Game 49: Phoenix Suns (28-20) @ Atlanta Falcons (20-27) l Friday l 5:30pm l AZFamily

[dmastro32]

Pathetic second half

[Golanator]

Next year when we play in Atlanta just don’t even show up. Save on travel costs and give the whole team an extra day off. They completely own us in that building.

[SkyBill40]

KD needs to apologize. You cannot turn the ball over in the manner he has. Also he had a dunk late and chucked it to Booker who was not at the 3 point line and blew the fast break layup. He just isn't a good enough decisionmaker to execute in these situations right now.

What good will that accomplish? It'll only amount to empty words and nothing will improve. We both know it.

[AtheJ415]

46-21 bench points
9-16 tunrovers

bradley beal

that's ball game for you

Bench was largely Bogdan. He could not have been left more wide open. Repeatedly. Even after hititng a couple you'd think we'd adjust and stop leaving him to overhelp an undersized driver, but no, we have Vogel so no adjustments will ever happen.

Not only did we leave guys open from 3, the bigs crashed forward to give the lob dunk at will. We miraculously failed to guard both the 3 point line and the paint. WTF is our game plan? We allow the most valuable shots in basketball to be wide open at will and just bank on our superior offensive talent to bail us out. Disgraceful effort.

[schnakenpopanz]

15-31 is the record of the suns in 4th quarter scores.
PATHETIC

[sunsbg]

At full strength struggling against another mediocre team and the schedule is about to get a lot tougher. Good luck in the play in tournament if they make it.

[Blonde]

I’m going to need an explanation of why the refs could delete that Gordon 3. Has that ever happened before, is this a new thing they can do on replay? Why do we not review every single made basket for out of bounds? The game was likely lost but this was really strange.

[schnakenpopanz]

KD needs to apologize. You cannot turn the ball over in the manner he has. Also he had a dunk late and chucked it to Booker who was not at the 3 point line and blew the fast break layup. He just isn't a good enough decisionmaker to execute in these situations right now.

if you rewatch the game you can see more silly turnovers in the fourth. the back court violation, gordon tumbling down the side line. early in the 1st durant had a mind boggling turnover too.

[KLEON]

We should be allowed to curse after a game like this. Pathetic defense and beyond dumb turnovers. Beal played like the 15th player on a roster and If KD is still wondering why ppl don't think you are apart of the GOAT conversation its pathetic performance like this, you play too SOFT at times and I didn't realize until you came to PHX how your handles is so poor. Another game we blew on this road trip and the Hawks defense was also pathetic

[SunsRback4Good]

Going to call Beal Brick from this day forward

You can call him whatever you desire just don’t call him “daddy” anymore.

[schnakenpopanz]

if the suns score more than their opp their record is 13-5
if they don't 15-16.
that's is both on coaching and players and not having a point guard.

[schnakenpopanz]

good night from germany everyone.

[bwgood77]

0-9 away from home in Atlanta is embarrassing considering how good suns were the past 3-4 seasons. Are the Atlanta Hawks our kryptonite?

Yeah, even in our 64 win season, they ended our 11 game winning streak, beating us by 9, then we went on an 8 game winning streak. They were our only loss in a 20 game stretch. Damn, we also had an 18 game winning streak and a 9 game winning streak that season.

The year before that, when we made the championship, they ended a 5 game winning streak, crushing us by 32.

[Hitachi77]

I’m going to need an explanation of why the refs could delete that Gordon 3. Has that ever happened before, is this a new thing they can do on replay? Why do we not review every single made basket for out of bounds? The game was likely lost but this was really strange.

Yea I’ve seen 3s turn into 2s many times, but I’ve never seen a shot completely wiped out. Like you said, if you do this for 3s, you need to do it for every close call that leads to a basket basically.

[AtheJ415]

KD needs to apologize. You cannot turn the ball over in the manner he has. Also he had a dunk late and chucked it to Booker who was not at the 3 point line and blew the fast break layup. He just isn't a good enough decisionmaker to execute in these situations right now.

if you rewatch the game you can see more silly turnovers in the fourth. the back court violation, gordon tumbling down the side line. early in the 1st durant had a mind boggling turnover too.

He had a bunch in the 4th:

Dribbling the ball out and right at Trae Young who he handed it to, turning a 3 on 1 into a wide open 3 on the other end, which Young made.

When we went small ball he contested super late giving up a layup. Next possession didn't box out at all giving up a dunk. Then next possession boxed out but didn't go up for the rebound and so Atlanta got it, and he tried to blame Grayson who also didn't go for the rebound. We had 2 guys there and neither bothered to jump to grab the ball. Then Trae attempted an incredibly stupid dribble between the legs of one of our guys and right to KD, who on the break in a dunk situation, he passed it out to Book who was cutting to the hoop, which blew the fast break. Dunks are the most valuable shots in basketball. You take a 100% dunk over Book shooting an open 3 in a 2 minute left game.

Attempted a cross court pass while fading away that ended up a dunk on other end.

Yeah, we had Eubanks in the game WAY too long and he and Gordon contributed to that absurd out of bounds while refusing to dribble escapade, but KD's decisions were really bad in this one. Us going through Beal with Book and KD on the court as well was idiotic.

[Revived]

You guys are telling me we’re committing so many dumbass turnovers often….i wonder if having a PG like Tyus Jones that’s available for 2nd rd picks can help with that?

[bwgood77]

You guys are telling me we’re committing so many dumbass turnovers often….i wonder if having a PG like Tyus Jones that’s available for 2nd rd picks can help with that?

If we could get him for 2nd round picks, we should for sure. It would be dumb not to. It seems they would get a better offer...but then again, most teams have starting PGs.

[garrick]

KD needs to apologize. You cannot turn the ball over in the manner he has. Also he had a dunk late and chucked it to Booker who was not at the 3 point line and blew the fast break layup. He just isn't a good enough decisionmaker to execute in these situations right now.

His passivity at times is super frustrating because he makes stupid passes that are telegraphed and turns into Torrey Craig.

[MrMiyagi]

Big 3: 11-7
Book/KD: 9-6
Book/Beal: 3-1
Beal/KD: 1-2
KD: 2-4
Book: 2-1
Beal: 0-0

Total: 28-21

[Golanator]

You guys are telling me we’re committing so many dumbass turnovers often….i wonder if having a PG like Tyus Jones that’s available for 2nd rd picks can help with that?

The problem with Tyus, good player, who do you sit for him? Definitely not Book. Allen has been great. Gordon has his role. Beal taking less minutes to get Tyus on the floor?

We’re already a small team. I wouldn’t be mad at a PG to play in the non-Book minutes but what we really need is more size. A big wing and a better backup C imo