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Suns nuggets preview7/31/2023 This effectively takes away the red carpet that drop coverage rolls out. To avoid getting torched by these pull-up assassins, Denver will likely play many screens at the level. With the Suns rostering the likes of Durant, Devin Booker and Chris Paul, it seems obvious that this would not be a good idea. The former will largely be a no-go in this series, as drop coverage’s most exploitable weakness is that – unless you have great screen navigating perimeter defenders – it provides a runaway for pull-up jumpers. In their first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Nuggets typically played ball screens featuring Nikola Jokic as the defending big man in a drop or at the level of the screen. (Sidebar: Stick around until the very end to see what our playoff projection model thinks of this series!) 1. To prime you for this earth-shaking showdown, here are five storylines to keep an eye on heading into the Western Conference semifinals. It could be a new-look Suns team which makes the difference in what we see tonight.Since the moment that it was announced that the Phoenix Suns had acquired Kevin Durant to tipoff what will forever go down as a historic trade deadline day, a matchup between them and the conference-leading Denver Nuggets in the NBA playoffs has seemed almost preordained.Īnd while this heavyweight fight against arguably the two best teams in the conference may be coming one round sooner than we’d hoped, it is nonetheless a heavily anticipated battle. I’m also expecting Coach Williams to play the bench a little differently with Terrence Ross and T.J. With Chris Paul most likely out tonight, I expect Payne to give the Suns a much different pace and flow to the game. I believe the Suns cover this game and get a monster performance from Kevin Durant and Cameron Payne. I got the Suns winning game 3 tonight to get their first win of the series by a final score of 110-101. Nikola Jokic Jokes About How The Suns Will Respond In Game 3 Moneyline: Denver’s moneyline is +152 while Phoenix’s is set at -179 Nuggets Game 3:Īgainst the spread: Suns are favored at -4 Here are the odds and my prediction of how Game 3 will go down tonight. Nikola Jokic: "No my friend, I expect they surrender and give us the win." □ Reporter: "Do you expect energy to be up now that they're back in their home court?" egXzc9HL7bĭuring practice yesterday, Jokic talked with the media and joked about how the Suns will approach game three tonight which is a sign that the Nuggets aren’t going to let up one bit. Head coach Monty Williams echoed the same sentiments during practice this week and that seems to be the theme going into these next two games as they look to try to get back in this series. Nikola Jokic dropped 39 points while grabbing 16 rebounds and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 14 points on 5/6 shooting and knocked down 3 of his 4 made threes in the fourth quarter which sparked a 21-8 run.ĭevin Booker had a good game with 35 points on 48% shooting but the team as a whole shot just 40% and only shot 19% from three while only attempting 5 free throws.Īfter the game, Devin Booker talked about how he’s going into tonight’s game with an embracing mentality as his team is down 0-2.Įmbrace the challenge. However, the difference in the game was the Nuggets had the best player on the court and hit timely shots down the stretch. Game 2 didn’t go according to plan as they failed to steal a win in Denver by losing 97-87 in one of the most low-scoring games of the playoffs.īoth teams struggled to shoot the ball well in that game. The Suns have put themselves in a deficit down 0-2 with the series now switched to Phoenix as they face the Nuggets tonight for Game 3 at the Footprint Center.
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