Things to not like about game 4 that aren’t the officials

Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty ImagesI really don’t like making excuses in basketball. Like, I really hate it. During and after many of the 10 games in these playoffs so far, the discourse has been about the officiating, and I just want to be a part of a better fanbase than one that’s making excuses.

That’s why I’m here to rain on the parade that is “bashing officials for sending the Phoenix Suns to a miserable 6-4 playoff record so far”. So here are three things I didn’t like about game 4 against the Dallas Mavericks.

Relatively poor wing shooting

Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, and Cam Johnson combined to shoot 13-32 (40.6%) and only generated a combined 2 free throw attempts for a grand…