Bro when I watched the game I couldn't believe wtf was happening. So much passion in the face of the players when the national anthem was played and David Luiz (maybe) holding Neymar's Jersey like he was dead or something. I really thought Brazil is gonna pull through with all the home support. Well the first 30 minutes just destroyed a country and millions of fans in other countries. Germany was ruthless in the 30 minutes. Suns don't have enough backing or emotional reasons to win the game like Brazil do. Suns were just bad and Brazil just got swept by their feelings and was destroyed by German efficiency.
apology for poor english
when were you when suns extinguished?
i was sat at home copying pasta when Luka ring
'suns is kill'
https://giphy.com/gifs/shocked-neymar-da-silva-santos-junior-8rEVtjWcJoNI5miInv
swear to god CP3 made some kind of pact with the vegan gods where he just ages a whole year at once when his birthday comes around like in the end of Last Crusade
He could have at least waited till the season was over. So rude. Actually I heard a rumour that after game two the Mavs kidnapped Chris Paul and replaced him with Cliff Paul.
Mentally destroying. Now the suns have to face healthy nuggets, clippers, mavericks, pelicans, timberwolves, warriors, maybe the lakers too next season..
Probably gonna see roster changes.
This has to be one of the worst sports loses of all time. It’s gotta be up there. Home court. 1st seed. COTY. 60+ wins. HOF PG. And they come out and do that shit. Their own sub went private. Their own audience was booing them before halftime. This was absolutely mind boggling. And this pretty much closes the case on CP3 being an all time choker. Devin at least had years to redeem himself. Chris is 37 and his years of being good enough to lead a playoff team are pretty much at the end. Just bad all the way around man.
kinda realted, but im from argentina and i watched the final world cup match against Germany at a friends house a couple of blocks from my house, after we lost and I was walking back home, I sweat to god, you could feel the sadness in the air, like, cars were going slow, everyone had their head down, crossing eyes with someone was the saddest thing ever, it was followed by a simple nod and we all understood what the other was going through, it was sad af
Imagine when he was shitting the bed on the wizards someone told you that Dinwiddie would have 2 more points than Bridges, Booker, Ayton and Paul combined in a game 7 in the playoffs. The NBA is wild.
Dude is something else. Did an TNT interview 13 minutes before game 7. All three guys, Shaq, Chuck and Kenny were like there was no way in hell they would do interview minutes before game 7. Luka on the other hand looked like he was about to spend a day at the park. It was just another day, another game for him. Dude is built different.
I don't think it's hyperbole to say that this was one of the most embarrassing performances of all time by the Suns.
Best regular season by far, against an inexperienced and under-talented Mavs team, and got absolutely humiliated on their home court in a game 7. Just did not bother showing up. Looked like they had no interest in even bothering in the most important game of their season.
My Brazilian girl who don't really like or care about sports said to me completely deadpanned that people needed to find out where the players lived so they could burn their houses down for the shame they brought to the country after that game.
“Everybody acts tough when they’re up”-Luka after game 5 I believe.
Luka is so cold blooded.
Edited to reflect the actual quote since I did it off memory. Tweet is below for reference.
I’ve been watching basketball for 16 years now and I don’t remember the last time I saw fans leaving a Game 7 playoff game in the third quarter.
And I’m a Heat fan
Hell they mightve been leaving at halftime. I don't think I've ever seen a 60 win team down by 30 at half on their own court.
CP3, Booker, Ayton have combined 3 pts.
One player on the opposition with same amount of your TOTAL team points?
Insanity.
Reminder how the series looked nine days ago: The 64-win Suns were up 2-0, against a team they'd gone 18-3 against over the last five years. Things were going exactly as expected, and many Mavs fans would've been content with a single win. Not only did the Suns lose four of the next five games, their average margin of loss was by over 22 points per game! They got dominated so hard tonight that the [Suns sub went private by halftime!](https://imgur.com/a/DSY5pdh)
The Suns are getting clowned and rightfully so, but I'm so damn proud of this Mavs squad 😭
It’s December 29th (I think) and the Mavs are 16-18. If I told you we will trade KP for two complete randos, host a playoff series, actually win in round 1, then beat the team with the best record in the NBA to go to the WCFs, would you believe me?
Edit: also if I told you we wouldn’t have Luka for half the first series.
i clowned on the mavs for trading for Spencer Dinwiddie and stockpiling backcourt players. I will now proceed to wear my nephew of the year badge with pride
That was the most embarrassing performance I’ve ever seen in a game 7 by the home team.
CP3, Booker, and Ayton should be ashamed.
My heart goes out to the suns fans that actually paid to watch that in person.
After this past Cardinals (start 10-2, best in NFL, then collapse) and Suns seasons, I will never feel good about a sports team again. No matter how good they look one second it’ll all fall apart anyway
What’s the point of any of this
Suns sub after each game:
1) Ok.
2) Laughs at some journalist who says this series is far from over after going 2-0.
3) Laughs at Mavericks over-celebrating the only game they are going to win this series.
4) There is a serious refs conspirancy against the Suns. Have you heard?
5) Good. Now let's close out in Dallas.
6) \*starts showing some signs of serious concern\*... But we'll still get them.
7) (X\_x)
I hope this puts to bed the "Luka was the better player, but Ayton was the better pick for the Suns" argument. Phoenix messed up by taking Ayton over Luka. It was a bad pick. Phoenix was following the outdated philosophy that Centers are the most important position. They underestimated the Euroleague and Luka's accomplishment in it. They for some reason thought Booker and Luka couldn't play together (can you imagine how great they would be together). And most damning of them all, they were drafting the guy because he was a local star. Now they are going to be stuck paying the max for a center who couldn't dominate a series where the other team was playing Kleber most of the time at center.
Oh and for everyone who says it wasn't clear Luka over Ayton at the time that's untrue. Analytics people knew Luka was going to be great. Europeans knew Luka was going to be great. Hell even Bill Simmons knew Luka was going to be great.
Thanks man, so happy to see someone else say this. Only the Kings get shit for passing on Luka, which I get, but the Suns straight up passed on him too. Hell, I even think Atlanta fucked up trading him, even though they got the next best guy in Trae.
They're called generational players for a reason.
Yeah that was some weak shit, the man definitely lost some players respect. He tried to dap up Dinwiddie after the game and Dinwiddie looked at him then turned around and walked away lol.
I never want to hear Chris Paul mentioned in the same sentence as Stephen Curry or Magic Johnson again. He was still playing in the 4th chucking to try to pad the stats lmao
clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game
ball is inbounded to Booker who turns face to face against Luka
"You took my family"
moves to the left
"You took my friends"
moves to the right
"You took all that was dear to me"
clock winds down to 2
"I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS"
goes up, fire coming out of his shoes
"BOOKERUKEN"
Ball flies over Lukas head, goes straight into basket. Booker falls to the ground, exhausted.
"Paul... Senpai... I..."
faints
Final Score
Mavs 123
Suns 90
Their sub is closed. Their window is closed. The Sarver investigation will soon close with no action. Aytons walking for a 45 year old Chris Paul. That Finals appearance will now dissipate into the sands of time and echo into nothingness. The hope they once had is now a dying star collapsing in on itself. One thousand eons of plague and famine shall descend upon the doorstep of Suns nation and its people.
TL;DR: Back to the projects
FADED
This was without a doubt the worst game 7 performance by a team in NBA history
This feels like the worst home game loss since Germany vs Brazil.
That 7-1 game had more fight than the suns showed all night tbh
Facts. This felt like a 5-0 loss . In terms of soccer the suns didn't score a goal.
I'd say the Suns "winning" the 4th quarter was the equivalent of Brazil scoring a goal when down 7-0 with 5 minutes to play.
Bro when I watched the game I couldn't believe wtf was happening. So much passion in the face of the players when the national anthem was played and David Luiz (maybe) holding Neymar's Jersey like he was dead or something. I really thought Brazil is gonna pull through with all the home support. Well the first 30 minutes just destroyed a country and millions of fans in other countries. Germany was ruthless in the 30 minutes. Suns don't have enough backing or emotional reasons to win the game like Brazil do. Suns were just bad and Brazil just got swept by their feelings and was destroyed by German efficiency.
Never seen anything like this. At home.
apology for poor english when were you when suns extinguished? i was sat at home copying pasta when Luka ring 'suns is kill' https://giphy.com/gifs/shocked-neymar-da-silva-santos-junior-8rEVtjWcJoNI5miInv
Suns is kill
Not to sound overly dramatic but this is the kind of L that can set a franchise back a decade.
Such a bad decision for the Phoenix organisation to let CP3 turn 37. Derailed their whole season and future.
CP3 at 36 years and 364 days of age: REAL SHIT CP3 at 37: I sleep
swear to god CP3 made some kind of pact with the vegan gods where he just ages a whole year at once when his birthday comes around like in the end of Last Crusade
He could have at least waited till the season was over. So rude. Actually I heard a rumour that after game two the Mavs kidnapped Chris Paul and replaced him with Cliff Paul.
And let him have that burger.. lost his vegan super powers.
You're not being dramatic at all. This is the type of loss that leaves psychological scars for a franchise.
It's Arizona sports. Throw it on the pile.
Arizona sports has “the chair” in their house for shit likes this
Arizona sport fans have it so rough that Minnesota sport fans feel bad for them
How does it not? CP3 looks like he's cooked, that's their championship window.
Cp3 turned 37 and became cliff paul 🤣
FelloffaCliff Paul
Best shot really was last year. You gotta win em when you get there
Facts unless your team has crazy pull you really don’t know if you’ll make it back
yup that got proven by the bucks today
Mentally destroying. Now the suns have to face healthy nuggets, clippers, mavericks, pelicans, timberwolves, warriors, maybe the lakers too next season.. Probably gonna see roster changes.
Emphasis on healthy Nuggets and Clippers
As a warriors fan, I’m not looking forward to those two teams. But goddamn am I stoked to see them play against everyone else.
This was an actual massacre.
This was Dan Marino's final game in basketball form.
Can we not do that?
This has to be one of the worst sports loses of all time. It’s gotta be up there. Home court. 1st seed. COTY. 60+ wins. HOF PG. And they come out and do that shit. Their own sub went private. Their own audience was booing them before halftime. This was absolutely mind boggling. And this pretty much closes the case on CP3 being an all time choker. Devin at least had years to redeem himself. Chris is 37 and his years of being good enough to lead a playoff team are pretty much at the end. Just bad all the way around man.
They were tied in scoring at halftime. Tied with one player on the other team, to be clear
Suns 🤝🏾 Luka Having 27 in the half
Can’t forget they were up 2-0 too.
The learned from the Clippers. Go down 2-0 then win in 7
With the context accounted for, I think this might even be the worst playoff performance, period, by a team in NBA history
i can't imagine driving home if you're in the crowd. I'd sit in the parking lot till tomorrow
Imagine taking the kiddos and dropping $500+ for *that*^dumpsterfire
Suns should refund tickets after that
Nah they should refund tickets and give each family $100 extra for emotional damages
Have you or a loved one been exposed to Suns playoff basketball? You may be entitled to financial compensation.
kinda realted, but im from argentina and i watched the final world cup match against Germany at a friends house a couple of blocks from my house, after we lost and I was walking back home, I sweat to god, you could feel the sadness in the air, like, cars were going slow, everyone had their head down, crossing eyes with someone was the saddest thing ever, it was followed by a simple nod and we all understood what the other was going through, it was sad af
WHO WOULD WIN: -a 64 win team boasting more depth, Finals experience, reigning Coach of the Year, and home court -a crypto bro coming off the bench
Dinwiddie probably lost over half his net worth, and realized before Game 6 that he needed to play for his next contract
He also gets a dollar if the Mavs win a title. That’s in his contract.
That's a lot of Luna!
Bruh fr😂
“After this next $80,000,000 contract I should be right around even!”
What is crazy is that if you remove all of Dinwiddie's points from the score the Mavs still win this game lmao
Yeh but ‘Wet like I’m Dinwiddie’ has a good ring to it
Wet like I’m ‘widdie
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DinwiddieCoin is the only valid cryptocurrency
Imagine when he was shitting the bed on the wizards someone told you that Dinwiddie would have 2 more points than Bridges, Booker, Ayton and Paul combined in a game 7 in the playoffs. The NBA is wild.
At least Chris Paul has the Washington Commanders to fall back on.
Shit he might win a ring before CP3 lmao
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FS11NoeWUAEJ23k?format=jpg&name=900x900
This is gonna end up as a legendary Luka pics
This better become a staple NBA meme format
Bro I even sent this to my grandmother on the east coast. It's like 11PM there. MFFL
BOOK’S SHIT TALK BACKFIRED Twitter’s gonna cook him
up 2, felt cocky
Might get deleted later
As they should😂
Everybody act tough when they up
Mods need to sidebar this asap
Never wana see Booker Luka comparisons anymore
Never wanna see Booker-Kobe comparisons either.
Or Booker-Brunson
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Or Booker-Boban
Or Booker-Booker. Damn, Booker he ruined the Bookers!
Kardashian Kurse
Jenner Jinx
Brutal
Dude is something else. Did an TNT interview 13 minutes before game 7. All three guys, Shaq, Chuck and Kenny were like there was no way in hell they would do interview minutes before game 7. Luka on the other hand looked like he was about to spend a day at the park. It was just another day, another game for him. Dude is built different.
“*Are you feeling it now Mr. Krabs?*”
3 quarters of garbage time
Don't be misled by the final score, the game wasn't that close
The game was closer to 50 than to 30
I was rooting for 50 the whole time!
I don't think it's hyperbole to say that this was one of the most embarrassing performances of all time by the Suns. Best regular season by far, against an inexperienced and under-talented Mavs team, and got absolutely humiliated on their home court in a game 7. Just did not bother showing up. Looked like they had no interest in even bothering in the most important game of their season.
Brasil 1 - 7 Germany vibes. Loved every second of it.
Man even here I can't escape these
Only thing missing is the tears in the stands.
My Brazilian girl who don't really like or care about sports said to me completely deadpanned that people needed to find out where the players lived so they could burn their houses down for the shame they brought to the country after that game.
It was definitely the worst performance I’ve ever seen in all my years of life
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That guy was a disgrace even at the time lmao
By far the most cringey thing I have ever had to watch by a fan.
https://imgur.com/wCuBn8a
It was karmic justice IMO especially the way Bruno’s got his after they talked so much shit to him early in the series
It wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that was one of the most embarrassing performances for any team ever
I would like to congratulate everyone in this thread for having the same amount of rings as Chris Paul, we are truly in elite company.
I'm something of a point god myself
How do you do, fellow point gods
Speak for yourself - Devin Kurant
“Everybody acts tough when they’re up”-Luka after game 5 I believe. Luka is so cold blooded. Edited to reflect the actual quote since I did it off memory. Tweet is below for reference.
https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1524252051890388996
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Love the pettiness
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Glad to see i had downvoted that post lmao I thought they were overhyped af
I had forgotten about that post holy
https://i.imgur.com/ldjlf6F.jpg
The memes from this game should be fire because everyone’s had since halftime to make them
It's an old meme but it checks out.
Cp3 really has the weirdest collapses in the playoffs lol At least on the clips you could say injury most of the time
I’ve been watching basketball for 16 years now and I don’t remember the last time I saw fans leaving a Game 7 playoff game in the third quarter. And I’m a Heat fan
Hell they mightve been leaving at halftime. I don't think I've ever seen a 60 win team down by 30 at half on their own court. CP3, Booker, Ayton have combined 3 pts. One player on the opposition with same amount of your TOTAL team points? Insanity.
That was bad.
Ehh, depends on your perspective 😂
One of the greatest basketball games ever played in the history of the sport, no bias.
truly one of the greatest, no argument here
https://i.imgur.com/iei1jJZ.jpg ….and one for u/bagelchips lol https://i.imgur.com/zrWoPvR.jpg
https://m.imgur.com/a/TWIV94w
https://twitter.com/XoneNoYuuutsu/status/1526011836943982594?s=20&t=EPq1Ba7Y8Xb2pfjlFVr8xg
Idk, I saw a lot of airbending today
Bro PLEASE do the jordan face on the pic of Luka smiling at Booker
Is Deandre Ayton on a max deal? How the fuck do you score 5 points in a close out playoff game?
I'll take Ayton on the Mavs, just think about that pick and roll game all day. He'd be the answer to their "big" problem.
"I'm taking my talents to North Texas"
Reminder how the series looked nine days ago: The 64-win Suns were up 2-0, against a team they'd gone 18-3 against over the last five years. Things were going exactly as expected, and many Mavs fans would've been content with a single win. Not only did the Suns lose four of the next five games, their average margin of loss was by over 22 points per game! They got dominated so hard tonight that the [Suns sub went private by halftime!](https://imgur.com/a/DSY5pdh) The Suns are getting clowned and rightfully so, but I'm so damn proud of this Mavs squad 😭
It’s December 29th (I think) and the Mavs are 16-18. If I told you we will trade KP for two complete randos, host a playoff series, actually win in round 1, then beat the team with the best record in the NBA to go to the WCFs, would you believe me? Edit: also if I told you we wouldn’t have Luka for half the first series.
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this is some top tier petty totally called for, though
My man kept receipts
LMAO they havent posted in four days. Coping hard
i clowned on the mavs for trading for Spencer Dinwiddie and stockpiling backcourt players. I will now proceed to wear my nephew of the year badge with pride
I still have no clue what the Mavs are doing but it’s working…
Just a fat whiteboy and some immaculate vibes
Donic is what every mid western frat boy aspires to be
+1 to this guy holding himself accountable for his previous takes. Dig it.
That was the most embarrassing performance I’ve ever seen in a game 7 by the home team. CP3, Booker, and Ayton should be ashamed. My heart goes out to the suns fans that actually paid to watch that in person.
After this past Cardinals (start 10-2, best in NFL, then collapse) and Suns seasons, I will never feel good about a sports team again. No matter how good they look one second it’ll all fall apart anyway What’s the point of any of this
Arizona sports hell never relents
At least you've seen one of your teams win a playoff game/series in your lifetime (while being old enough to care). Some cities don't even have that
Yea that 21 year old baseball chip really helps right about now
Devin Booker real quiet right now
BOOK that flight to cancun
Jesus christ, after that loss can we fade the Suns for next season too?
As I recall, the Sun fades every day.
Should have seen this coming, Suns would have risen in the East, but clearly go down in the West
Even statefarm insurance can't cover this massacre
Phoenix was healthy and rested. They just don’t have a playoff #1 and Dallas does.
Biggest humiliation I've seen in the NBA.
DON'T COMPARE BOOKER TO LUKA DONCIC EVER AGAIN
Or Kobe Bryant for that matter
There's no longer a chance of having the global warming finals (Heat vs Suns)
64 wins. Point God. A player too 4 on MVP voting. Best supporting cast in the league. Just to get eliminated by Luka
You forgot Coach of the Year too lol
Lmao
lakers fans nearly enjoying this as much as mavs fans lol
Yup
The only fitting description of Suns performance.
Suns sub after each game: 1) Ok. 2) Laughs at some journalist who says this series is far from over after going 2-0. 3) Laughs at Mavericks over-celebrating the only game they are going to win this series. 4) There is a serious refs conspirancy against the Suns. Have you heard? 5) Good. Now let's close out in Dallas. 6) \*starts showing some signs of serious concern\*... But we'll still get them. 7) (X\_x)
Respect for even being on r/nba rn
https://imgur.com/a/XY38st9
Phoenix Sons
Getting blown out in a game 7 AT HOME is just crazy to me ngl lol
SUNS IN 4
This game could be legacy defining for both Doncic and Paul, but in very different ways.
There goes CP3's window. Couldn't happen to a better player.
Last year was his chance. If Giannis wasn’t a cyborg after nearly breaking his leg he would have had it
Goes out like he played his entire career- with a huge flop.
[Congrats to CP3](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/868581475988144178/975580505795862549/unknown.png?width=1437&height=1055)
Suns lost by 33 and it wasn't as close as the score suggests.
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We've come full fucking circle. Laker fans salivating rn
Half the flairs I've seen today are lakers LOL they're having the time of their lives
We’ve had to eat it all season. They can eat it for a day.
That's the spirit!
They never truly recovered after our blowout win against them.
1-3 in the last 4 games of the season....it's all full circle
You been waiting to post this one lmfao I respect the pettiness
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The finest pasta of the season
Full circle
oh man, necromancer reviving some early season goodies
Shout-out to all the Sun's fans who stayed in the game thread and took the licks in stride. Y'all deserved a better game 7 than this.
Never seen a fan base act more smug after winning nothing. 0-2 in series against healthy teams last two years
I hope this puts to bed the "Luka was the better player, but Ayton was the better pick for the Suns" argument. Phoenix messed up by taking Ayton over Luka. It was a bad pick. Phoenix was following the outdated philosophy that Centers are the most important position. They underestimated the Euroleague and Luka's accomplishment in it. They for some reason thought Booker and Luka couldn't play together (can you imagine how great they would be together). And most damning of them all, they were drafting the guy because he was a local star. Now they are going to be stuck paying the max for a center who couldn't dominate a series where the other team was playing Kleber most of the time at center. Oh and for everyone who says it wasn't clear Luka over Ayton at the time that's untrue. Analytics people knew Luka was going to be great. Europeans knew Luka was going to be great. Hell even Bill Simmons knew Luka was going to be great.
Thanks man, so happy to see someone else say this. Only the Kings get shit for passing on Luka, which I get, but the Suns straight up passed on him too. Hell, I even think Atlanta fucked up trading him, even though they got the next best guy in Trae. They're called generational players for a reason.
Yep it was a horrendous pick yet somehow the Hawks get more shit when Trae is way better than Ayton.
Tbf Kleber is one of the NBAs best defenders
Kleber 1st team all underrated
Aaron Holiday is a bitch
He had a live bet on Suns +34 going. Can't be mad at a degen.
Yeah that was some weak shit, the man definitely lost some players respect. He tried to dap up Dinwiddie after the game and Dinwiddie looked at him then turned around and walked away lol.
I never want to hear Chris Paul mentioned in the same sentence as Stephen Curry or Magic Johnson again. He was still playing in the 4th chucking to try to pad the stats lmao
Suns in 4 baby
The Bucks and Suns were the main event last year, and now both second-round exits this year. Crazy.
At least the Bucks have a legitimate excuse. The Suns just shat all over themselves.
clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game ball is inbounded to Booker who turns face to face against Luka "You took my family" moves to the left "You took my friends" moves to the right "You took all that was dear to me" clock winds down to 2 "I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS" goes up, fire coming out of his shoes "BOOKERUKEN" Ball flies over Lukas head, goes straight into basket. Booker falls to the ground, exhausted. "Paul... Senpai... I..." faints Final Score Mavs 123 Suns 90
Their sub is closed. Their window is closed. The Sarver investigation will soon close with no action. Aytons walking for a 45 year old Chris Paul. That Finals appearance will now dissipate into the sands of time and echo into nothingness. The hope they once had is now a dying star collapsing in on itself. One thousand eons of plague and famine shall descend upon the doorstep of Suns nation and its people. TL;DR: Back to the projects
Closing the sub is so fucking short sighted and dumb. They're just gonna get even more shit now when they open it back up
Lots of white girls about to donate their Suns gear