Game 54: Phoenix Suns (26-27) @ Houston Rockets (33-20) | Feb 12 | 6:30PM

Blonde · Post #21 » by **Blonde** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:33 am

Pretty disgusting ball being played

Post #22 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:35 am

Jones is playing like a complete amateur. Everyone and their grandmothers know we're trying to get the ball to KD, that's why they're throwing triple teams on him. Why is he still trying to force to ball to him?

schnakenpopanz · Post #23 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:38 am

lilfishi22 wrote:Jones is playing like a complete amateur. Everyone and their grandmothers know we're trying to get the ball to KD, that's why they're throwing triple teams on him. Why is he still trying to force to ball to him?

A blind man would have adjusted.

schnakenpopanz · Post #24 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:38 am

Game Over. This was a winnable game

TeamTragic · Post #25 » by **TeamTragic** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:43 am

18 turnovers? lol

Blonde · Post #26 » by **Blonde** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:43 am

Tyus should have been traded last week. Could have fetched a late first or a few seconds. He’s actively hurting us lately.

grumpysaddle · Post #27 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:43 am

This team constantly beats themselves. So frustrating to watch.

grumpysaddle · Post #28 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:44 am

Back to Kingdom Come Deliverance II for me. Should have never stopped playing to put this on.

SunsRback4Good · Post #29 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:44 am

Good news is suns get two days rest before facing the Spurs. Must win game against spurs to keep our play in hopes alive.

SunsRback4Good · Post #30 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:44 am

TeamTragic wrote:18 turnovers? lol

Is that good or bad?

schnakenpopanz · Post #31 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:46 am

SunsRback4Good wrote:Good news is suns get two days rest before facing the Spurs. Must win game against spurs to keep our play in hopes alive.

ithis team was two years ago a 60 win team. then the cocky owner had other plans.

SunsRback4Good · Post #32 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:50 am

schnakenpopanz wrote:
SunsRback4Good wrote:Good news is suns get two days rest before facing the Spurs. Must win game against spurs to keep our play in hopes alive.

ithis team was two years ago a 60 win team. then the cocky owner had other plans.

Yup, how things changed so quickly in just a couple of years.

sunsbg · Post #33 » by **sunsbg** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:51 am

The story lines after the break. Is Booker going to miss the playoffs after missing the ASG ? Is KD going to stay healthy on his Suns farewell tour ? Will Bradley be as effective tying his shoes on the court after almost a month out with another fluky injury ? Exciting times ahead. Stay tuned.

KLEON · Post #34 » by **KLEON** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:52 am

This team just continues to invent ways to give away games

KLEON · Post #35 » by **KLEON** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:57 am

The funny thing is I could see this Rockets team getting knocked out in the first round of the playoffs. They play way too loose and while Green is a good player he's too trigger happy

Ghost of Kleine · Post #36 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:04 am

Blonde wrote:Tyus should have been traded last week. Could have fetched a late first or a few seconds. He’s actively hurting us lately.

Post #37 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:05 am

schnakenpopanz wrote:Game Over. This was a winnable game

On paper, we should have no business being in the game against the Rockets. Before those B2B2B turnovers by Jones, we had more turnovers, we shot far fewer 3's, they had more assists, they had more rebounds, I believe they had more bench points and they shot more FT's. We're also down a bunch of key rotation guys. We really had no business even being close, let alone up.

Still no excuse for that 4th quarter performance but I had this in the diary is a scheduled loss, which I put a stamp on after I found out half the rotation was out.

Post #38 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:22 am

grumpysaddle wrote:Back to Kingdom Come Deliverance II for me. Should have never stopped playing to put this on.

Wish I had time to sink into that game.

Post #39 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:23 am

Blonde wrote:Tyus should have been traded last week. Could have fetched a late first or a few seconds. He’s actively hurting us lately.

I highly doubt that. It's nice to dream though

Post #40 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:27 am

KLEON wrote:The funny thing is I could see this Rockets team getting knocked out in the first round of the playoffs. They play way too loose and while Green is a good player he's too trigger happy

Yeah Green is a good volume scorer but the rest of his game needs a lot of maturing. He's not that efficient, he's not a particularly good playmaker, he's a mid 3PT shooter and he's not good defensively. A lot of that was said about Booker early on in his career as well. Then he smartened up his shot selection to greatly boost his efficiency, he became a good playmaker which opened up his game more because he's not going to chuck every time he has the ball in his hands anymore and he became a passable defender.