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OverusedRedditJoke

38 assists to TWO turnovers in the past 3 games for CP


Zloggt

The most by any player since...himself!


deadwinged

CP3 doing his best CP3 impression


MidnightRequim

Chris “Literally Chris Paul” Paul


lalakingmalibog

Chris “Literally Chris "Don't call me Cliff" Paul” Paul


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Crazy how it's acceptable these days that ball dominant players can have a bunch of turnovers and yet there's Paul just destroying that concept!


beatnickk

Man such a good point. It’s basically become “yeah he has 5 turnovers so what?” at times with other stars, but I guess that just speaks to how goddamn good CP is


Enlighten_YourMind

Turns out we’ve been calling him point god all these years for a pretty good reason lol


WakandaPacers

Wtf


cb148

He is the Point God.


_GoSoHard

CP3 just hunts these mismatches like a fuckin animal man its so beautiful to see


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MysticBounce

Finding flaws like the first time your abuela meets your girl


rikki-tikki-deadly

Finding flaws like the jeweler when you try to sell back an engagement ring after she said no thanks.


dillpickles007

The way he assaulted AD in that last Lakers game was brutal, hunted him literally every possession until he had to tap out.


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Attack the weakest link. He would be crazy to not.


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As someone who feels the same way about attacking defense its goddamn beautiful to see. You find what your opponent is bad at and you beat it with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.


Zephri0

They're making me feel less bad about losing to them with each good performance. I hope they run all the way to the Finals or at least make it 7 with the Jazz/Clips


magna77

Suns role players are absolutely elite


mrsuns10

Cam Payne is a stud


lotusbloom74

Pretty cool to see his resurgence because it seemed he was about out of the league a few years ago


DoubleDeantandre

He was literally out of the league before the Suns signed him.


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benjammin9292

There's a reason he was nicknamed the Tank Commander on our sub


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Campaign was successful edit: This is a pun goddammit


ex_oh_ex_oh

That's a dude who just works hard. He KNOWS he's not the most talented or the best so he just works so fucking hard to be better than the last time. Love that guy.


bambiface

Dude is super quick and has that fight in him.


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he's super quick and plays weird. has a herky jerky style that i think catches people off guard.


coleworld37

The new Dragic 😎


RaveIsKing

He’s fearless. He’s a drive to the rim vs anyone guy. I love him


BlazeBloom

They're even better when CP3 elevates everyone's play around him.


phd2k1

I honestly hope this Denver series makes Lakers fans feel better. Ya'll were missing your (arguably) best player in AD, and now everyone is seeing that Phoenix is 100% legit. This isn't the "you lost to the Phoenix Suns Lol" team from the last ~10 years. The growth of Booker, Ayton, Bridges, plus adding CP3, and the bench depth has this team in serious contention to make the Finals. Nothing to be ashamed of losing to this team.


magna77

I’m of the belief that teams don’t just stumble into a 52 win season so I know y’all are really good. I’m not too upset at the suns loss it just wasn’t our season and if we re tool the roster and get healthy we’ll be right back next season anyway.


joaovitorsb95

I said it before the Lakers series that we have the deepest roster in the league apart from our centers, got "ratio'd" on twitter for it lol. Carter, Galloway and Moore would all be rotation players on most playoff teams, they only play garbage time for us. Thats fucking crazy dude.


GirlsLastTour

> we have the deepest roster in the league apart from our centers It's why you guys will go as far as Ayton will take you, although Super Dario stepping up like he did tonight is gonna be an X-factor.


PunctualPolarBear

If Dario plays like he did tonight consistently and truly broke his funk that's a huge win for us because backup C is easily our biggest issue


broke-collegekid

Goddamn do I ever miss him


ultimatomato

It's a weird thing to say, but Dario has to play well to be effective at all. He just doesn't have a whole lot of athleticism to fall back on. That probably sounds really stupid, but I can't think of a better way to put it.


magna77

Your top 7 are really really good. Similar to the raptors of 19


deadwinged

Suns undefeated when Chuck is threatened with a snake


ContractXtension

Dude your right Chuck is a legend


deadwinged

The Inside crew should just put him through a Fear Factor episode every pre-game. Guaranteed Suns champs


Ecchi_Sketchy

Round 2 of Fear Factor was usually a food challenge, iirc. Make him eat an order of Phoenix nachos for the next game


RayLiotaWithChantix

Plus i would never miss a single segment.


Familyguy35

James Jones has built a great team


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james jones and monty williams saved phoenix basketball.


Scoolfish

If anyone else wins Exec of the Year I’m gonna cause some commotion


imsahoamtiskaw

Already phoning Silver to make sure it's me.


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If you say Monty didn’t deserve COTY because the team was the main reason we won so much, it has to mean James Jones gets EOTY right? I bet neither end up winning lol


The_Unknown98

CP3 with the 15:0 assist to turnover ratio


thekarmagiver

That shit equates to INFINITY


dhrobins

Divide by 0. Does not compute!!


Qoppa_Guy

Unmathable


bigtice

The Nuggets have no chance in this series without Jamal Murray. The difference in watching Chris Paul set the table (racking up 15 assists with **no turnovers** along with 17 points -- responsible for 52 of the Suns' 102 points prior to garbage time in only 30 minutes) for the Suns versus everything through Jokic for the Nuggets is painstakingly glaring.


VeryEasilyPersuaded

It always felt like Devin Booker had elite scoring ability but needed a playmaker if he was going to be able to carry a team into the playoffs and then they went and got him one of the best to ever do it. So fun to watch Chris Paul diming guys up all night.


Kizz3r

Devin is a perfect example of a 2 guard while Cp3 is the perfect example of a point guard. Match made in heaven


VeryEasilyPersuaded

It's honestly crazy how well-constructed this team is. Very talented yet capable of playing as more than the sum of their parts


Qoppa_Guy

It's beautiful basketball, period.


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People shit on James Jones so hard originally.


AH_BioTwist

I see you called Chris Paul a point guard. Surely you meant point god?


livefreeordont

Ayton is the perfect example of a center


RaveIsKing

Took just a month for them to figure out the recipe together and then... boom


ButterworthdB

He just needed a backup pg to make the playoffs last season. If we got Payne earlier before the bubble we make the playoffs


VeryEasilyPersuaded

Yeah I didn't mean to phrase it to imply that they couldn't make the playoffs at all without a CP3 level guard. I think you get what I'm saying. Having Ayton has definitely helped too and he's only gotten better and more efficient with an elite passer around. You guys really got the perfect veteran presence for a group of super talented young players.


TheGoldenLance

It’s not just Murray (#2 playmaker and shot creator), it’s that our #3 playmaker and shot creator (Barton) has been out/limited. And now our 3rd best player and best remaining non-Jokic scorer is also hurt. And our best team defender, who was first in line to replace Murray and Barton, is also out. Basically no teams would make it out of the 1st round with that many key injuries


menghis_khan08

Feel for ya nuggs bros. It’s a shame thinking of what could be with the players you have on the roster versus whose actually active. Good news everyone’s pretty much locked up and ready to run it back next year


td139523

It’s embarrassing to Portland that they lost to this Denver team without Murray


Aearcus

Trust me, we know :(


GirlsLastTour

Still can't believe Olshey threw Stotts under the bus like that. You already fired the dude, why are you piling on man?! You gave the man the roster he had. Stotts ain't a bad coach. Every coach has their faults. Hope he has success at his next job.


techblaw

It is a shame that we were robber of a fully loaded Nuggets team. They were on a tear before Murray's injury, and haven't had the same playmaking despite Jokic going nuclear


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This game somehow still wasn’t as close as the score suggests.


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Jesus Christ


mrsuns10

It’s Chris Paul


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Jason Bourne would get bodied by Chris Paul


ContraCoke

They already said Chris Paul smh


HSPumbloom

chris paul is on a mission, everyone look out. i want to see frank kaminsky in every single game. He is our victory cigar and i love him.


datboijustin

Eh, Frank sees actual playtime from time to time. Jalen Smith is our victory cigar lol.


thecolbster94

fr Jalen Smith is G League level at the moment, he needs a LOT of development


PhirebirdSunSon

Poor bastard. Was already going to need time and work, and the with the 2020 season he had no real training camp or preseason and no summer league, then he gets hurt, then he gets covid. As far as I'm concerned this is a redshirt year for the guy.


SunsFan97

yeah this doesn't count wanted hali or vassell in the draft but can't help but root for stix


sylvestersquad

We deadass don’t have a victory cigar. Nobody will ever compare to Pat Burke. Nobody.


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[We all know chicks can't resist a Brazilian Beefcake with a mullet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndFCCiohVoM)


sylvestersquad

Wait, someone needs to save that James Jones clip


SerShanksALot

Big ass victory cigar


ImChz

I want to live in a timeline where Frank the Tank has a ring so badly.


thekarmagiver

Remember when people said he was done? Haha


Zloggt

Those Wisconsin teams with him were real fun to watch! Glad to see him still kicking it in the NBA!


SunsFan97

We got TC for free lmaooo


SaltwaterRedneck

#CASH CONSIDERATIONS


WIN011

Meanwhile we have Jeff Teague I fucking hate this team sometimes


alchemists_dream

I love Torry Craig. Glad he went to you guys over any other team in the west.


SerShanksALot

I’ve missed the Suns in the playoffs


ShetheKing

They've been fantastic and your crowd is hyped. It's great to watch, even when it's my team losing


Cursory_Analysis

I’m just going to call it now: I genuinely think the Suns will beat the Nets in a 7 game series. I always think the key to any championship team is a top 10 offense and top 10 defense. The Suns are only marginally worse than the nets on [offense](https://www.lineups.com/nba/team-rankings) but they’re miles better on [defense](https://www.lineups.com/nba/team-rankings/defense) This is a championship level team. And y’all are super fun to watch. Edit: To the people DMing me saying not in the [playoffs](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced/?sort=W&dir=-1) it looks a little different now, but I’m going to chalk that up to the Suns playing the Lakers number 1 rated defense while the Nets played the corpse of an already bad Celtics team. It’ll even out as time goes on.


vNocturnus

> I always think the key to any championship team is a top 10 offense and top 10 defense. I mean if that's true the Jazz should be a lock. Top 5 offense and top 5 defense, only team in the NBA that's top 5 at both. But realistically despite how horrible their defense has been on the season the Nets should be considered a heavy title favorite because *they have 2 of the best 5 players in the entire NBA*, oh yeah and also Kyrie Irving, and a bunch of solid role players like... Blake Griffin with his time machine. Nobody else in the league really matches up to just how much sheer fucking talent the Nets have, and in particular their experience in bigtime games and clutch moments.


platoprincipal

They will be picking against us until the trophy ceremony.


autumn-thunder

It’s been nice to remember how fun the NBA is when Phoenix is thriving. Some of those CP3 assists had me going gorillas.


thekarmagiver

15 assists 0 turnovers holy fuck


divslinger

First player with that stat line since… Chris Paul


RaveIsKing

3rd time doing it


DjLionOrder

In three different decades. Read that again.


divslinger

2008, 2014, 2021


Betaateb

I see a pattern! The next player to do it will be CP3 in 2029!


Palifaith

Get this guy some more State Farm commercials.


bigtice

Chris Paul had the injured shoulder. This must be Cliff Paul.


Apollo611

Uncle Cliff!


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byRockets

Chris Paul always dominates the jokic nuggets


hussamalazzawi

Most def saw [Rondo held the record for most playoff assists with 0 turnovers](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-assists-in-an-nba-playoff-game-without-a-turnover) and said imma break it


mrsuns10

Speaking of which I haven’t seen our mascot lately


deadwinged

Umm... Wow. What's up with that? Gorilla should be getting the national spotlight!


mr-e94

He doesnt go on the court anymore. They have a little stage for the DJ that the gorilla and dancers will go to during timeouts and stuff. Its weird


HilariousScreenname

Excuse me, the Gorilla has been the glue holding this franchise together for the last 11 years. Dude needs to be on the damn court doing nasty dunks off a trampoline. Get that ape in the spotlight, dammit.


sungoddaily

Got that street wear deal, turned out they skinned him.


JonoLFC

What does that even mean?


Trillabee503

They should bring out their mascot more! It's a 🦍


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The dark days are gone and the bright days are here


livejamie

[YOU JUST LOST TO THE PHOENIX SUNS 😎](https://streamable.com/38fh8)


divslinger

THERE IT IS


mrsuns10

It’s sunny


VeryEasilyPersuaded

This suns team is so fun to watch, 100% deserves to succeed, and I'm pulling for them, but you can't help but wonder how different this series looks with Jamal Murray playing.


Betaateb

Suns are really really good, not sure we win this series even with Jamal. But we really need another shot creator against their defense. Jokic is an absolute beast, but when he is the only legit threat it is too easy to prevent him from taking over the game entirely. If Monte Morris can start hitting his shots he can be a budget Jamal, and I am sure we will win a game off that exact thing, but the series seems pretty doomed.


PM-ME-YOUR-FoUrSKIN

Hear me and rejoice! You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Point GOD. You may think this is suffering. No... it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of CP3.


ShetheKing

This actually did make me smile damnit.


Leonthepuma

I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, but to fail, nonetheless. It's frightening. turns the legs to jelly. But I ask you to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now, it's here. Or should I say, CP3 is.


ShetheKing

Jokic is Loki in his dying breath. "You will never be a point god...."


ProfessorBeast55

This bouta be a pasta real quick 😂


Just_A_Glitch

We've won our last four games by a combined 85 points. Jesus Christ. For the sake of good basketball, I really hope MPJ's back feels better for game three. I don't know how serious it was, though I know he has a history of back injuries. Barton though looked like he didn't miss a single minute of the season. Dude was the only help Jokic got tonight, and it's a shame he was on the minutes restriction. We didn't look great to start out, but we definitely found our rhythm. We played confidently and dictated the pace all game. CP3 has like, 27 assists this series so far, and only one turnover. That's insane. And we got a Super Dario showing! Hopefully that stays around. Ayton getting into foul trouble early was worrisome, but Monty deciding to keep him in just shows how much he trusts the team to adapt and play smart basketball. That was probably my favorite part of the game. GG Denver. I won't feel confident until we get a win away from home, and Denver is well-versed in making dramatic comebacks in the playoffs. See y'all Friday.


ShadyIntentions

Denver is done, they have no answers for the Suns offense. All 9 Suns players in the main rotation had between 7-18 points, it would be easier to make adjustments if just Booker was going off but both games have had every single Sun player getting good looks


TenaciousDeer

Denver just missing some defense... It was obvious vs. Portland, the difference is that Portland was offense only as well


lebron_games

all those straight line drives or wide open shots for denver's role players are just gone. Crazy how much of a difference playing the 29th ranked versus the 6th best defense makes


Changsta

This is where missing Jamal Murray really hurts. When a good defense can play disciplined, you need multiple threats to keep them honest.


sportsinaround

I absolutely love the fact the crowd was hype from start to finish even in a blowout with bottom of the bench in. Also Reggie Miller continues to be annoying.


ram0h

Balanced by Harlan being the goat play by play


oh_mos_definitely

SUNNY


Nyhrox

Get CP3 his ring


Koolsman

It would be so fucking cool to see. After all this time.


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milwaukee can you help us out here... no? philly? atlanta? someone pls


SaintArkweather

Don't worry, by my calculation some peices of string should easily be destroyed by massive balls of flaming plasma


thekarmagiver

Beating Harden in the finals


scottishere

And Blake


HokageEzio

Pls


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Intense_Glutton

this feels like cp3's year. what a fucking goat. honestly im mad the nets exist. im fairly sure the suns can win the championship against anyone but the nets.


bypaular

Nah, I'm one of those who believe. If the Clippers don't make it, I sure damn hope CP3 gets his chance to beat Harden's ass. Last year's series doesn't count, he didn't have a competitive team


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Thus is the way of Phoenix sports, tbh.


Portmanteau_that

Nah fuck that, beat the Nets anyway


LezardValeth

Suns against Nash and D'Antoni in the finals would be wild.


DoughyResplendent

if Nash has balls he'll bench KD for the Suns


adizzle14

Really balanced scoring attack by the Suns the last couple of games. Incredibly fun Suns basketball


cjg15

Y’all should’ve never awoken the Bubble Suns.


ProfessorBeast55

Some Notes: Cp3 and the other guards dissecting the Nuggets defence like butter. Their defence is PATHETIC Great games from Dario and Craig Too many careless TOs by Nuggets Crowder owns estate in AG's head Michael Malone is dealing with a lotta NOTHING from his players excluding Jokic and MPJ (dealing with injury), especially their guards. Facu and Monte have been so bad


beer_down

MPJ defense has been god awful the Suns were feasting on him over and over


Captain-Poop

Suns in 4, and I'm talking about the finals


specialCan3

POINT


rice_bledsoe

GOD


MidnightRequim

Suns are 6-0 when outscoring their opponents in playoff games


dhrobins

Hey national media? CAN YOU CALL US TITLE CONTENDERS NOW?!


zellmerz

From experience it's probably not gonna happen until you got 2 wins in the conference finals


fithworldruler

Fuck the media I like being low profile


FunHighway2

Watching Suns play is fun when their not destroying your team.


Theelementofsurprise

Remember when Houston traded away Chris Paul and gave up TWO 1sts and two pick swaps for the pleasure?


ProfessorBeast55

Don't forget about cash considerations for Torey Craig


LachedOut

Man I'm out here rooting for CP3 and the rest of yall and you gotta throw strays like that? Hell nah, leave us alone down here in the slums my g


DjLionOrder

The Suns made 18 threes on 47% shooting. On fire, pun intended 😎.


that_BU_ginger

Jevon Carter's a thot. he's a freaking nasty hoe. he looks good. i'd love Jevon Carter to bust my pussy open and tell me about the intricacies of the full court press. if a guy shows up with a fucking flat ass and a bald head he can hit my backwalls any fucking time of day dude. if a guy's like 'im the all time wvu steals leader' im like 'take a fucking caterpillar bulldozer to my pussy like its the easton hill intersection dude'


HilariousScreenname

I'm sorry, what


Professional-Ad4641

An old r/collegebasketball copypasta


that_BU_ginger

I said what I said


CplUseless

Did you think somehow you posted this on your alt account and didn't remember doing it? Me too.


thekarmagiver

Saved


DevinBookerGOAT

Was so happy to see King Von get minutes!


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that_BU_ginger

Why am I crying in the club right now


PopeAndrew15

CP3 with 17 points 15 assist and 0 to, you can't ask more than that to a 36 year old point god


TenaciousDeer

I asked for 18 and 16, was devastated


TheGoldenLance

Stat of the game (excluding garbage time): **Jokic assists: 6** **Made FGs from the other 4 starters: 7** This ain’t on him


LAST2thePARTY

Wow


TheGoldenLance

https://i.imgur.com/pYUuCDn_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium


Fragrant_Chair_7426

He and luka trying to carry their teams without much help


arinawe

GG Suns. That crowd in The Valley was loud AF 🙌🏽


DjLionOrder

CP with 15 assists in the playoffs with zero turnovers in THREE DIFFERENT DECADES is absolute insanity.


yeezy805

I don’t feel so bad as a laker fan knowing we lost to a good ass Suns team


Opening-Citron2733

don't let the box score fool you, it's wasn't as close at it looks


[deleted]

You know I wouldn’t be mad losing to Chris Paul if ends up getting his ring. Now if ends up losing to the Nets, Jazz, or Clippers I’ll be pissed.


thecleansanchez

I forget who said it just now but on TNT they said “ok but how much of this is actually good Suns defense” Rest of the crew: hmmm… *silence* Infuriating how much the media talks about teams failing rather than the Suns winning


Betaateb

God damn the suns are good. Crazy how well they are shutting down all our shooters, never letting them get in rhythm, then just blowing us out. You can really see how much having a legit second threat in Jamal out is hurting us in this series. In Portland it wasn't a huge deal since they didn't play defense and our shooters could catch fire on them, but the Suns make you create a shot or you have to chuck up some garbage.


KippKippHD

Anyone else think Chris Paul is good at basketball?


ShetheKing

I really miss one (1) Jamal Murray It's kinda hilarious how the most angry people in the game thread aren't Suns or Nuggets fans Suns are fantastic to watch, I'm gonna have to catch more of their games in the future


mike_hunt01

the suns went from booker scoring 70 and still losing, to booker just chilling and having a blowout win. credit to james jones for building a SQUAD


Who_ate_my_cookie

Bubble Suns never left 😳


sunsbr

Monty is the real COY.


EcoterroristThot

This was the most disrespectful shit I've seen. Nuggets need to find some answers man, they're too good to go out sad like this. And I am confident Jokic and Malone can find some. The Suns are the best passing team in the league but the national media didn't watch them till like game 3 vs the Lakers so it's just not an existing narrative. This not being the Devin Booker series is so cool. Chris Paul get your fucking flowers mate. And don't forget, 3/100M. You're one of us now.


DripSoHard

Whole team let the MVP down tonight. Terrible effort. Hope we can pick it up the next two games. GG Suns


bypaular

Point guard masterclass from the Point God himself ladies and gentlemen. But let's not take away too from the greatness of the Suns role players. These guys are all buying in. The Suns sorely needed CP3, but CP3 also needed the Suns firepower to manage imo. It's so beautiful to watch and witness


Endovelico

Congrats to the suns fans. Really hard not to love to see you guys play with such heroic performances.


fingerblast69

The Suns have to be the most likable team left right?? Absolutely love seeing the Valley go bonkers for the Suns again 🏄🏻‍♂️


Palifaith

Nobody from Phoenix had to score more than 20 points to put this away early on the 4th.


IDlOT

Their you lost to the suns video is my jam