Phoenix Suns postgame show: What went wrong against the Trail Blazers?
Kellan Olson joins Mitch Vareldzis live from the arena to break down the Phoenix Suns’ loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. The two also preview what the team will have to do to win on Friday and advance to the NBA playoffs.
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21 Comments
Unfortunately no one should be surprised. Booker has been a ghost in the 4th quarter and in big moments all season. Jordan Ott has been terrible since the ASB with horrible rotations and zero adjustments. All the good will is from early in the season is gone. This team needs to go back to the drawing board this offseason and make staff changes and roster changes.
Devin Bricker strikes again. The missed free throws killed us.
Why play oso at all 1 rebound 3 points in 23 minutes and committing a offensive foul on a suns inbounds , we were up 6 with 3 minutes, blazers go down next play hit a three down one possession, could of went up possessions but instead went down to a single possession, that was a crucial mistake.
I think it's obvious what the problem is, you can't play Green, Booker and Brooks at the same time. The way I see it, the lineups should always be 2 of those 3 (shot creators) 2 of (Gillespie, Goodwin, Dunn, Allen, Oneil) and then one of the big men. When they play those lineups the offense (and defense) look way better.
Trade Booker and that horrible overpaid contract. It's a must. The longer he stays the more his value decreases. Get rid of him
I was at the game and when we went small ball with 3 mins left i looked at my homie and said oh were fucked. Spoiler alert, we were fucked.
Deni has more value than Booker. Deni is a raising star Booker is a decreasing asset. The K.D and Beal trades stripped them of draft picks. They can't build through the draft. Trade Booker for 2 serviceable players and draft picks
They overachieved in the first half of the season. They are a 500 team at this point so no surprise. No reason to root for a win now. Just take the L and work to improving for next season. They are who they are.
Microball didn't work for two months now. Why would tonight be any different.
Jordan Ott would rather lose his way than win any other and Booker is not that guy.
Suns got out coached…why play into their game plan…but lets be honest the REFS! have it in for the SUNS! its obvious…its getting old fast!!!!!!!
remember the Arizona Media was blaming KD for everythinh and NEVER BOOKER, and about now, where was your Booker? Kd his only healthy year with the suns he won 49 games and went to the playoffs all season suns fans were saying Phoenix is better. But then when the record is worse they take into consideration PHX injuries but won’t take into consideration HOU injuries?
Toumani Camara shut down Booker. Its not Bookers fault. Camera deserves credit where credit is due. Dude shut him down and put him in a box. Camara has been doing this all year 📦
we comin for that chip !! under dogs !!
4th quarters have been our Achilles heel all year.. but also Booker absolutely cannot disappear when we need him most. All love to Jalen Green for balling out.
A 17-5 run with 3 left, are you kidding me??
Book disappeared like he always does in the post season. That final drive he bitched out and passed to green vs finishing the drive getting the and 1 so we can win the game.
This team was at its best when there was a true PG running things in the starting lineup.
I know Collin is gassed from all of the minutes he's played, but they clearly need to go back to what worked and ask Green to take one for the team by being the 6th man.
TURBO DENI !!
🎉🎉🎉
Good luck winning a chip with dbook leading your franchise. Suns fans have a hard time accepting the truth. That's why y'all gave up kd. I have an idea. Y'all should give dbook more money over the summer 😂
What happened books puss started bleeding
That was a crazy playoff-like game. The Suns are a fun, annoying team and as a Blazers fan, there were many points I was ready to give up lol.
I hope the Suns do well on Friday, and then we can have a side contest to see which team can win the most games in the first round lol
(Also, as a Blazers fan, and an Oregon State Beaver fan, it's really fun to hate Dillon Brooks 😂)
I get being bitter after a loss, but do Suns fans really hate Booker as much as I'm seeing in the comments here?