. Vogel is sole reason why the Suns have be inconsistent, all yr.
Not making one of the main points being books lack of effort on defense and inability to make good reads that punish the defense is terrible. Book was our worst player on the court today outside of Grayson Allen and eubanks. Bro got locked Tf down by mcdaniels.
Rebounding deficit too much. T wolves length & defense showed up.
Vogel is the worst coach in Suns history
COACH VO HAS TO GO
No Gordon, No Allen, No win
Remember everyone, we are built to beat Denver. Just gotta wait until we play Denver in the playoffs.
Call it what it is, the only one showed up today was KD, everyone else was a ghost.
Sadly we will never win anything with Durant Suns fans. This guy is a get a bucket guy and does nothing else to help a ball club win. The guy managed to be the leading scorer for the Suns and had the worst +/- on the entire team. Only player who can score 30/40 points and be a massive net negative on the court. Thereās a reason he hasnāt been to a conference finals since Obama was president and never won a damn thing without Steph.
Gotta make up for the rosters lack of size. Can't leave Nurkic on an island trying to rebound against 3 timberwolves crashing the boards
I know KD thinks offence is enough to win š but little did he know he got 2 š š because of our DrayGod.
Role players are subpar. Need to revamp roster next season and get some High IQ players instead of people who just throw the š and expect it to go in by luck.
Get Looney, Wiggins, Podz, CP3 + picks and give us back our 35 š
Fall short? Did you watch the game? If that was falling short what does a blowout look like?
This comment section shows how little yall know about basketball. You cant even comprehend what you are watching. KD was the only player who played offense competently. Plus minus is a flawed individual game stat. KD was trying to be unselfish and get others going.
Well at least this is how they looked all season and we know for sure now they arent a contender. Booker is ready to enjoy his summer. He doesn't care about winning a chip.
Problem with book is when he goes big itās an ultimate treat but if itās reversed then u cannot win Iām even if other one goes for 30 because book is bad on both ends . Sad and inefficient
This guy went through his whole telecast without one time mentioning or calling out Frank Vogel. White peoples is always on code with one another
This guy really trying to point out Durants turnovers? Brother, if he wasnāt there today yāall wouldāve lost by 50ā¦ book and the role players are to blame, book takes the most silly shots, with 20 seconds left on the shot clock at the most in opportune times, he lacks court awareness & vision, I counted at least 5-6 x he couldāve hit the big or swung the ball to the weak side 3 for a wide open shot, lol this guy ranting about Durant who kept them in it smh š¤¦š½āāļø
Vogel couldnāt throw Bol Bol in the first half. Gordon and Allen werenāt given us any good minutes. Unlike in the regular season the Wolves also were able to make the Kat switch on Durant. Dang we need some help rebounding it canāt just be Nurkic
Finch didn't show all his "cards" on Sunday but made the necessary adjustments to thwart the Suns today. Letting KAT take KD in the post was great, he had an efficient game. Alexander-Walker and McDaniels played vicious D on Book/Beal. Minnys size allowed them to totally dominate the boards. MN displayed full-spectrum dominance today. Suns bench did zilch. And Ant š just demoralized KD in the 3rd.
Wolves total rebounding 52 Suns were 28. Yeah something needs to change
The Suns were lucky. They should been called for flopping and Allen should've been ejected for the elbow
Mavs fan here. After the butt wiping inflicted on this team 2 years ago by our Mavs it appears the total rebuild of the Suns has not been very well thought out. Heck Ayton could have helped, so could people like Jae Crowder. He used to burn us
Its funny how when book plays bad it's "he has to be better" but KD has a great shooting night and 2 too many turn overs and its "maybe we need to get him off of the ball more". If KD has 3 turnovers instead of 5 then he had a oretty mych flawless game. Just give KD back to the nets
kd played good was only 1
Book was chilling lmao
suns bench sucked bad
wolves wanted it more easy
The problem with this match-up for the suns is that their normal way of playing is really hard for the wolves to play against in Minnesota's normal way of playing, but the wolves have now made some major adjustments to how they play (especially on offense)… and it's working. If the suns start adjusting and getting outside of their normal style of play, they will almost certainly be playing back into the strength of the wolves who will be comfortable adjusting back.
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Booker doesn't show up every game. Durant turnovers, Beal turnovers and no show. Do have Isaiah Thomas which should have been playing doing the regular season learning the system. The coach needs to straight be fired he plays booker durant beal to many minutes the suns is a whole team not just certain players. Wtf coach doesn't adjust at all.
The owner should have kept mikal bridges and cam Johnson yes have allen & o neal, & Isaiah Thomas, & young , bol bol.
And look on one the plays ubanks leaves the whole to the basket wide open watching the player dunk instead of closing out. Instead of having Young & bol bol guard the paint. Suns should have kept the same squad they had when they went to the championship.
Booker is good but he has no extra gear, he is what he is, other great players have another gear to go. Itās booker can transform into super saiyan i and thatās it, others can get to form 2 or even 3ā¦
Wolves in 5.
These are the sort of games where I thought cp3 or IT Pg skills will come into good use
KD is the only one on the team who wants to win
Why are you biased towards KD? He shoots 11/17 at 64% Book 5/16 at 31% but KD is the problem you are funny.