Inside the NBA crew react to Booker & KD combening for 57 points as Suns crush Wemby, Spurs 131-106

Inside the NBA crew react to Booker & KD combening for 57 points as Suns crush Wemby, Spurs 131-106

Phoenix Suns launched a five straight five game Road Trip I should say with a two game set in San Antonio starting on Saturday that means the lanky Kevin Durant and the lankier Victor wanyama Wy always open for a new Deon Booker patient oh show and go Beal to

Booker pull up jumper over wmy got a lock and Trail young fell you can’t shoot the gap on Deon Booker this game got out of hand pretty quickly so wheny didn’t play a ton of minutes five for seven from the field 13 points in 21 minutes this guy 7 ft4 dribbling like

This come on man crazy terance yeah and he’s 7 fet tall doing that yeah Bradley Beal to Durant fake the pass takes the higher percentage shot and Phoenix up by 18 at the break third quarter Booker on the pullup got that and then Durant to Bradley Beal for

Three 13 points 12 assists for Beal and then back to Booker for three of his 32 little defense from Phoenix Kevin Durant gets that long arm in there for the strip gets it back for the Finish he was 12 of 16 for 25 points Fenix led by

As many as 32 Win It by 25 they’ve won three in a row after shooting nearly 60% also recording a season high for points in the paint suns are now 14 and seven when Booker has scored 30 or more same two teams Monday night again in San Antonio so with that result

Phoenix still a half game up on Sacramento need to get out that seven spot yes old team man older team that needs the rest nobody wants to be in that seventh spot old young or otherwise nobody wants to be in that seven spot cuz anything can happen there so for the

Suns what’s going to be the key down the stretch here in terms of continuity and in terms of execution to avoid that fate I think what we saw tonight is is excellent ball movement but also the the middle of the floor was was open and and

When the middle of the floor is open and the bags are screening away as opposed to own ball screens those own ball screens you know consequently ends up in a lot of turnovers for those guards but when they’re screening away and they can keep the floor open and you got Booker

Coming off screens you got Durant coming off screens you got Bill coming off screens we saw tonight that they didn’t have a lot of turnovers because the middle of the floor was open and this is a tough team to defend because we talk about the three-point shot being so

Effective but what Phoenix is capable of doing which makes them po potentially so efficient and scary is when you can put a point on the board every time down court that nullifies the teams that take 53o shots and but if you if you can you

Know we I played in one of the highest efficiency rated games ever we scored 186 points against the Denver Nuggets because you were able to put a point on the board I think we had a 1.8 efficiency rating but when you able to put a point or two or three on the board

Every time down Court which Phoenix is capable of doing and not turning the ball over that’s tough to beat every night Phoenix is more midrangey than than most NBA teams but with the guys they have on the floor capable hitting those shots that’s a huge weapon in a

Postseason game it is and and for Phoenix it’s imperative that they get that six spot you don’t want Devon Booker Bradley Bill and Kevin Durant playing in the play why it’s just more games and more wear and tear already to think about it look at the minutes

They’re having to play now to avoid the play in it would be devastating mentally and physically for them to put all this energy and trying to get that six spot and hold it if they lose it and now got to go into play in understanding what

That road is like so I think if your Phoenix throw everything at getting that sixth spot even the fifth if you can so that you can take that four or five days of rest for these older guys to heal their body mind cuz it’s they need that

I don’t think they can get to the finals if they got to go through the playing because it’s just adding more wear and tear and already look what Boston doing they’re resting guys Phoenix can’t do that and you know Booka Durant and Beal are always injury injury prone Suns

Will’ll stick around San Antonio on there is a little more momentum for wmy as defensive player there at least if you listen to the chatter out there and there’s some numbers to back them up Spurs are not a great defensive team but they allow more than nine fewer points

Per 100 possessions when he’s on the floor that’s the second biggest differential among starters in the NBA he has 78 more blocks than personal fouls that’s the biggest differential for anybody who’s played his minutes over the last 20 Seasons those are just a couple of the numbers to give you an

Idea of what he’s doing defensively and this is year one he’s not done with year One what what are we going to be talking about in year two or year five it it’s mind-blowing you know most of the time when you come into the NBA most rookies are measured by what

They do on the offensive side of the ball you you’re never really expected to impact the defensive side of the ball this dramatically you know I I can’t think of many rookies who have been looked at as the defensive player of the year their first season coming in in the

Last 20 25 years this guy what he’s done and what he’s doing it it it’s phenomenal and then you know he also has giv you close to 20 points a night so he’s he’s giv you the rebounds he’s giv you the blocks he’s giv you the points

And he’s not playing 40 minutes a night right you know he’s he’s under minutes restriction and he’s doing all of this so to I I mean Sam I I I can’t even I can’t even think of another player that again defensive player of the year in the NBA when we’re talking about a

League that is really focused so much on scoring we’re talking about a rookie being a defensive player of the year unheard of what we’re about to see in the next two or three years to your point we’re about to see the MVP and the defensive player of the year all rolled

Into one we’re going to he’s going to win that award two three times combin both of them because I was in Toronto tonight he had 10 block shots if you try him it’s not going to go well for you I saw it with my own eyes Toronto tried

Him they kept driving to the basket and I remember the over under that night was three block and we was laughing cuz we kept saying they keep trying him he going to have 10 he has seven at a half time it’s amazing he can block shots and

Get the things that you don’t think it’s possible and then offensively to watch what he’s does as he’s growing and when he gets stronger and get a lower base to hold his ground look at what pinga somebody has finally turned the light bulb on on presing and say catch the

Ball at the free throw line just turn around and shoot whether are you dribbling and fade and for just go get your spot catch it high and turn around and shoot it high there’s nothing no one can do once that gets cemented in his mind that he can get a shot a quality

Shot anytime he wants it’s over because there’s nothing you can do defensively he can move his feet he can guard guards so think about it he can space You by five or six feet and you still can’t shoot if you beat him you got to beat

Him by half a mile he can reach a steel block your shot there’s nothing you can do and if you put him on the weak side and someone drives he coming over he can take away skip passes when they figure out pop hadn’t figured out how to really

Use them yet when they figure out that Swiss army knife all the different things he could do offensively and defensively the league is going to be in trouble man because it’s going to be every night trying to figure out how to deal with this dude feels like he’s a

Step away from a block anywhere on the floor and the 20 points a night or thereabouts they’re not running a ton of plays for him those are easy points he’s getting we’re counting the blocks right 10 blocks in that Toronto game but I bet you he made them Miss 20 shots yeah this

Guy contestant he didn’t get to block but when you make a Miss that’s a good defensive never seen anything like it Victor we minyama one of one stay with us their last six this NBA season here’s D chenzo how important was it in your mind to take control of this game early

Versus late in the fourth uh you know there were hungry team um you just got to play all four quarters I think that was our mindset just staying locked in playing four quarters and uh you know happy we came out with the win dece as he was leaving the floor you made sure

To give him a high five and a big hug he played 48 minutes he got the start what did you see from him today uh D has been doing this all season whenever his numbers called he’s ready to step up ready to go um so you have to credit him

Dante at the beginning of this game you talked about how important it was to get this win for a number of reasons in your mind why was this win so important given this point of the Season uh you know long road trip successful road trip um

Coming back early game you have to lock in um you look at the schedule you got to win the games you’re supposed to win and you know coming in theight locking in and winning the game that we’re supposed to win Nick’s currently battling the Orlando Magic for the four spot which

Would mean home court in the first round eventually in the postseason what is an opponent be it the magic or somebody else looking at in this New York team if they get healthy a physical team dominated by Jaylen Bronson a guy and I like the way TBS is using his team he’s

Playing everybody he’s got them in playoff mode already look he’s playing guys 48 minutes he’s trying to win every single game because he understands if they get healthy and can get to that four spot and get home court in the first round it’s about people don’t understand it’s about getting out the

First round once you get out the first round now you can take a deep breath you can relax now you can go play it’s that pressure is all in the first round and so that’s what people got to understand that’s why that first round home court is so advant so important because again

It’s it’s like playing with house money once you get out the first round unless you’re Boston yeah and and and New York and and TS they play with the toughness I mean he he brings that defensive tenacity and when you talk about you know I would just call him the villain

NOA guys right yeah you got Jay Wright over there who teaches fundamentals and what we see is that fundamentals will carry you in the NBA it’s not about your athleticism not about how high you jump it’s about your knowhow do you know how to play and do you know what to do

When it’s time to do it and those guys know what to do well and when teams draft so many really young players on spec because of athleticism because of the measurables and because the way they can jump and the length of their arms and all that kind of stuff all that’s

Great but there’s something to be said for guys who know how to win and those guys in particular won a lot yeah as as as you know Will Robinson you know used to always say jump high great body but it just can’t play no guarantee right can’t play it

Can’t play you know it’s like so all those measurements that you talk about you know it comes down to can you play can you stop somebody from scoring and can you score on a guy that’s guarding you all that other stuff don’t matter it really don’t it comes down to especially

In the playoffs can you guard your yard in manto Man In Mono imano who mentally and physically toughness and if you in the Knicks they going to challenge you if you’re going to beat the Nick you going to have to beat them up y physically and mentally because they’re

Going to keep coming and coming and that’s what I like about the Knicks you got to beat them they’re not going to beat themselves very much a Tom thibo type of Team happening right now in New York more games coming up here on Sunday including a good one in mil for e for

Spee for I’ll give it my all First Blood can’t be late here they come you have been defeated and they’re off an ally has been Defeated you have defeated an enemy an ally has been defeated I’ll give it my all how many fingers an ally has been defeated an enemy has been defeated manee for Speee speech spee oh foree for the hunger is real gotcha First Blood an enemy has been defeated let go of Truth aim aim an enemy has been defeated and the double [Laughter] kill your team has destroyed the tower here we go you have been defeated you have defeated an Enemy shut down Victory don’t Spee Fore for

Inside the NBA crew react to Booker & KD combening for 57 points as Suns crush Wemby, Spurs 131-106