![]() ![]() Some of the best reasons for a Suns’ revival in this series comes down not to how Phoenix plays, but this simple fact: the Nuggets are not good on the road. I played the over in the first two games, and it went 1-1. None of this matters if the Suns don’t hit shots, but that’s their best option. The Suns are realizing that the only way they can win this series is with offense. Ross and Warren have better perimeter upside than Lee, Josh Okogie, and even Torrey Craig who shot 40% from beyond the arc this season and 62% from deep against the Clippers in Round 1. They have to score and they have to score efficiently. The concern with Ross and Warren is their defense, but the Suns honestly can’t worry about that right now. I want to stress that this is not a good sign: you don’t want to be the first coach to make a major adjustment, and you especially don’t want to be essentially throwing guys out on the floor who you had not planned on using. Williams also mentioned that we could see Terrence Ross and TJ Warren for the first time in the playoffs and going forward. So what needs to change?ĭamion Lee saw more minutes in Game 2 and I expect him to get even more in Game 3 I’m on his over 0.5 3-point attempts. ![]() So the starting point for them to get back in the series lies with Durant. The Suns’ margin for error is, to be honest, slim. Make it make sense.)Īgainst the Nuggets, however, the Suns face a team that is containing and challenging their stars on every shot, living with the tough jumpers they make, while scoring enough on the other end to give themselves a healthy margin for error, even on a bad day. (You have switchable players and yet you played two bigs exclusively, Tyronn Lue. Their offense is missing a reliable fifth player, and now third-and-fifth scorer with Paul on the mend.Īgainst the Clippers, the Suns faced a team without two major shot creators and shot makers, and a team that, for whatever reason, refused to lean into the things they did that would give the Suns trouble. Their defense struggles with perimeter containment and rotations after losing Cam Johnson and especially Mikal Bridges. ![]() After trading for Durant, they’ve lost some capacity in both areas. They were able to win with either offense or defense this season. Under head coach Monty Williams, the team’s ethos has been balance. The Suns are now faced with having to re-examine their approach. And yet, thanks to Durant going 2-of-10 on contested looks, it wasn’t enough. In Game 2, the Nuggets struggled from the field, hitting just 10-of-28 on uncontested shots from players other than Jokic. ![]()
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