Game 18: Phoenix Suns at Milwaukee Bucks, Friday, Nov 23, 6:30 PM MST

[bwgood77]

After losing an important coin flip almost 50 years ago, the Suns finally get their own #1 pick and premier 7 footer





Good luck charm:

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[Damkac]

That's good.

[bwgood77]

Good, I thought we might considering their length. The Bulls played kind of small, and our bench really suffered in the previous game so I understood it. Hopefully we can not get into quick foul trouble.

One thing that is worrisome for rebounds is that if Ayton guards Lopez he will hang out at the 3 pt line a lot so may not often be in position for rebounds. You really want Bridges or maybe Ariza on Giannis but Ayton might work ok on him too since he has the length and pretty good quickness and would be there at the rim to contest since he was playing him man on man.

Sometimes I wonder if we would work better playing more of a zone since Ayton isn't a good help defender yet. Now I know it's good to learn to switch, but I was reading about it from some knowledgeable NBA writer and he said more teams should incorporate some zone in their defense and the one team that does, is Boston, one of the best defensive teams in the NBA year in and year out.

[bwgood77]

If anyone is feeling bold, the money line is at +800 so even if you just want to bet $10, that's an $80 payout, or $25 gets you $200 if we win.

[thamadkant]

Giannis to have a 40 point game and maybe 15 rebounds

Bucks by 25... sadly

Will the Suns break the 10 win barrier by 2019?

[alldayeveryday]

Pray for us.

[grumpysaddle]

Giannis to have a 40 point game and maybe 15 rebounds

Bucks by 25... sadly

Will the Suns break the 10 win barrier by 2019?

By 2019? No. That's like... 7 wins in a 5 weeks. They have 3 wins in 5 weeks now. Unless they make some crazy trades on 12/15.

[Hesh]

we got this

126 - 121 Suns

[bwgood77]

Wow, NICE alley oop and Ayton slam...hopefully it pumps him up. Lopez one of his easier matchups to not contest much defensively.

[bwgood77]

Giannis to have a 40 point game and maybe 15 rebounds

Bucks by 25... sadly

Will the Suns break the 10 win barrier by 2019?

By 2019? No. That's like... 7 wins in a 5 weeks. They have 3 wins in 5 weeks now. Unless they make some crazy trades on 12/15.

Schedule eases up a lot from like 11/30 through most of December, and our chemistry is improving as we figure out our best lineups (though hard with little depth...we only really have one good one but they can't play all the minutes).

[darealjuice]

Giannis took a good 6 steps on that dunk on TJ lol. TJ also definitely got fouled on that last dunk, but we're the Suns.

[Hesh]

Theres nothing TJ can do to stop Giannis lol

Gonna be interesting to see what Igor will do

[bwoolf2]

Igor has made some nice adjustments to the offense recently. playing at a much faster pace, getting more fast breaks ie easy buckets not as much ayton handoffs at the 3 point line, they look much better

[bwgood77]

From Bucks board...

Bledsoe just trying to make sure the Suns never want him back.

[alldayeveryday]

The only reason we are in this game so far is the Bucks taking some three pointers and missing.

[darealjuice]

What the **** are these passes Booker?

[darealjuice]

Ticky tack foul after ticky tack foul

[bwoolf2]

What the **** are these passes Booker?

those are on Ayton for being so passive and not being where Booker expects him it's like a wr running the wrong route QB is throwing it where you are supposed to be