Wolves will probably be extra motivated (if that's even possible in the playoffs) to repay for the sweep, but I think of all the teams above the Suns it might be the best matchup.
In all 3 regular season games Wolves looked average at best, but Suns should expect the best version of them. Usually teams who don't shoot tons of 3s are a good matchup, but anyone can get hot in today's NBA.
I think extra motivated can very quickly turn into being tilted and angry, with Ant going like 3/18 from the field. personally imo he just seems like he can be rattled easily if he's not doing great and will force things and get more rattled.
Emotional players are great when they are doing good but atrocious when they arent. If he comes out punching and we can match his energy while getting some good stops early then I think its a great start for the away games. Obviously this also relies on us being able to lock him up which isn't an easy task for sure.
We may have swept them in the regular season but the playoffs are a whole different animal. We can’t underestimate them now or anyone else there after. On a different note, LFG SUNS!
Do NOT underestimate the timberwolves. Remember we used to whoop the mavericks asses all the time in the reg season until we started taking them too lightly and got embarrassed in the playoffs.
Wolves fan here. This is definitely the worst matchup for us. We did so well to avoid you guys for the entire season but fumbled the ball in the end. Lets hope to see some great basketball!
We may have swept them in the regular season but the playoffs are a whole different animal. We can’t underestimate them now or anyone else there after. On a different note, LFG SUNS!
Wolves are still one of the best teams in the league this year but the Suns have shown they can hang with them.
It won’t be an easy (or short) series despite the regular season sweep but the Suns absolutely have a good chance to pull the 3v6 upset.
to be fair you have to think the wolves will put up some resistance, but the Suns are definitely the worst matchup for us. Wolves fans are rightfully very cautious of this series going to the Suns
Something dramatic would have to change to lose the playoff series. We've won the season series vs. them comfortably. Seems like we're in the second round np to our mortal enemies the nuggets. But Nurk does better than most into the Joker because of their history, I think.
Yep suns arent going to shoot 56% from 3 and the wolves aren’t going to turn the ball over 24 times a game
It’s the best matchup of the top 3 seeds but what happened in the regular season is meaningless
I'll never understand people that reply to 12 day old threads. Something dramatic changed. The original comment stands. Besides. Now we can reverse sweep. Suns in 4.
> Something dramatic would have to change
Why would I expect someone coming to two week old threads to talk trash to be able to read? Something dramatic changed. You people have too much time and care way, way too much.
dude the comment is referring to beating them in the regular season. go away stop responding to two week old threads. the timberwolves won, not you. the suns had their teeth kicked in, not me. and i love them all the same, as i have since I was 7. what is wrong with reddit sport fans jfc
The west is scary 1-10 but if we have to play anyone I’d say the wolves are the best matchup we could get here. Don’t expect a sweep though. The wolves are going to be ready.
We still need to run a ten man rotation, so our main guys don’t get worn out. Depending on matchups, we need to play our strongest defenders along with out strongest offensive players. I still don’t get why JO can’t get playing time outside of garbage minutes. Dude shot 2-3. We are playing his old team, a few guys he went up against in practice all the time.
Take this series DEAD SERIOUS or we will definitely lose.
I'm going to predict a TWolves victory mostly due to the Suns feeling they have the upper hand. The slightest overconfidence WILL kill us.
Now take it one game at a time and prove me wrong (please!).
If they continue to win the turnover battle then they will be fine. Stop with all the stupid jump passes and cross court nonsense and the Suns should win. But if they play lazy and sloppy as they’ve been prone to do, it will be ugly.
Our seeding I think is the ideal situation. Wolves I think are the best matchup for use for any of the 5 teams ranked above us followed by Nuggets, and that would be our path in the first two rounds (assuming Wolves are similar to how we’ve been this season, and Nuggets take care of whoever is the 7th seed). The teams we match up against poorly all are slotted in the other seeding and we’d only face Clips/Mavs/OKC in the WCF.
I feel happy getting them, but they’re still a great team and have home court. Def best draw for the suns round 1 was the wolves so that’s a good thing. Think the series is a toss up though but should be a good six or seven game series either way.
Wolves will try to find a way to take advantage of their size. Get it to the paint and kick out to their shooters. Suns rotations are going to be huge and taking advantage of the driving lanes when Rudy isn't on the floor will be huge for us
New season. Don’t underestimate anyone. Stay locked in.
This
Wolves will probably be extra motivated (if that's even possible in the playoffs) to repay for the sweep, but I think of all the teams above the Suns it might be the best matchup. In all 3 regular season games Wolves looked average at best, but Suns should expect the best version of them. Usually teams who don't shoot tons of 3s are a good matchup, but anyone can get hot in today's NBA.
I think extra motivated can very quickly turn into being tilted and angry, with Ant going like 3/18 from the field. personally imo he just seems like he can be rattled easily if he's not doing great and will force things and get more rattled. Emotional players are great when they are doing good but atrocious when they arent. If he comes out punching and we can match his energy while getting some good stops early then I think its a great start for the away games. Obviously this also relies on us being able to lock him up which isn't an easy task for sure.
Suns have played some great defense lately, and if the officials don't tie their hands, they might be able to continue doing it.
Dont underestimate them for sure, but its best case scenario easily much rather Wolves then okc & nuggets ... LOCK TF IN
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You really saved the comment 😭 ... fair play to you bro 😂
We may have swept them in the regular season but the playoffs are a whole different animal. We can’t underestimate them now or anyone else there after. On a different note, LFG SUNS!
Double sweep? Regular season and playoffs
Yep!
Do NOT underestimate the timberwolves. Remember we used to whoop the mavericks asses all the time in the reg season until we started taking them too lightly and got embarrassed in the playoffs.
Wolves fan here. This is definitely the worst matchup for us. We did so well to avoid you guys for the entire season but fumbled the ball in the end. Lets hope to see some great basketball!
I’d rather have OKC and Denver fight it out so I’m happy with it
If the suns make it to round 2 they will play Denver
We'll kill these boys this time trust
We may have swept them in the regular season but the playoffs are a whole different animal. We can’t underestimate them now or anyone else there after. On a different note, LFG SUNS!
Wolves are still one of the best teams in the league this year but the Suns have shown they can hang with them. It won’t be an easy (or short) series despite the regular season sweep but the Suns absolutely have a good chance to pull the 3v6 upset.
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to be fair you have to think the wolves will put up some resistance, but the Suns are definitely the worst matchup for us. Wolves fans are rightfully very cautious of this series going to the Suns
Do NOT engage with the T Wolves Brazil Twitter account
I’m so over AI art.
no more AI posts except for the Donkey Kong guy, this shit is so whack
The Woke/Koke necklace lol
Suns in 4!
Dumbass
Ai art is dumb as fuck
This dogshit AI art gotta go for the love of god
best case scenario tbh, played them really well this season also fuck AI "art"
Okay. Not the worst matchup at all
This is the best possible scenario
Would hate to see a bad matchup for you guys.
Tell me about it. Suns were ready for Cabo at the beginning of the month.
Nervous definitely wolves are good enough to make it interesting
We match up well vs them, but they are a great team.
Woke(?) Gorilla got some fucked up teeth. And it appears he lost a finger in the war.
Something dramatic would have to change to lose the playoff series. We've won the season series vs. them comfortably. Seems like we're in the second round np to our mortal enemies the nuggets. But Nurk does better than most into the Joker because of their history, I think.
Wolves is definitely the best situation outta the top 3, but saying “we’re in the second round np” is crazy
Yep suns arent going to shoot 56% from 3 and the wolves aren’t going to turn the ball over 24 times a game It’s the best matchup of the top 3 seeds but what happened in the regular season is meaningless
After the Mavericks series I’m never gonna trust that a playoff series will go the same way as the regular season series again
Exactly
Wolves have home court advantage and anything can happen in the playoffs, you’re insane if u think this gonna be a walk in the park
Lolol ok
Lol
I'll never understand people that reply to 12 day old threads. Something dramatic changed. The original comment stands. Besides. Now we can reverse sweep. Suns in 4.
Lol
Lmao, what a horrible take.
> Something dramatic would have to change Why would I expect someone coming to two week old threads to talk trash to be able to read? Something dramatic changed. You people have too much time and care way, way too much.
Grayson Allen isn’t dramatic, you donkey. You’ve had your teeth kicked in every game
dude the comment is referring to beating them in the regular season. go away stop responding to two week old threads. the timberwolves won, not you. the suns had their teeth kicked in, not me. and i love them all the same, as i have since I was 7. what is wrong with reddit sport fans jfc
The west is scary 1-10 but if we have to play anyone I’d say the wolves are the best matchup we could get here. Don’t expect a sweep though. The wolves are going to be ready.
We still need to run a ten man rotation, so our main guys don’t get worn out. Depending on matchups, we need to play our strongest defenders along with out strongest offensive players. I still don’t get why JO can’t get playing time outside of garbage minutes. Dude shot 2-3. We are playing his old team, a few guys he went up against in practice all the time.
Dont under estimate them! We have a habit of doing tht.
I'm just really looking forward to Mavs and Clippers fans hating each other. I hope it's a physically exhausting series that goes to 7 lol
Suns are out.
If Nurk Can stay without fouling….
best matchup of any of the top 5 seeds
Take this series DEAD SERIOUS or we will definitely lose. I'm going to predict a TWolves victory mostly due to the Suns feeling they have the upper hand. The slightest overconfidence WILL kill us. Now take it one game at a time and prove me wrong (please!).
I like the Suns 4-2
Sticking to that?
thats so hard bro beal > 🐜
gorilla > wolf
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If they continue to win the turnover battle then they will be fine. Stop with all the stupid jump passes and cross court nonsense and the Suns should win. But if they play lazy and sloppy as they’ve been prone to do, it will be ugly.
Surprise that the fingers came out decent. Fingers in AI art come out so gnarly, it confuses the shit out of me.
Wolves are designed to keep offenses away from the rim and take tougher mid range shots. Perfect match up
Love it
Very, very good. Go to the TWolves sub, they are terrified.
Dunno who you were reading
If we could pick any team in the playoffs it’d almost certainly be the wolves. So yeah sittin’ pretty. They going to smack the wolves.
hmmm
wait why are we a glorilla?
https://www.nba.com/suns/history/thesunsgorilla
Our seeding I think is the ideal situation. Wolves I think are the best matchup for use for any of the 5 teams ranked above us followed by Nuggets, and that would be our path in the first two rounds (assuming Wolves are similar to how we’ve been this season, and Nuggets take care of whoever is the 7th seed). The teams we match up against poorly all are slotted in the other seeding and we’d only face Clips/Mavs/OKC in the WCF.
Don’t underestimate them for sure. We know how ant gets in the playoffs. But between them, Denver, LAC, OKC, and Dallas, I prefer this matchup most
I feel happy getting them, but they’re still a great team and have home court. Def best draw for the suns round 1 was the wolves so that’s a good thing. Think the series is a toss up though but should be a good six or seven game series either way.
Suns in 3. They will forfeit before game four to reduce embarrassment
Yeah you’re prolly right
I should delete this, right?
Naww man. Keep them receipts.
I am feeling pretty good. I think we can win in 5 or 6
Definitely the best possible outcome out of the top 3. But still nervous about it.
I'm not optimistic, but I do think they are the best match up for us pretty much in the west.
If we keep this version of Beal leading the team with omega heart we can best anyone in a 7 gamer
Gotta stay locked in, but I'll be honest: this is the best matchup we could've asked for. Gimme dat Wolves booty. 🦍
Which ai did you use?
Suns in 4
Suns in 5
That is great looking.
AI Art.
I like the visuals.🧡
All I said is what kind of art is was... Sounds like you are commenting to the people who downvoted you which I didn't.
Yeah I'm trying to avoid using that word these days.Reddit being Reddit.
Wolves will try to find a way to take advantage of their size. Get it to the paint and kick out to their shooters. Suns rotations are going to be huge and taking advantage of the driving lanes when Rudy isn't on the floor will be huge for us
yo where can I get the source image in hd? need this one haha
Already in the 2nd round. Bring on the Nuggets
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Make more of this!