The Phoenix Suns up-and-down season appears to be reaching its end, as the Suns are now down 3-0 to the Minnesota Timberwolves after losing 126-109 last night.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Fans are tired at this point and just confused on what exactly went wrong for this team that has Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal as its leaders.
This culminated into a chant about coach Frank Vogel, as a select group of fans began to chant “Fire Vogel” with around 9:37 to go in the fourth quarter when the Suns were down 21.
Some light “Fire Vogel” chants here at Footprint Center with the #Suns down 21 in the fourth quarter
— Burn City Suns Talk 🎙️ (@BurnCitySuns) April 27, 2024
The chants continued as the final buzzer drew closer.
https://t.co/U7Bh7ompci pic.twitter.com/sf4lJ4cmMJ
— John Voita (@DarthVoita) April 27, 2024
This comes one day after the Los Angeles Lakers experienced a similar phenomenon at home, as fans chanted “Fire Darvin” at their coach Darvin Ham. Ironically, Vogel was fired as the Lakers head coach on April 11, 2022, his last coaching job before joining the Suns.
Fire Darvin chants breaking out. Brings a smile to my face pic.twitter.com/O494Equ7Mw
— ²³𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜🏀☄️🌎💞 (@BronGotGame) April 26, 2024
Vogel was hired on June 2 after the Suns fired Monty Williams on May 13, one day after their Game 6 loss in the second round to the Denver Nuggets.
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This team is gonna win 0 against the Wolves lmfao
— Playoff RB (@RyB_311) April 27, 2024
This was the first time fans got to see the Suns at home in the playoffs, but they continued their streak of blowout losses to start the postseason. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit (0-151).
With the Suns now on the brink of elimination with how talented their roster is, change seems inevitable. It might not come with Vogel, but owner Mat Ishbia and the Suns will likely have to change something heading into next season.
Another disastrous postseason unfolding for the Suns, now about to go down 3-0 to the Timberwolves, and some serious long-term questions will arise:
1. Frank Vogel’s job security is very much in question. Clippers head coach Ty Lue, who was the Suns’ preferred target last year,… pic.twitter.com/6uwef7aG1E
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) April 27, 2024
“We want this real bad, so it’s disappointing, it’s frustrating,” Vogel said postgame. “We’re all very invested in this. We’re pouring everything we have into trying to bring these fans a team they can be proud of, we feel like we can still do that but we haven’t played well enough in this series.”
Game 4 is on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. MST. The Suns will be looking to avoid their first series sweep since 1999, when the Blazers beat them 3-0 in a best-of-5 series. They haven’t been swept 4-0 since 1989 when the Lakers did so in the Western Conference Finals.
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
