2024 NBA Season and Playoffs

[Atzar]

So is this game just going to be Ant and Book trading possessions going 1-on-5 and ignoring their open teammates?  Each of them have already done it twice and we're only three minutes in. 

[perks-a-beast]

KAT Clearly isn’t healthy and is going to be really bothered by KD on both ends. I don’t expect him to do much of anything in this series.

[Phantom255x]

The Suns defense is just horrible and there are possessions where even KD isn't really trying there.

[Phantom255x]

I got this series going 7. I also said before the season that I felt Ant Edwards was gonna show more improvement during the season and then go off in the postseason to propel the Wolves on a run. We'll see.

He wasn't bad in the Nuggets series last year but there were a couple games he wasn't good particularly the Lakers play-in game where he was horrible and probably cost them.

[Who]

I thought PHX would win this series because of the Durant / Towns matchup and Towns not being fully fit.

I'd love to be wrong though. Definitely cheering on Minnesota.

[Who]

The spacing is incredible with Towns and Naz Reid in the game. No chance of keeping Edwards out of the paint. Not with that shoddy PHX defense.

[Who]

Small PHX lineup is getting killed

G: E Gordon
G: G Allen
G: Beal
F: R O'Neale (6-6, 225lbs)
C: Durant

Minnesota has Gobert and Towns on the floor against this lineup.

[perks-a-beast]

I think Minny would give DEN a much tougher time so I'm pulling for them. I do not want to see the nuggets in the finals.

[Who]

The rebounding stats are interesting

Minny has 8 off rebounds to PHX's 13 def rebs. So they an off reb rate of about 38% while PHX is only retrieving 62% of their defensive boards.

Minny has grabbed 19 def rebounds to PHX's 1 off rebound. A 95% def reb rate. A 5% off reb rate.

[Who]

Durant = 24min = 27pts

[Who]

Nice stepback J at the elbow by Beal. Gotta enjoy that.

[Who]

This is the lineup I like for PHX. Two guards, two forwards, one big. Not three guards, one forward, one big.

G: Beal
G: Booker
F: R O'Neale
F: Durant
C: Nurkic

Defensive & rebounding integrity. No midget perimeter trio.

[Who]

Anthony Edwards is not the next Michael Jordan but he is the next Kobe Bryant.

[Who]

Why do they think Durant can guard Anthony Edwards?

Durant is 35 years old and just had his worst defensive year in more than a decade due to his declining athleticism. How is he going to stay in front of Anthony Edwards? He is not.

[perks-a-beast]

Anthony Edwards is not the next Michael Jordan but he is the next Kobe Bryant.

Their stats at age 22 years old are almost identical.