(1)Phoenix Suns vs. (8)New Orleans Pelicans Game 1: Sunday, April 17 Pelicans at Suns 8:00pm TNT Game 2: Tuesday, April 19 Pelicans at Suns 9:00pm TNT Game 3: Friday, April 22 Suns at Pelicans 8:30pm ESPN Game 4: Sunday, April 24 Suns at Pelicans 8:30pm TNT Game 5* Tuesday, April 26 Pelicans at Suns Game 6* Thursday, April 28 Suns at Pelicans Game 7* Saturday, April 30 Pelicans at Suns TNT *All times Central
Pelicans liable to get swept, but I’m really on here for games 3 and 4…Pelicans home crowd goes crazy in the postseason
I'm rooting for the Pelicans. Is it me or are the Suns boring to watch? CP3's first year with the Suns was fun to watch, but now not so much.. I don't know what's changed.
maybe it wasn't fun to begin with. false excitement because it was something new. also ayton is a bore. and he looks 45.
John Hollinger: https://theathletic.com/3248347/2022/04/15/hollinger-2022-nba-playoffs-suns/ (1) Phoenix vs. (8) New Orleans If the Clippers advance on Friday, they’re good enough to turn this into a real series — much as they did last spring when they took the Suns to six games in the Western Conference finals before succumbing. The Clips split the season series with Phoenix, although the second win came against the Iffe Lundberg–Ish Wainwright version of the Suns during the season’s final week. The Clippers can throw multiple pesky defenders and different looks at the Suns, are capable of getting crazy hot from 3, and have an alpha wing to play through in Paul George. They’re a problem on any given night. Any night isn’t every night, though. Asking them to do this four times in seven games is problematic, as illustrated by the Clips’ collapse in Minnesota. They’re just too dependent on tough jump shots and too vulnerable on the defensive glass to survive more than one or two encounters with an elite team. Oh, there’s also the little matter of the Clippers beating the Pelicans, who beat them three times in the regular season. Two of the wins were by double figures with Paul George playing. New Orleans has just enough offensive dynamism to keep the Clippers’ off kilter, and its ability to put Herb Jones on George could be a game-changer. Alas, the Pelicans lost to Phoenix three times by double figures; their only win came while Chris Paul was injured. Jones can only guard one of the multiple attack points that Phoenix can probe; expect the Suns to profit handsomely for a steady diet of pick-and-rolls at the New Orleans big. Either way, the Suns are too good not to advance fairly easily. Pick: Suns in five
