Haynes Sources Weeks ago Suns coach Mike Budenholzer called a meeting with Devin Booker imploring he tone it down vocally leaving the star shocked Inside that meeting which provides context to Bookers postgame remarks on communicating

De'Aaron Fox We lost Game 3 but that was the first time he Gregg Popovich walked into the locker room and was like Nah that's BS that's not how we play basketball and obviously he had some choice words for us

Bobby Portis says Bucks players cant even have conversations right now with each other because the future of Giannis is so blurry Its hard for us right now to have a conversation when the future is so blurry The owner said by the draft theyre going to do something with Giannis

Lowlight DeAndre Ayton fails to secure a rebound fouls Ajay Mitchell gets benched and none of the Lakers will talk to him

Reporters ask Brunson about his reduced on ball role in the offense since going down 2-1 to ATL Some stars might push back they're used to having the ball in their hands They might take it as a slight It doesn't sound like you did Why was that Brunson One I'm not a star two I want to win

Sam Presti answers what books he is reading this summerHe also mentions a basketball book at the end

Marcus Smart attempts a wild over the shoulder lob which gets blocked by the rim and then gets caught on hot mic imparting some wisdom to the referees