Foster, Suns and motivation

My guy Scott Foster is in the desert 

Am I crazy to think that Warriors, specifically Kerr and Curry, are completely fine with ending the season with that thrilling win at Clippers? My mind cannot shake that the last thing the Warriors want is to jeopardize Curry's health by trying to win in this very defensive match-up with Dillon Brooks and then stay on the road for another 2 starting Sunday and have OKC defense beat Curry up. That doesn't seem like a good long-term strategy to me.

The Warriors gave the old bait and switch last game by Kerr saying 3 guys on minutes restriction and they won as 5.5pt dogs. it feels to me they are doing another feint by causing bettors to chase them of that thriller. I don't think my guy Foster is in Phx for the Ws this game, I can already see Draymond yelling at Foster and getting a tech. I think a hungry Phx team off a home play-in loss will blow them out or am I nuts? 

Would be a horrible loss for Suns to lose 2 home games in the play in and miss the playoffs. But history seems to show winning road team playing again on the road does pretty good. Slight edge to Suns but probably not touching

It would be fun to see if Brooks and Dray get into a fight! 

Draymond Green or Dillion Brooks will receive a technical foul +400

@StraightWagers

 Your nuts to think they blow them out. I can see suns winning in the last min

but blowing them out i dont see. Suns choked bad vs the blazers and also

played down to the wire.  If nba had their choice they rather have steph in the

playoffs playing thunder but who knows

Devin Booker missed 18 games during the regular season. The Suns went 37-27 (.579) with him and only 8-10 without him.

And did you know…….that the Suns went 6-0 this season at home following a home loss when DBook played in both the loss and the win?

10/29 - lost to the Grizzlies 114-113

10/31 - defeated the Jazz 118-96

12/14 - lost to the Lakers 113-110

12/18 - defeated the Warriors 99-98 (as 1.5-point home dogs)

3/5 - lost to the Bulls 105-103

3/6 - defeated the Pelicans 118-116

3/21 - lost to the Bucks 108-105

3/22 - defeated the Raptors 120-98

3/24 - lost to the Nuggets 125-123

3/28 - defeated the Jazz 134-109

4/7 - lost to the Rockets 119-105

4/8 - defeated the Mavs 112-107

Three of these were back-to-backs and they didn’t cover two of them. 

They led the Pelicans by as many as 14 (95-81) and led 110-99 with 4:30 to go and wound up missing the cover by a basket.

They let the Mavs cut a 71-53 deficit down to 71-69 and the Mavs stuck around the rest of the game. The Suns weren’t motivated to cover 12.5 in this meaningless game played last week.

@MrBator

 Thank you Mr. B, always great to see you...Booker also mentioned in media after loss to Blazers that they tend to take their foot off the gas when get a lead and he said they would keep hammer down. I appreciate everyone's input That Warriors TT under 108.5 is smacking me in the head...going to have a few cold beers and pull the trigger. Feels like we get both games 108-98 type of thing.

In the history of the Play-In tournament beginning with 2021 (because the summer camp complete travesty of a playoff season in 2020 does not count), there have been two #7 seeds who lost at home to the #8 seed as the Suns did vs. the Blazers. In 2023 the Heat lost at home to the Hawks and then had to host the #10 seed Bulls in the Friday night game. The Heat won 102-91.

In 2024 the #7 Pelicans lost at home to the #8 Lakers. The Pelicans then hosted the #9 Kings in the Friday night game and won 105-98.

I'm on the Suns -3 -105 and -3 -110. Large.

The Suns are soft.

Not out of the realm of possibility. Phoenix on a good night would feast on a turnover-prone Warriors team 

Hoping the Magic game ends early, so, I can get a read on this one.

GL  on your play @StraightWagers 

Under 218.5 Cha/Orl

Under 111.5 2nd half

2-0 why did they start the 2nd game when 1st wasn’t over?

Ima live bet u see soon hope Ws make a run

Missed the 13.5 ht warriors damn

Royce O’Neal and Devin Booker are a combined 1-10 from downtown.

Steph Curry has 7 points on 2-9 shooting through three quarters. Looks like he left it all on the floor in L.A.

24-year old Jalen Green was the hero in this relatively easy Suns win. He currently has 36 points on brilliant 14-20 shooting including 8-14 from downtown. 

Thanks Mr. B kinda felt when you came in, we had a good chance. Cheers.

Curry had nothin' after playing 36 minutes two nights ago in L.A. That old man turned 38 last month. 

He played 36 minutes again but shot 4-16.

@MrBator

 I wouldn’t blame it on his age. Personally he’s still not 100 percent and I think he pushed it too hard couple nights ago. Gotta admire the fact he still gave it a go and did what he could to help. 

@StraightWagers

  Suns cheat damn do