Inside Crew Talks Suns After Eliminating Pelicans In Game 6 | NBA on TNT

Shaq, Chuck, Kenny and Ernie talk about Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns eliminating the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 6.
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[@rage12345678]

CP3 100% shooting. Absolutely BONKERS game for him. Truly incredible.

[@unseenotto]

Another cp3 hype he can’t shoot

[@unseenotto]

He’s got turtle level shoulders

[@ngwanamama1572]

14/14 FG, 1/1 3PT, 4/4 FT 🤯

[@thebadgamermontana563]

Luka go eat !

[@Boom_Boy_o7]

@@ngwanamama1572 absolutely phenomenal!!! Blown away by his control of this game

[@maliksamarijones9304]

I remember when Chris Paul got traded to phoenix, and there were a lot of people saying that this was basically his time to fade into retirement... He's still showing them that he's the pound for pound goat at point god 🤘

[@drphot6050]

He's still closer to retirement than 5-10 more years tho lol

[@lordtryforce]

It's mind-boggling when people say this stuff. Look how many old veterans have revitalized their careers when they went to any of the Arizona sports teams.

[@mattpassos5689]

@@drphot6050 key word being “fade”, cp3 is exploding into retirement

[@mattpassos5689]

@@lordtryforce I don’t know any

[@dr.doofenshmirtz9695]

Magic point god

[@johnnyappleseed6889]

Everybody talks about LeBron’s Longevity but Chris Paul’s been doing this for a while

[@toolporeviews]

because chris always gets hurt in crucial playoff moments.

[@ou8428]

Bron kept his longevity while making DEEP playoff runs including 8 finals in 10 years. Cp3 kept getting hurt and barely played deep into the playoffs. Hardly the same thing

[@qdamusiq5006]

@@ou8428 one guy is a 6’8 freight train . Deep playoffs run or not the 6’0 average man is more impressive

[@me3ksdagoat279]

@@qdamusiq5006 Karl Malone vs John Stockton basically One is a Tank other is a avg Man point G..D

[@chasejordan9295]

@@qdamusiq5006 Ehh, in terms of "longevity" it isnt. His frame is bigger and harder to maintain at that level. It's harder on your heart and joints, among other things.

[@nbalegend5119]

CP3 with a perfect shooting night this game, but even though the Pelicans lost, they had a great series against the top seeded Suns, with Ingram and McCollum, and the other players gave their all🔥

[@ar3t33]

Bring on Zion!

[@dumbassdude8372]

@@ar3t33 yeah and play 1 game out of 20

[@dylangallagher143]

@@ar3t33 bring on weight watchers

[@AnnieB8844]

Still pisses me off, because with a healthy Zion they are actually a threat to win it all. Zion basically cut them down by the knees.

[@vincentzazueta2353]

New Orleans, sure did with Zion doing 360 dunk's for tic Tok!!!

[@datsapaddlin]

If Zion lays off the Gumbo the Pelicans could be a threat for years to come.

[@SeanNyc24]

Zion gotta get traded before his value drops even lower

[@costanza7013]

#1 Draft picks aren't as special anymore. Just hype jobs. Now it's about steals like jokic or giannis

[@BoldPromisesTTV]

@@SeanNyc24 lol if Zion came back rn he would still run thru the league

[@truevergil6983]

Lol

[@lukesu4736]

@@costanza7013 Embiid was the third pick

[@listerramirez137]

This is the difference between a point guard and a play maker. Good job Kenny.

[@B1ackchi]

It was a fun series. Always fun to see an underdog team put up a fight.

[@MM-gg3rg]

Pelicans did good against the Suns. It took CP3 having an historic shooting night and the three pointer from Booker, and the Pels still had a chance! Pelicans should hold their heads high!

[@memonomoto7419]

They have a very bright future for sure

[@zaynes5094]

@@memonomoto7419 Especially if they trade Zion and get someone who actually wants to play.

[@Matthew.602]

They also lost two games in NO, one of them without Booker, they still have far to go.

[@ChildishDfollowsGod]

@@Matthew.602 I agree, born and raised in New Orleans and pelicans fan to the death. But…… they do, what was more sad was not seeing anyone take control. Like they were all afraid to fail. Guess what, they did

[@memonomoto7419]

@@ChildishDfollowsGod CJ wasn't exceptional in the series, which proved to me that he's a second option at best. Ingram is too young at 24 to be the guy, but he will only get better. If the Pelicans keep their core and add a few significant pieces, they might actually be contenders in 2-3 years.

[@thomas_the_cat]

good ol mavs-suns playoff series... reminds me of those dirk vs nash teams back in the mid 2000s

[@byronmartin1840]

Good days

[@chrisjames3839]

They never played eachother in playoffs. I don't think

[@ozeppeo]

@@chrisjames3839 2005 semis, 2006 conference finals.

[@brianrolle767]

Kenny hit it on the head. The point guard position controls the tempo and gets his teammates easy rhythm shots.

[@LIBRAGOD90]

Exactly.

[@memonomoto7419]

Yup, there is a world of difference between simply driving then kicking to an open teammate, than actually orchestrating an offense and setting up a perfect shot. Point guards nowadays are more inclined to get their own shot while occassionally passing to a wide open shooter, but that's not play-making. Pure PGs like CP3 know exactly what the right play is at every situation cause they have a different feel for the game than others.

[@awesomeninja234]

New orleans played their heart out in this series.

[@BenlshTracker]

that ending gave me chills

[@idkjustchangingmyname7343]

Respect to CP3 from a pels fan. Man he’s a beast and always shown Nola love as opposed to certain other injured but supposed stars.

[@matcole1975]

So much respect to the PELS. ThankYou for pushing the SUNS. 💯

[@shawnsms29]

CP3 one of the few OG point guards left

[@xxplosive7945]

I still remember when people were insisting Deron Williams was better than him. That aged very very badly.

[@_Maxten]

u right. the game has changed from the era he was brought up so much that they wont make em like that anymore.

[@_Maxten]

also i just realized rondo bout to retire realll soon

[@Nimbus3000]

@Apple Sundae I think you mean since Nash and Kidd.

[@EnzoPepsiCola]

@@Nimbus3000 Kidd is close since he had incredible defense like cp3 but honestly at this point, cp3 is better than them both.

[@kennethalmanzor]

Pelicans gotta say, "Hey Zion, you see what Jax was doing in the starting lineup? You gotta do that but be more of an offensive threat." If Zion is going to play the way he did in his second year by demanding the play to go through him, I think the Pels are gonna take a step back instead of forward.

[@MrHotSpice100]

Pels got more shooting now so it would work better

[@dawnkeyballs4898]

@@MrHotSpice100 no, not with CJ there now. It'll be hard to run Bi CJ and Zion

[@EC-fm7sd]

@@dawnkeyballs4898 facts, Zion would have to be a “drive Nd kick out” type of player which he isn’t 😂if he comes back everything will be ruined

[@ilijadevic483]

wrong chat

[@johnbeardshall2898]

I'd trade zion you could get a great haul in draft picks young talent and a solid vet zion could be a superstar but I can't see him staying in new Orleans

[@MBBB15]

Kenny: "There aren't point guards in the NBA. They're facilitators." I can't with this bus rider. Lol

[@aldosaldana1462]

Kenny "bring me some water" smith

[@danielgteaching1377]

He means 'true point guard', in the ilk of Thomas or Stockton or Magic.

[@72Dexter72Manley72]

Kenny giving Instructions on the bus.

[@youtubename6359]

@@danielgteaching1377 Tbf most true point guards couldn’t score well, it wasn’t a choice for them to pass, they didn’t chose to not to score, they chose not to brick

[@memonomoto7419]

I know we rag on Kenny a lot, but his comment obviously flew over your head. Most players playing the point nowadays are hybrid/combo guards with more emphasis on scoring, not pure point guards that oversee everything and always looks to make the best play. There hasn't been a pure point guard in the last 10 years imo. The last generation of pure points was the generation of CP3, Steve Nash, and Jason Kidd. Now every PG wants to score more than make a play.

[@SuperNASCARrocks]

CP3 put on a show. He showed everyone why he is the point god.

[@PhoenixSunsNZ]

Shaq made some great points about Ayton. It shows he actually watches the Suns games. Suns defense is built to play teams like Dallas. Ayton is a much better perimeter defender than Gobert and he should abuse the Dallas bigs on offense.

[@billybeere6915]

we will come back to this

[@latortuganinja7184]

The next 2 series will be 4-3 for Suns

[@kewan2045]

@@billybeere6915 Ayton been killing Dallas and Booker matches Doncic. Cp3 and oll players I got Suns 5 or 6.

[@giftedx1391]

@@billybeere6915 Doubt it. You'll just disappear when Dallas loses or just delete the comment.

[@pucz8215]

Man mad respect to Kenny to making absolutely no sense year over year

[@danielgteaching1377]

Would you like me to translate for you?

[@wittywobbafet5433]

mad respect for him going with the mavs despite the obvious advantage of phx lol

[@lucky889s9]

"They're not point guards, they're facilitators". The bus rider trying desperately to look good with lil man complex. Getting ridiculous, now they need to keep ribbing him until he leaves.

[@pucz8215]

@@lucky889s9 the second draymond green retires he’s gone

[@Oladips2126]

Kenny complements them! No other human will ever replace any one of them, perfectly! So stop capping!

[@dantebrns]

This was a really good segment and great analysis from all of the members of the crew. Great breakdowns and prospectives. Looking forward to watch the series even more now.!

[@jimmiedubie5046]

We proud of our squad. We need 1 more player that can create their own shot. Let's see what we do with this draft. LETS GO PELS!

[@boombro4705]

“PAUL SO HARD” haha daing got’em with that one man 💯

[@kanishkkashyap9283]

The round 2 series is gonna be a showdown b/w 2 of the best playmakers in the NBA at the moment.

[@aldosaldana1462]

1st overall picks dont mean anything anymore its all about scouting and getting steals in the draft

[@Warden033]

Well that's not entirely true

[@laffyjohansson7005]

Of these new school cats, LONZO BALL is the exclusive Pure Point Guard of this generation. I know he gets some hate, but if dude can just stay healthy. He can become an incredible game manager. It’s all in him. He plays the point position the correct way.

[@controversialmann5345]

Yeah Fr Zo don’t play to put fancy numbers he play to win. He the perfect pg to play in any offense any system. He can do a bit of everything and control the floor as well as hit guys with the best shots and shoot a little. He jus needs that durability.

[@lekzintshering7666]

LaMelo ball

[@friendlyotto7340]

I disagree, an exclusive point guard in my opinion would be a player who can always facilitate and can do so everywhere on the court. Lonzo has been a fairly poor half court facilitator his whole nba career. He is an amazing full court facilitator however.

[@shin267]

Not really, maybe in transition. Derozan and Lavine handle the ball in the half court set and Lonzo turns into a spot up shooter

[@friendlyotto7340]

@@shin267 Regardless of who is running the half court lonzo does not yet have the skillset, was the same in Nola.

[@MrDingbat4life]

this has got to be one of the best 1 vs 8 series in history

[@gabriellechung356]

Thanks for the video. I’m from Arizona and never watched a Suns game or knew who Chris Paul was until last year! Go Suns!

[@wuyingren]

Paul has been doing this his whole career! He now has a team that is all in. No one is fighting him in the locker room. But this has been his play style for the longest! Now he has a young and healthy center and two wing guys to keep the defense stretched out

[@just_a5.7]

No wonder they didn't let the cp3 trade to the lakers happen. It would have been unfair to the nba lol

[@LandynG137]

@@just_a5.7 easy to talk about since it didn’t happen but I believe if that happened Kobe would be considered better than Jordan because I see atleast one or two more championships.

[@NeilLewis77]

@@LandynG137 nah mate

[@Noctifern]

@@LandynG137 kobe would never have been better than jordan. the numbers dont ever support it. jordans advanced stats are in a league of his own. dont ever disrespect the goat agai

[@tigerhoods7927]

Chris Paul tonight “Just hits, no misses “

[@petehenry3220]

Cp3 da og surgeon. Thank you for reminding them the mid-range game it's essential in basketball

[@BrokeSpike]

The Suns are a completely different team when they get Ayton going. He will be a big part of their success offensively. They need to get him more touches down low.

[@chanceberg832]

I agree the Suns can only go As far as Ayton Goes

[@Jonathan.w.]

@@chanceberg832 this 100%

[@TheNerdGod76]

A perfect Game!!! Amazing 💪🏾

[@buggaba]

Shaq and Charles made very good points about ayton and the suns

[@michaelt8680]

CP3 is the master of that top of the elbow jump shot

[@MrHarry-hx4bo]

That was a great game. The only weird thing is suns had an amazing shooting night and still just barely edged it out.

[@Notawarriorsfan]

0:01 Major pause💀💀💀

[@neilmanansala399]

Lonzo Ball, especially this season for The Bulls, plays the “true Point Guard” style they were talking about. LaMelo is a playmaker, but Lonzo is a facilitator; looking forward to seeing what they can both do in the future. Congratz on the perfect shooting game, Chris! You were great for my fantasy team this year

[@yousefbazzi1910]

Straight revenge game for CP3. The New Orleans crowd was booing him from the tip off and that ignited the 🔥

[@bourgeoisraccoon]

He was being booed for playing dirty. And he still played dirty last night, chipping Alvarado's tooth and then immediately flopping and getting the game winning free throws. The ref report even admits that they willfully ignored him elbowing Alvarado in the face because they want him to win

[@yousefbazzi1910]

@@bourgeoisraccoon the referees never admitted that. Regardless of the narrative, Chris Paul went 14/14 from the field and showed up when it really mattered. That’s point god.

[@CAFields1981]

Now thats how you active playoff mode!

[@aaronghunter]

Hoping for a long, good series.

[@charliemartinez4694]

Props to New Orleans! After 2 seasons of the play-in tournament, they are by far, most successful play-in team. 9th seed to be 8th n take Phoenix to 6 games. Not bad Y so serious 😈🍺🃏 12;54am / 4-28-22

[@TheMcFather]

Kenny such a great point. There’s really not many true point guards. Mostly teams just have a ball handler that facilitates.

[@Stevenisbelieven]

Looking at the scrolling stats on the screen @ 0:24 it reads, "D. Ayton: 22 pts, 7 reb, 4 reb"👀🤔So Ayton had 4 rebounds to go along with his 7 rebounds? Nice!

[@Drisco757]

TNT producers have been dropping the BALL 💯

[@basketglory9359]

It might be referring to defensive or offensive rebounds

[@tonyk1234]

About 10 years ago sports media said cp3 would never adapt to the new age game of the nba

[@LIBRAGOD90]

How many 1 guards you know gives direction on the court and can score when they need to but facilitate and putting their players in a better position ?

[@marvellis6762]

Just sublime from CP3. 7/8 without missing you got the hot hand, but 14/14!! playoffs!!...... CP3 was literally as hot as the sun!! and nothing is putting that out! GO SUNS!!!!!

[@KrispyChicken7]

I like how much the NBA greats give Luka props. You know he for real.

[@FireAngelChris]

He dominated those guys tonight

[@WrestlingIsReal649]

Point god went crazy they him to go off against the warriors in the western conference finals 🔥🔥🔥

[@almr5831]

Point God don't need chips to say that his amazingly great, but with chips his up their on 1 or 3 best PG.

[@xxplosive7945]

4th or 5th* Magic Curry Thomas Stockton/Paul

[@nickpagano7134]

@@xxplosive7945 CP is better than everyone on that list but Magic.

[@almr5831]

@@xxplosive7945 ok, in my opinion not yours hehehe just saying.. Don't care what you think 🤔 but his up their.

[@xxplosive7945]

@@nickpagano7134 you could argue with Thomas/ Stockton but you're wildin if you think he's better than Curry

[@dumbassdude8372]

@@xxplosive7945 Should we really consider curry as PG? I feel like he's SG in PG position, GSW is weird and positionless

[@warriorsoldier5765]

Such a smart basketball statement from Kenny I agree on everything he sed .. I don't think people truly understand how good DAL is .. they are going all the way this year in my eyes 👀 Stay Tune 🌎

[@nathanbedfordforest]

It must be a surreal experience being an elite Black athlete. You can do AMAZING, AMAZING things and the response is always fairly normal. A perfect game in an NBA playoff game.... The difficulty level is so high it never is discussed

[@patrickphuong2609]

CP3 14 hits no misses, so too Mike Tyson hits airline passenger talking trash to him. Roll with the punches.

[@nathanbedfordforest]

@@patrickphuong2609 like Conor McGegor beating up senior citizens? Difference is that if Luka did what CP did, there would be a media whiteout.

[@patrickphuong2609]

Never heard Connor McGregor hitting elders. Grayson Allen media whiteout flagrant foul on Alex Caruso, breaking his wrist Bucks v Bulls. Grayson hyped up, saying "I'm white, good at basketball, and I played(sic) for Duke." Luka is Larry Bird, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Chris Mullin (Dream Team). Kurt Rambis and Bill Walton are considered NBA legends, greater than their stats suggest. Drazen Petrovic v MJ/Pippen in 90s GOAT conversation...

[@InvincibleYoungEmpire]

What a masterpiece!

[@jourdan585]

Lonzo Ball is the definition of a point gaurd.

[@dano5238]

Great win for the Suns. Pelicans have a bright future.

[@BPIII71]

Psssh! I did that in my sleep…. Real talk, wonderful clutch game Mr. God!!!!!!

[@tantk6187]

Point God vs Luka series. We are in bball heaven.

[@martinaxe6390]

Chris Paul heard all that, “he’s old and fading talk” after game 4 and decided to shut it down.

[@seanjohn242]

Bahamian Beast. Let me know shaq 🇧🇸

[@longliveknowledge9588]

A true definition of PointGod ! Salute Chris Paul

[@navakashgill2967]

Chris Paul is the best point guard in the league and he’s 37. Insane. All time great, deserves a chip.

[@kingtshilobo1849]

I agree with Shaq. Gobert isn’t giving you nothing on offense. At least against Ayton if Mavs stretch the floor. Ayton can still give you that midrange

[@jdelgado216]

Tbh Utah doesn't give enough touches in the post to Gobert or run plays for him

[@SchruteFarms]

I think the Pelicans giving a good fight is only testing the Suns and making them more resilient for the future series. Pelicans are a great young team and im genuinely excited to see where they take things.

[@theprboy6118]

Good take from Kenny

[@realdukeofthemidwest]

Best sports show on TV in the world 🌎.

[@gadd-00]

@CP3 I'm just saying, the career he's had, the highs the lows, whilst carrying himself like a gent, a role model even, They will never say he's the goat and he wouldn't except it either but the truth this man is the epitome of professionalism ON and OFF the court, and these young dudes need to get their priorities right.

[@sunshinesooperman5110]

Great commentary on point guards by Kenny, but mildly hot take on Dallas’ chances in this series. Even with Booker at less than 100, I’d be surprised if the Suns need 6 to close out the Mavs.

[@Guggernut]

The Mavs had the 2nd best record in the NBA post all star break, behind the Celtics, and had the top rated Defense. I think you're underrating their team, and overrating the Suns at the moment. The Pelicans arr a far worse team that the Jazz and they needed 6 games to get past them.

[@gameplayer1980]

Legend

[@prod.snqwfall1347]

POINT GOD.

[@coldworld1477]

One of the last TRUE point guards in the game

[@DNVS.11]

I love how Chuck said Bridges and Jae Crowder are gonna give Luka a lot to handle, meanwhile he was soloing Paul George, Kawhi & Pat Bev lol

[@davidharden7575]

Luka is a bad bad man!

[@09lowkey]

The Great Peter Griffin once said, *Corner Three*

[@zacharyhensley2939]

Suns really shocked me by letting Book play 32 minutes after saying he would play limited minutes. I was like y'all trying to get him to reinjure that hamstring even worse

[@greggearyt974]

Former owner of NOLA showing how he memorized all area of them basketball court.

[@borood1188]

After all is said and done all the first round top seeds win

[@BboyZoinks]

This young pelican team will be a force in the future, Chris had to play perfect to beat them. Good for the Suns but this is also a win for the pelicans

[@Dingle051554]

Gobert to the Raps. Great fit for both.

[@serbonkers4130]

Phoenix showing they are the best team in the league for years now. Its finally their time to win the title. Luka and the Mavs would probably get swept. Lets goooo

[@cosmicking7979]

Point God went 14/14

[@CoachK2233]

I know Y Book had dem Shades on, but Y that man sittin' there luukin' like tha Terminator🎯.. Hit'em wit dat double entendre tho Book 😤😂🤧🤧😎#SunsIn6

[@TheSnowshow33]

uh don't think this is the test to see if they're going to the finals kenny, there's some folks over in the bay that are championship caliber as well

[@celery8315]

CP3 NEEDS A CHIP

[@alexdz788]

Til when ?

[@AM_yadu108]

he needs but he would never ever win

[@the_worlds_enemy]

Alvarado and New Orleans thought they were hot ish!? Naaaaw! Masterclass by CP3!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@wrdswpns1139]

Once again Kenny's analysis on point 👉☝️

[@LiquidSchwartz]

Not a Phoenix fan but I'm rooting for them in these playoffs. I wanna see CP3 get that ring!

[@ColdHoops]

What Kenny said is right. That's why whenever I see people having debates about the best pgs in the league, I always tell them don't include most players in the league like Curry, Ja, Kyrie, Trae because they're not 'true' point guards even though they play in that position.

[@torylanezbaldspot6350]

Suns Vs. Warrior’s gonna be a historic WCF.

[@memonomoto7419]

Suns and Warriors aren't a lock for the WCF just yet, settle down. Mavs and Grizz are no joke. This coming from a Suns fan, I'm not gonna underestimate what Luka Magic and Ja can do

[@aidan6521]

@@memonomoto7419 Memphis can barely get past the stupidest team in the league

[@mikel5388]

You guys forgot to mention Rondo 🤦🏻‍♂️ 2:07

[@AyoJC]

It’s crazy how he had them young boys hooping when he was in OKC what did you thinks would happen when he linked with yellow mamba 😂

[@kristijanEX]

How does CP3 not have a single MVP award, but Lebron has 4 ? They literally both pick up their teams' record and make them a lot better, the fact that CP3 wasn't in MVP talks last or this year with one of the best records in the league, just shows the media bias towards him. Whatever, he'll get that FMVP.

[@joelicari565]

Cause he's hurt alot

[@mani-xc9rs]

All of LeBron’s mvps were great statistical years (literally all 4 are in the top 20 highest single season Player Efficiency Ratings) and in all 4 of them he had 60 wins.

[@chava4881]

This was a regular Tuesday night for Bob Cousy 😂

[@Kali-Ikigai]

Kenny said it best: Luka Doncic is a bad, bad man!

[@KrayvenDom]

Allen Iverson would add such a interesting dynamic to inside the nba with Chuck and Shaq. 🤔

[@Realigndadjmusic]

There's a Great Coach in Phoenix!

[@seshadhri_s]

I am so excited to see Luka go up against a really good team. This will be a true test for him in the playoffs.

[@Kevinschart]

Luka don't fold. it depends on what kind of help he gets

[@koraycill]

He was against a very good team last 2 years.

[@jackkalu4255]

Apostle Paul, still spreading his gospel 💯🔥🙏🏿

[@jemaradrao740]

I understand that CP3 got known as point god but It has always been Stockton

[@pablorivera5345]

I don't think Ayton has lost a game to Luka head to head.

[@joshuafischer684]

Luka has never beaten the Suns