Game 31: Charlotte Hornets (7-22) @ Phoenix Suns (15-15) | Friday | 7:00PM

grumpysaddle · Post #21 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:36 am

SunsRback4Good wrote:
grumpysaddle wrote:Nurkic gonna score 80. Big 3 gonna score 10. Weird basketball is weird, but if it's a win, and a convincing win, I'll take it every game.

I believe 80 will be Nurks career high, but may need to check for certainty.

**** it. Nurk going for 100

SunsRback4Good · Post #22 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:39 am

SkyBill40 wrote:I'm having difficulty understanding how we are so utterly porous on defense. It's just crazy bad.

CamJ, Crowder, CP3, Bridges lost 4 good to great defenders and you wonder why our team utterly stinks?

enigmatics · Post #23 » by **enigmatics** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:43 am

I really wish these guys would trap the passer more often instead of dropping back or trying to run over/under screens.

King4Day · Post #24 » by **King4Day** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:44 am

SunsRback4Good wrote:
grumpysaddle wrote:Nurkic gonna score 80. Big 3 gonna score 10. Weird basketball is weird, but if it's a win, and a convincing win, I'll take it every game.

I believe 80 will be Nurks career high, but may need to check for certainty.

alldayeveryday · Post #25 » by **alldayeveryday** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:45 am

If either N. Smith Jr./B. Miller cools down, and Gordon can start hitting these wide-open looks; it would be encouraging in the second half.

enigmatics · Post #26 » by **enigmatics** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:49 am

Amazing what PASSING and FLOW will do for an offense instead of ego-laden iso ball enabled by lazy coaching.

dmastro32 · Post #27 » by **dmastro32** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:02 am

Flop much

SkyBill40 · Post #28 » by **SkyBill40** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:02 am

Another successful graduate from the Vlade Divac school of flopping.

What a joke.

SunsRback4Good · Post #29 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:03 am

dmastro32 wrote:Flop much

Flipping is sacred in the sport of basketball

Jdiddy701 · Post #30 » by **Jdiddy701** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:08 am

Couple of things:

I don’t think there’s another official I dislike more than Marc Davis. He is awful.

And if the league is really trying to stop flopping, that foul on Beal should been reversed and the Hornets player should have got a tech. I don’t understand why they continue to reward obvious flops

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grumpysaddle · Post #31 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:08 am

These officials are absolute trash. First the double tech copout bull****, then reviewing that offensive foul and actually not reversing it on an obvious flop. Suns and the worst officials, name a more iconic duo...

grumpysaddle · Post #32 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:10 am

enigmatics wrote:Amazing what PASSING and FLOW will do for an offense instead of ego-laden iso ball enabled by lazy coaching.

Wondering if this is Vogel's offense or Young's. They've obviously stopped whoever's it was the rest of the season so far. It looks night and day, but the defense still needs work.

grumpysaddle · Post #33 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:11 am

enigmatics wrote:I really wish these guys would trap the passer more often instead of dropping back or trying to run over/under screens.

They do a weird in-between trap that actually is worse than just playing straight up. Like, they show trap and lose their man and then fall back. It's not smart defense.

sashaturiaf · Post #34 » by **sashaturiaf** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:13 am

First suns game I've watched after the Blazers debacle.

Were playing like we've had a players only meeting, the aggression and ball movement is different.

SunsRback4Good · Post #35 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:18 am

sashaturiaf wrote:First suns game I've watched after the Blazers debacle.

We’re playing like we've had a players only meeting, the aggression and ball movement is different.

Nah, it’s the Beal effect. Wherever Beal goes the team improves tremendously, he just seems to get injured constantly. But all his teams normally excel.

alldayeveryday · Post #36 » by **alldayeveryday** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:22 am

Can we eliminate some of our stadium audio audibles? The fake defense chants are played out. Also, watching on TV, it feels like the music during the offense/defense sets echoes and ruins the whole hearing experience. I'm turning into a boomer, I know.

dmastro32 · Post #37 » by **dmastro32** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:24 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:Couple of things:

I don’t think there’s another official I dislike more than Marc Davis. He is awful.

And if the league is really trying to stop flopping, that foul on Beal should been reversed and the Hornets player should have got a tech. I don’t understand why they continue to reward obvious flops

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The female on his crew is atrocious too

SunsRback4Good · Post #38 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:25 am

Pretty impressive how Durant hasn’t missed a shot yet and we are already in the 3rd Q.

grumpysaddle · Post #39 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:26 am

I like Book being aggressive and looking for his shot.

SkyBill40 · Post #40 » by **SkyBill40** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:26 am

alldayeveryday wrote:Can we eliminate some of our stadium audio audibles? The fake defense chants are played out. Also, watching on TV, it feels like the music during the offense/defense sets echoes and ruins the whole hearing experience. I'm turning into a boomer, I know.

I wish we'd get rid of a lot of that crap.