They will lose, but they will have plenty of excuses. It starts with CP3 not being able to play, Ayton being out in a do-or-die game, and they'll probably add that Durant needs to build chemistry with the team first.


Denver versus the Warriors, it's a great rematch, but we don't know if the Warriors will successfully come back from a 3-2 deficit now. Well, Boston won their game on the road, so it might also be possible for the Warriors.

You could see the Suns give up half way through the second quarter. I think Ayton being out mentally messed them up before the game even started. This has been one of the harder games to watch in recent memory. The Suns were hard fouling and talking trash… I feel like they’re poor sports when things don’t go their way.

Because the Suns are not built to be a strong team in terms of discipline, they heavily rely on star players who are prone to complaining, particularly Booker. This is evident in their game now against the Nuggets, where the well-coordinated Nuggets team outperformed them by a significant margin. Currently, both Durant and Booker have been taken out of the game, leaving no chance for their return.

If the Suns had someone on their team who could effectively distract Joker, there might be a chance for them to win. When Joker is distracted, the performance of the Nuggets team tends to suffer.

And that's it. Suns is now eliminated in the 2nd round just like what happened last year even with Durant, there's no significant changes in the team.

Luckily Cam Payne step up his game and played around 40+ minutes in the absence of CP3, Durant got some help because of that but Booker on the other hand really struggled despite playing on their home plus there's an injured Ayton on their line-up.

Since first half ended, it's already clear to us that the Denver Nuggets will move towards the Conference Finals after leaving a 30 point margin.

The absence of CP3 may not have a significant impact on the team's overall capability, but losing Ayton, who serves as the defensive anchor, is a major blow. Therefore, it's not surprising that they lost this game, despite their impressive performances in games 3 and 4. Had they won, we could have witnessed a thrilling game 7. However, the series has come to an end, and now the Nuggets will enjoy an early rest as they await the winner of the LA Lakers vs Warriors series.

Consistency is very important. Let's see if they can still be the same team in Game 6, which is a must-win game for them.

The Miami Heat would not want to take this series to Game 7, where they would need to win on the road. Therefore, Miami will surely play harder in Game 6 and make sure they are not outrebounded again, as was the case in Game 5. With that said, I'm betting on Miami this time, especially in the first half, as I believe they will start strong.

We can say that this era is different as Jokic and Murray is consistent together with other rooster. They had huge potential to became a champion this year since if we look at how they defeat Suns will full pack stars in there team we can say that they are really a big deal to their upcoming opponents. Maybe the only thing they need to do is to watch the game of their remaining opponents so that they can prepare on their possible match up and gain advantage with it. This is important season for them since they go this far and big statement for their organization if they can win a championship this season.

We've seen that many times. Trash talk, and hard fouls, mostly coming from Booker and Cam Payne. Much worst when Mikal Bridges was still there.
It's actually difficult to watch the entire 2nd half of the game. When I saw the Nuggets making 81 points in the first half, I say the Suns are really not playing defense and it will be contagious until the next half of the game and so it did. IIRC, the lowest they got was 19 points deficit and it didn't go below that until Jokic came back and made it 30 again.
There's no point in what KD is trying to achieve, he is the only one having the will to try and cut it but without help, there's just nothing he could do.

Tomorrow, we have games that will be electrifying. Both the Knicks and Warriors trying to survive their series and I am hoping they win so we could see three sets of Game 7's.   That will be awesome to watch.

it was a great chance for the lakers yesterday, but they missed it and worse, they lost it once again by a big difference in points, in the first period they were more balanced and the difference in points was not very big, there were only 4 points of difference and with a defeat of lakers, when it was thought that in the second period it would be something different with some reaction from the lakers, they lost again and by a greater difference in points, there were 7 points of difference, the path to defeat was already drawn, in the third period they tied and in the fourth period they lost again, thus placing the next game as being a game in which they will have more pressure, because a draw in the next game opens the way for the Warriors to win and if the Warriors win in game 6 then I have no doubts that the Warriors will win in the game 7

as for other games, they also had results that still depend on more other games for decision, with the exception of the Denver Nuggets that simply crushed the Phoenix Suns by a great difference of points, they were 25 points of difference and with that victory the Denver Nuggets guaranteed a passage to the final, they were simply incredible in this game, in the first two periods they guaranteed a comfortable victory and in the last 2 periods they were just managing the result and lost in the last two periods, but it was a very small difference in points, congratulations station the denver nuggets