Opening Night: Game 1: Phoenix Suns @ Golden State Warriors l Tuesday l 7:00pm l TNT

Saberestar · Post #501 » by **Saberestar** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:49 am

Those threes from Okogie and Eric Gordon were huge.

Book had a couple TOs and then started passing much better at the end of the game. Player of the game.

Post #502 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:49 am

enigmatics wrote:
Maze wrote:Risky play.The Nurkic roll passes have mostly resulted in turnovers tonight.Glad that one worked out.

Upon replay it was a great setup - Dubs absolutely were not expecting Book to pass up on the shot.

I certainly wasn't expecting it. I assumed Nurk was a decoy to get Book some space for a shot

Revived · Post #503 » by **Revived** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:49 am

Nurkic was fantastic. He makes a ton of small plays that goes unnoticed but made some highlight ones too. And he doesn’t shy away from taking big shots. That was the biggest thing. Many shots he took today (which he was right in taking) would’ve been passed out by Ayton in the past.

lonea · Post #504 » by **lonea** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:49 am

RaisingArizona wrote:
garrick wrote:Book is going to have to carry this team with KD looking like a shell of his former self.

I'm interested in how Beal will work in this offense but the concern for him as usual is can he stay off the injured list and suit up?

I see only 18 pts..did he look off or slow?

Neither. Warriors were playing physical on him and KD took mostly jumpers

I'll just say the spacing isn't there today for him to make plays. The paint was crowded.

bigfoot · Post #505 » by **bigfoot** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:50 am

Also, holding Warriors to 35% shooting has to say something. Also, rebounding 60-49 and assists 23-18

Slim Charless · Post #506 » by **Slim Charless** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:50 am

grumpysaddle wrote:Beal in this lineup and it's not even a close game.

They didn't have Draymond........

Frank Lee · Post #507 » by **Frank Lee** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:50 am

Okogie gets the game ball

grumpysaddle · Post #508 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:50 am

Imagine this team with even an ounce of chemistry. Suns overall played terrible basketball which is to be expected for a bit. KD with one of his worst games I've ever seen and no Beal. Allen was absolute trash. Book was amazing in the first half and showed his playmaking for the win. Yuta is gonna be the biggest fan favorite (outside of Bol Bol who will almost never play). Beal will fix a ton of issues we saw tonight just with his mere presence on the floor. Okogie was absolutely fantastic.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #509 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:51 am

Only 3 players had any influence for us and we beat a (predicted) top 4 seed on their floor.

And Chris Paul looks washed.

Okogie really won us the game with his effort plays.

Nurkic was perfect in his role looked much better.

Booker was a star without any offensive support really, think he scored or assisted 45% of our points.

grumpysaddle · Post #510 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:51 am

Also nobody gives a **** about these terrible bands, TNT.

sunskerr · Post #511 » by **sunskerr** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:52 am

RaisingArizona wrote:
garrick wrote:Book is going to have to carry this team with KD looking like a shell of his former self.

I'm interested in how Beal will work in this offense but the concern for him as usual is can he stay off the injured list and suit up?

I see only 18 pts..did he look off or slow?

Everything was short. He even got blocked on a fadeaway. Idk, it's not horrible, they're looks he likes. But it is just a tiny tiiiiny bit concerning because it might be the lift isn't there on the shot or a step slow might be causing him to settle for more fades instead of pull ups

Wouldn't think much of it unless it becomes a theme.

bigfoot · Post #512 » by **bigfoot** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:52 am

Revived wrote:Nurkic was fantastic. He makes a ton of small plays that goes unnoticed but is great

Yeah at the end of the game in money time, the screen at half court for Book and then continuing to roll hard all the way to the basket, finishing the play with the layup is not something we got last year from "He Who Must Not Be Named"

SkyBill40 · Post #513 » by **SkyBill40** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:53 am

Ugly but enough. Let's hope Beal is back soon so we can see what Ishbia spent his money on.

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Mulhollanddrive · Post #514 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:54 am

Nurkic gets those vicinity area rebounds Ayton couldn't grasp and no fumbles on rolls and his screens really do get Booker an extra step.

Still need to see how our offense runs to get our shooters open, shot chart would show that.

Maze · Post #515 » by **Maze** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:56 am

Honestly, I haven't really been all that impressed with KD since he got here.I don't think he's had a single "superstar" takeover performance with the Suns so far.He doesn't look unstoppable/able to score with ease anymore.I wouldn't call him '93 Tom Chambers.Maybe '90-'91, tho.

enigmatics · Post #516 » by **enigmatics** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:56 am

grumpysaddle wrote:Also nobody gives a **** about these terrible bands, TNT.

Amen bro.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #517 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:58 am

KD was just driving into defenders all game we need some secondary movement and passing make teams pay for the doubling

enigmatics · Post #518 » by **enigmatics** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:58 am

Maze wrote:Honestly, I haven't really been all that impressed with KD since he got here.I don't think he's had a single "superstar" takeover performance with the Suns so far.He doesn't look unstoppable/able to score with ease anymore.I wouldn't call him '93 Tom Chambers.Maybe '90-'91, tho.

His shot % has been falling off a cliff since arriving. Gotta question his lift right now and he doesn't seem able to absorb defenders physically making those shots uncomfortable.

grumpysaddle · Post #519 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:59 am

Charles saying Nurchick is funny AF.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #520 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:00 am

Okogie crashing the boards is a beautiful thing.