The Phoenix Suns Beat The Chicago Bulls To Help Strengthen Their Grasp On The 7th Seed In The West!
Phoenix Suns tighten grip on seven seed with clutch road win over Chicago Bulls. Can Devin Booker and Jalen Green silence late-game doubts as the playoffs loom?
Benjamin Garcia breaks down Phoenix’s gritty victory, spotlighting Dillon Brooks’ timely fourth-quarter scoring and Jalen Green’s evolving, aggressive playstyle alongside Booker. The episode unpacks Jordan Ott’s puzzling rotation decisions, the impact of starting Jordan Goodwin over Colin Gillespie, and whether rookie Rasheer Fleming deserves more minutes. Garcia addresses the mounting controversy of Brooks’ latest technical foul and looming suspension, questioning NBA officiating at this critical juncture. Key topics include the Suns’ lingering fourth-quarter struggles, their chemistry heading into matchups with the Rockets, Mavericks, Thunder, and Lakers, and how Phoenix can maximize its shot-makers for a deep postseason push.
Don’t miss this incisive look at the Phoenix Suns’ postseason prospects and the lineup moves that could define their run.
00:00 Grabbing Ahold Of The 7 Seed
03:33 Securing the win in Chicago
07:58 Suns’ playoff concerns
13:24 Jalen Green’s improved consistency
15:24 Jalen Green’s strengths this season
17:47 Developing Jalen Green’s playstyle
26:44 Starting Rasheer Fleming despite inexperience
28:42 Rashier Fleming needs more minutes
31:40 Dillon Brooks playoff availability debate
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12 Comments
Listen man, it wasn't pretty and there's some stuff to companion about for sure. But ultimately, they need time to get the chemistry down and these next four games they can try and do that.
At the end of the day, feels like that 7 seed is all but theirs. Thanks for watching fellas ☀
Ben your the best podcast host hands down don’t listen to the other guys
Ben Booker showed up in the 4th quarter and yes he hit the 3 when the Suns needed it this is very important for Booker to be effective in the 4th quarter …
The Suns & Mets both winning on the same day is as rare a friggin' occurrence of all for me. Happy Easter & Passover to ALL. GO, BEN! GO! GO, BEN! GO!
Brooks in clutch was what suns been missing, I didn’t like Book kept getting ball I used to be like get it to book but I been traumatized by his recent clutch performances, thank god brooks was there if he wasn’t we possibly could of been talking about another loss.
letting teams run you over in the paint is a big problem
Are you sick Ben? You are praising Jalen. lol
Give me rasheer over Grayson , Grayson hasn’t been the same since he started sitting for injuries , using all his fouls is not defense
Here's my theory: Ishbia is responsible for the lineup issues. He clearly has a "win now" mentality and he's telling Ott to play vets instead of the rookies. Reason I say that is because the same thing happened last year with Bud not playing Oso or Dunn. This is Ishbia who doesn't wanna play the rookies. Same pattern
The thing I am most afraid of is if some of these guards don't make their shots (Colin graycen ,royce ) cuz they don't bring much value in other places , maybe their minutes should go down to play more defense with rasheer and Dunn ,also defense is more important than offense in the playoffs
Another thing , our rim protection is so bad and it gets worse when rasheer doesn't play like today
39 here