[OutsiderFan]

Here are some insane stats from Nuggets-Suns Game 4…

After going 20-25 in Game 3 for 47, Devin Booker hits 14/18 for 38 and ends up -1 in 40 minutes. Kevin Durant goes 11-19 for 36 and is 0 net efficiency in 44 minutes. 

Nikola Jokic score 53 and was +2 in 39 minutes. If he played 44 minutes like KD the Nuggets probably win. What an offensive show these teams put on display. Both teams shot 56% FG in a playoff game! Where’s the D? Or is the offensive skill just not something defense can slow down? If they played poor defense, could they both have shot 60% FG?

Anyway, the difference was Landry Shamet hitting hitting 5-9 threes off bench, while Michael Porter Jr. was just 2-9 from three.

Both things are true. Great shotmaking, poor D, especially on Jokic. Maybe we are spoiled since green and looney at least slow him down a bit. 

I still favor the nuggets since Jokics points are just coming so much easier and more sustainably then the ridiculous shotmaking coming from Durant and especially Booker. It seems impossible to keep that up. But it’s 3 games, so who knows?

Booker's shooting over last two games has never been seen before in NBA history, so it seems some serious regression to the mean is in order for him.

At same time...like the ESPN Radio guy said today, when Chris Paul went out, we thought it was over for the Suns. Now do we have to ask ourselves if they've found a formula without Paul that is unstoppable?

The pace the Suns play without Paul is way faster than with him, and so too is their offensive efficiency. But bench players usually play better at home. Don't think Shamet is going 5-9 from three in Denver.

[OutsiderFan]

Here are some insane stats from Nuggets-Suns Game 4…

After going 20-25 in Game 3 for 47, Devin Booker hits 14/18 for 38 and ends up -1 in 40 minutes. Kevin Durant goes 11-19 for 36 and is 0 net efficiency in 44 minutes. 

Nikola Jokic score 53 and was +2 in 39 minutes. If he played 44 minutes like KD the Nuggets probably win. What an offensive show these teams put on display. Both teams shot 56% FG in a playoff game! Where’s the D? Or is the offensive skill just not something defense can slow down? If they played poor defense, could they both have shot 60% FG?

Anyway, the difference was Landry Shamet hitting hitting 5-9 threes off bench, while Michael Porter Jr. was just 2-9 from three.

Both things are true. Great shotmaking, poor D, especially on Jokic. Maybe we are spoiled since green and looney at least slow him down a bit. 

I still favor the nuggets since Jokics points are just coming so much easier and more sustainably then the ridiculous shotmaking coming from Durant and especially Booker. It seems impossible to keep that up. But it’s 3 games, so who knows?

Booker's shooting over last two games has never been seen before in NBA history, so it seems some serious regression to the mean is in order for him.

At same time...like the ESPN Radio guy said today, when Chris Paul went out, we thought it was over for the Suns. Now do we have to ask ourselves if they've found a formula without Paul that is unstoppable?

The pace the Suns play without Paul is way faster than with him, and so too is their offensive efficiency. But bench players usually play better at home. Don't think Shamet is going 5-9 from three in Denver.