Devin Booker Digs Phoenix Suns Out Of Deep Hole To Beat Clippers AGAIN
Devin Booker went for 40 as the Phoenix Suns came back from 21 down to beat the Clippers at Intuit Dome for the second time in one week.
Brendon Kleen and Ben Garcia break down Book’s explosion, how Jusuf Nurkic bounced back and helped lead an insane Suns 3rd quarter, and concerns over Bradley Beal and his lingering elbow injury.
3:00-11:20 Moments of the game (Book, Nurk)
12:30-21:30 Big takeaways (Budenholzer, resiliency)
22:45-35:40 Rookie Watch, Beal injury, box score oddity
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45 Comments
Have Pridgeon back on!
great pod guys
Ben is too hyperbolic
I hope to god this isn’t a trend for the entire season where the suns wait till they’re down 20 before they decide to start playing defense and up the intensity
Nurk needs to be traded. This team is a center away.
Coach bud from the pop coaching tree
You guys are highlighting the third quarter. I just want to know how Nurk would've played heavy minutes in that 4th how it would've looked, like be honest with your selves. That drop coverage he play's every game gives a lot of teams pull up easy jumpers.
Nurk was still awful defensively in the 3rd quarter he needs to be gone at the deadline. The fact that we had to play a rookie over him because he was unplayable is embarrassing stop defending him.
Love you guys but remember a few episodes ago when you wasted an episode talking about Bookers form? Please don't waste our time again thanks. 😊👌🏽
Am I crazy to say Dunn has a pretty decent chance at ROY
I was thinking at halftime myself Booker 📖 gonna take over an we gonna win this 🏀☀️🔥💪
Kd didn’t take a shot at 4th cause he’s the most unselfish superstar ever The game was under control and he didn’t force it as a analyse is not just now score love your show❤
royce oneales new diet has him on another level. ryan dunn is a future star. book is book and budenholzer IS THE COACH THIS TEAM NEEDED
Nurk had 3 rebounds…. I lowballed him on my parlay for 4, no problem he’s a center… he’s the only one that didn’t hit for a 400$ win…
Kiwi here.
Great come back. Did not expect that but glad my main man book stept up again.
Just a thought. In the lands down under we have our couple players in steven adams and Josh giddy.
We make ok players, y not give cartwright and moody from nz breakers a chance ?
Love ben energy, keep it up
Best win of the year so far, a team of believers giving Glory to God as Ryan Dunn did right after the game can be very special.🏀🙏👏
He wouldn’t have gone 1st in the draft lmao relax
Top 10 maybe but pump the brakes bro
We all love Ryan Dunn though
Shazam!
Suns finding their identity as a "Never Say Die (NSD)" team GO Suns NSD
Do you not show highlights because of legal issues?
Great content once again. This is the best suns podcast.
Cmon guys, how can you not highlight the fact that Ty Lue threw doubles at KD every time he had the ball down the stretch. The fact that KD didn't force the issue to me shows such growth and a winning mentality.
Book was on his game and keep them in game. Love kd leadership in the game.
Dun and R.O was great…
tbh don't want to see those type of starts all season great come back win
Just stop being a kd hater and stars dividing . I see Kd on book talking to him on the floor. leadership!!for kd it’s all about winning the championship. He’s don’t care about mvp or been a suns from is rookie year. And he’s not trying take Mrs suns from book..
And don’t forget kd is youngest scoring champion 4 times scoring champ and Mrs okc for me. The most efficient player ever but best scorer ever and top 8 scorer ever. Back to back MVP with curry on is team.. and try to make curry win the second mvp but he was so great he still win it. The only player with 55 40 90 seasons.. leader USA team in scoring with Lbj n Kobe playing . And coming off career ending injury and so many other injuries. And I 😅can continue..
Unbelievable how people can not like these 2 together. Great show
Ben has a point with ryan dunn he's the first rooke to score 15 plus points it really isn't a deep Dr aft the number 1and 2 picks are projects
Great job Brenjamin!
Yes or No ? J. Okogie 2nd Round Pick for J. Valanciunas Or J. Okogie 2nd Round Pick for Jalen Smith. Salaries match, teams are prolly willing trade so those 2 big factors out the way. Would trade G. Allen for center too if need be wit Royce and Dunn balling out . Just my opinion and Go Suns
lmao NEVER IN DOUBT??? thats wild…
Budenholzer is maybe the best coach the Phoenix Suns have ever had just from this small sample size? I feel like he could be better than Mike D'Antoni for sure who isn't really a Championship caliber coach.
Booker was in his bag last night and I like how the team moved the ball and kept finding the hot hand. There was a point when KD was at the wing and could have shot it but he passed to Booker in the corner. They are phenomenal scorers. Defense was great down the stretch.
MOST WINS IN INTUIT DOME HISTORY! SCREW THE CLIPPERS!
Here is my take that I feel like a lot of other Suns fans share when it comes to Big Nurk is that so many times he looks lazy out there. This was a huge reason so many of us couldn't stand Ayton for the fact that he looks like he doesn't care because of lazy play. When he isn't even putting up his hands to contest shots or he isn't challenging guys that are way smaller inside, his defensive attitude comes across as a lazy player. I think the fans will bend over backwards for HUSTLE guys. If Nurk was pouring sweat and doing everything he could to block shots and grab boards, even if he came away with 4 points but had the intangibles of hustle and rebounds, people wouldn't care. This is the reason everyone fell in love with Grayson Allen is he was hustle, we want to see you putting it all out there every night. I want him to think I need 2 blocks and 5 boards before he takes a 3 pointer, he would unlock the part of his game that people desire to see him build up.
the Suns have now won 66% of all regular season games ever played in LAC’s new home, Portland won the other one. lol
Can’t forget frank wasn’t a fit for the roster vs bud frank took the coach spo route entering coaching but didn’t have a Pat Riley in his corner and Bud had a coach pop in his corner known for being hard on his players
As a Mavs fan, the Suns are pretty fun to watch this series. Y'all got a good thing going!
Booker playing the best game of his season, yet coaches still send their doubles to KD. Think about that
Haters still saying the Suns will choke in the end but when a different overhyped team wins a game, these haters will praise that team and declare no one is going to beat that team and they celebrate them. Hypocritical loser hater fanboys as usual.
2nd night of a back to back Harden, who already lost George and Leonard, finally lost his legs. Suns playing well but way too early for the hype.
Sure, roll the guys out hurt early in the season. OMG.
KD let himself be used as a decoy. Thats leadership