See they are still cracking jokes!

Bradley Beal showed real heart tonight and it was something the Suns desperately needed: arizonasports.com/story/3545864/…

No.

A reminder that every 7th seed in the history of the play-in tournament has advanced to the playoffs. 6-for-6.

Matt's on it with the potential outcomes for the 8 seed.

Again, Suns need to win on Sunday and have the Pelicans lose to get out of the play-in for 6th. Every other outcome has them 7th.

Correct. Erm, if you count the play-in? Postseason?

Suns win. They will finish no lower than 7th. They need a win and Pelicans loss on Sunday to get sixth.

Tremendous effort tonight through the usual problems that have plagued them all year.

Some big-time effort plays by Beal and Nurkic somehow have the Suns up 1 with 9 seconds left. Group hasn't quit tonight.

At this point it's just about if any of the stars can go on a heater or the 3s are falling. No matter how high the effort is they will turn it over and they will mess up on defense. Seems like no other winning formula is possible.

Year-long problems of turnovers and not adjusting the assignment on a hot shooter coming together at the biggest moment of the season so far.

Tie game. Spark from Beal.

Pelicans win. Suns need a win tonight to keep 6th alive.

Yep.

(Three-point game in the Bay btw)

Pelicans up 13 through 3 quarters.

As it stands, the Suns would be eliminated from top-6 and would likely need a win on Sunday to finish 7th and avoid 8th.

Nurkic deep shots are like that one friend who always wanted to be the thrower in 500 but could never accurately toss it where everyone was to catch it

It is a journey offensively but these guys are working hard on defense and playing with physicality.

Going to need that next week whatever setting it is.