What happened to the Suns!?
Why have the Suns been eclipsed in the standings? And what on earth happened in their game against the Clippers before the 2024 NBA playoffs? This watch along reaction film breakdown details the Suns defensive issues, their offensive problems and how Los Angeles was able to keep them out of the paint behind Paul George and Russell Westbrook.
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20 Comments
I thought Pho-Lac Watchalong was a name 🤣
I like these kinds of videos. Great job, sir. 👍
Can’t believe people try to compare Bol Bol to Wemby. Mf is horrible on defense
Maybe Brandon Miller had a point
Suns thought they were facing elimination💀
Russell Westbrook always upgrades his game against Durant and it's always hilarious. It's as though he plays every game against him like he has something to prove to him, that he is as good if not better than himz which is crazy because Westbrook is a legend and former MVP in his own right. Just goes to show how crazy competitive high level nba players intrinsically are, regardless of how accomplished they are.
Maybe KD will go to the Clippers next season
Why no nurkic?
SUN'S NO DEFENSE & LOW ENERGY
the clippers playing smart basketball, i liked how they were feeding zubac and defending. havent watched them this year this is fun
This is worth way more than any compilation of meaningless adv stats that end up saying Jokic is actually a good defender or that Trae Young is underrated cause he generates "53% of the pts of his team when guarded by a center from eastern europe for more than 3 minutes per game"
Yeap. Nerds cant for the live of God praise Russ. They just cant do it lol.
Russ has always been a good defender and dangerous in passing lines… except for his "triple double years" when he basically decided to play one side of the ball for the numbers (justified only that first year in Oklahoma when KD left). Byt before and after hes been a good, if not always the most focused one, defender.
Westbrook should be best 6th this year imo
that thumbnail made me think we were watching some vietnamese people
It’s ironic because KD left Russ in okc mainly because he couldn’t shoot and it limited his scoring in the post season. Now KD is playing with two gurads who aren’t great passers or slashers or defenders and Russ is one of the best passers in the league/ good defender
The Suns from recent memory have been on the receiving end of some really bad blowout games in the past years.
Am I wrong for thinking the subtitle in the thumbnail was Vietnamese? "Who is Pho-Lac? What is a Watchalong?" Please dont cancel me
PG is Book's daddy too. Dual custody with Luka
Moral of the story. If you shoot 2/17 while the other team shoots 13/17 you will be losing by a lot
Westbrook looks like he put on The Mask in the thumbnail ngl