Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
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Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
Who: Phoenix Suns @ Chicago Bulls
When: Friday, February 26th @ 6:00pm (8:00ET) FSNAZ
Where: United Center, Chicago, IL
Phoenix Suns starting lineup:
C- Ayton
F- Kaminsky
F- Bridges
G- Booker
G- CP3
Reserves: Cam/Crowder/Saric/Carter/Moore
Chicago Bulls starting lineup:
C- Carter
F- Williams
F- Temple
G- Lavine
G- White
Reserves: Young/Satoransky/Valentine/Kornet/Arcidiacono
GOOD LUCK CHARM!!!
When: Friday, February 26th @ 6:00pm (8:00ET) FSNAZ
Where: United Center, Chicago, IL
Phoenix Suns starting lineup:
C- Ayton
F- Kaminsky
F- Bridges
G- Booker
G- CP3
Reserves: Cam/Crowder/Saric/Carter/Moore
Chicago Bulls starting lineup:
C- Carter
F- Williams
F- Temple
G- Lavine
G- White
Reserves: Young/Satoransky/Valentine/Kornet/Arcidiacono
GOOD LUCK CHARM!!!
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
I hope Booker and Lavine both score 50. Should be a fun duel between them two.
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
Calvin Klein looks good.
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
Mikal will have his work cut out for him.
Lavine is literally a Lillard/Steph caliber offensive player. He’s easily better than the Booker/Tatum/Beal tier.
Zero chance Frank starts again.
I am guessing Monty turns to Jae to bang with PWill.
Lavine is literally a Lillard/Steph caliber offensive player. He’s easily better than the Booker/Tatum/Beal tier.
Zero chance Frank starts again.
I am guessing Monty turns to Jae to bang with PWill.
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
TouchPassDario wrote:Mikal will have his work cut out for him.
Lavine is literally a Lillard/Steph caliber offensive player. He’s easily better than the Booker/Tatum/Beal tier.
Zero chance Frank starts again.
I am guessing Monty turns to Jae to bang with PWill.
Mmmm, I don't know that I agree with that.
He is having a good year no doubt, but this is his first efficient season. Beal is leading the league in scoring and Steph and Dame have been doing it for years.
Booker's offensive game is more refined for me, but Lavine is no doubt a more lethal outside shooting threat and probably a more explosive scorer right at the moment (on a worse team though don't forget)
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I guess he is due for some regression.
But 65% TS on his volume is elite.
But 65% TS on his volume is elite.
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
Luka getting GLOVE’d up by Simmons right now.
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
suns12345 wrote:TouchPassDario wrote:Mikal will have his work cut out for him.
Lavine is literally a Lillard/Steph caliber offensive player. He’s easily better than the Booker/Tatum/Beal tier.
Zero chance Frank starts again.
I am guessing Monty turns to Jae to bang with PWill.
Mmmm, I don't know that I agree with that.
He is having a good year no doubt, but this is his first efficient season. Beal is leading the league in scoring and Steph and Dame have been doing it for years.
Booker's offensive game is more refined for me, but Lavine is no doubt a more lethal outside shooting threat and probably a more explosive scorer right at the moment (on a worse team though don't forget)
LaVine is actually having a better year than all of those. Of course his career isn't as good, but he's on fire this year.
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
bwgood77 wrote:suns12345 wrote:TouchPassDario wrote:Mikal will have his work cut out for him.
Lavine is literally a Lillard/Steph caliber offensive player. He’s easily better than the Booker/Tatum/Beal tier.
Zero chance Frank starts again.
I am guessing Monty turns to Jae to bang with PWill.
Mmmm, I don't know that I agree with that.
He is having a good year no doubt, but this is his first efficient season. Beal is leading the league in scoring and Steph and Dame have been doing it for years.
Booker's offensive game is more refined for me, but Lavine is no doubt a more lethal outside shooting threat and probably a more explosive scorer right at the moment (on a worse team though don't forget)
LaVine is actually having a better year than all of those. Of course his career isn't as good, but he's on fire this year.
He's the next Booker, but with the backing of a major media market in the East.
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Re: Game 32: Phoenix Suns (20-11) @ Chicago Bulls (15-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ
Book hasn’t got close to putting up 65 TS on this kinda volume. LaVine >
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TouchPassDario wrote:Book hasn’t got close to putting up 65 TS on this kinda volume. LaVine >
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Jdiddy701 wrote:TouchPassDario wrote:Book hasn’t got close to putting up 65 TS on this kinda volume. LaVine >
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spanishninja wrote:bwgood77 wrote:suns12345 wrote:
Mmmm, I don't know that I agree with that.
He is having a good year no doubt, but this is his first efficient season. Beal is leading the league in scoring and Steph and Dame have been doing it for years.
Booker's offensive game is more refined for me, but Lavine is no doubt a more lethal outside shooting threat and probably a more explosive scorer right at the moment (on a worse team though don't forget)
LaVine is actually having a better year than all of those. Of course his career isn't as good, but he's on fire this year.
He's the next Booker, but with the backing of a major media market in the East.
The last couple of years, Booker was more efficient overall, and much better from 2, but LaVine was better from 3...he was at around 37-38% while Book was at 32-35%....but the 2 pt% was significant to give Booker the better TS%..Booker also had 1-2 more assists, but more turnovers. LaVine was better at steals, blocks, etc, being the better athlete.
This year, though, LaVine has suddenly passed Booker from 2 at 58% (Book is still great at over 56%) but LaVine is shooting 44% from 3 (Book is better than usual from 3 at 38%, but not close there). So although Book has a nice TS% at almost 61%, LaVine is at 65.3%. He has passed him in assists too (though actually passed him in turnovers).
He's probably improved more defensively too, but that's not really what we should compare anyway...neither are very good.
Advanced #s pretty heavily favored Booker 2 years ago, but last year he wasn't too far ahead of LaVine, but this year LaVine is way ahead.
And of course he was picked as an all star, and I think the east was actually more competitive this year as better players overall were left out like Sabonis, Middleton, Bam, Butler, Harris as opposed to Booker, Conley, DeRozan..you could maybe throw Ingram in there and perhaps Fox or Ja but even SGA in the east has been better than those two.
It will be interesting to see if LaVine continues this. 44% from 3 doesn't seem sustainable but the 2pt% is probably more likely to stay. When Book jumped his 2pt% way up 2-3 years ago, it stuck.
The Bulls have a lot of good players. WCJ is starting to have good games. Markkanen is shooting 40% from 3...with the frontcourt rotation of Williams, Markkanen, Carter and a little bit of Thaddeus Young, that's solid.
Markkanen may be injured. He didn't play in the last one, so they started 3 guards, Williams and Carter Jr with Thaddeus Young off the bench.
They've won 3 in a row and 5 of 6. Basically the same record as the Hornets. They may not be a pushover.
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bwgood77 wrote:spanishninja wrote:bwgood77 wrote:
LaVine is actually having a better year than all of those. Of course his career isn't as good, but he's on fire this year.
He's the next Booker, but with the backing of a major media market in the East.
The last couple of years, Booker was more efficient overall, and much better from 2, but LaVine was better from 3...he was at around 37-38% while Book was at 32-35%....but the 2 pt% was significant to give Booker the better TS%..Booker also had 1-2 more assists, but more turnovers. LaVine was better at steals, blocks, etc, being the better athlete.
This year, though, LaVine has suddenly passed Booker from 2 at 58% (Book is still great at over 56%) but LaVine is shooting 44% from 3 (Book is better than usual from 3 at 38%, but not close there). So although Book has a nice TS% at almost 61%, LaVine is at 65.3%. He has passed him in assists too (though actually passed him in turnovers).
He's probably improved more defensively too, but that's not really what we should compare anyway...neither are very good.
Advanced #s pretty heavily favored Booker 2 years ago, but last year he wasn't too far ahead of LaVine, but this year LaVine is way ahead.
And of course he was picked as an all star, and I think the east was actually more competitive this year as better players overall were left out like Sabonis, Middleton, Bam, Butler, Harris as opposed to Booker, Conley, DeRozan..you could maybe throw Ingram in there and perhaps Fox or Ja but even SGA in the east has been better than those two.
It will be interesting to see if LaVine continues this. 44% from 3 doesn't seem sustainable but the 2pt% is probably more likely to stay. When Book jumped his 2pt% way up 2-3 years ago, it stuck.
The Bulls have a lot of good players. WCJ is starting to have good games. Markkanen is shooting 40% from 3...with the frontcourt rotation of Williams, Markkanen, Carter and a little bit of Thaddeus Young, that's solid.
Markkanen may be injured. He didn't play in the last one, so they started 3 guards, Williams and Carter Jr with Thaddeus Young off the bench.
They've won 3 in a row and 5 of 6. Basically the same record as the Hornets. They may not be a pushover.
Yes, Lavine's improvement has mostly been from the 3. He's clearly worked on his shot. But Book is still more skilled because he can score from everywhere on the floor whereas Lavine almost completely avoids the midrange. Gotta say though, Lavine knows how to min/max his performance.
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TouchPassDario wrote:Book hasn’t got close to putting up 65 TS on this kinda volume. LaVine >
Nobody has except for Curry. Lillard has been around 62% last year and this and Book 62% last year and 61% this year.
Career TS #s all about the same too. Lillard 58.1%, Booker 57.1% and LaVine 56.5%....Curry 62.4% for career...67.5% is his best...around 67% another year...65% this year.
Beal is actually lower than them all...59.1% this year and career 56.1%...but still close in both on higher volume than all of them.
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SunsRback4Good wrote:Jdiddy701 wrote:TouchPassDario wrote:Book hasn’t got close to putting up 65 TS on this kinda volume. LaVine >
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spanishninja wrote:bwgood77 wrote:spanishninja wrote:
He's the next Booker, but with the backing of a major media market in the East.
The last couple of years, Booker was more efficient overall, and much better from 2, but LaVine was better from 3...he was at around 37-38% while Book was at 32-35%....but the 2 pt% was significant to give Booker the better TS%..Booker also had 1-2 more assists, but more turnovers. LaVine was better at steals, blocks, etc, being the better athlete.
This year, though, LaVine has suddenly passed Booker from 2 at 58% (Book is still great at over 56%) but LaVine is shooting 44% from 3 (Book is better than usual from 3 at 38%, but not close there). So although Book has a nice TS% at almost 61%, LaVine is at 65.3%. He has passed him in assists too (though actually passed him in turnovers).
He's probably improved more defensively too, but that's not really what we should compare anyway...neither are very good.
Advanced #s pretty heavily favored Booker 2 years ago, but last year he wasn't too far ahead of LaVine, but this year LaVine is way ahead.
And of course he was picked as an all star, and I think the east was actually more competitive this year as better players overall were left out like Sabonis, Middleton, Bam, Butler, Harris as opposed to Booker, Conley, DeRozan..you could maybe throw Ingram in there and perhaps Fox or Ja but even SGA in the east has been better than those two.
It will be interesting to see if LaVine continues this. 44% from 3 doesn't seem sustainable but the 2pt% is probably more likely to stay. When Book jumped his 2pt% way up 2-3 years ago, it stuck.
The Bulls have a lot of good players. WCJ is starting to have good games. Markkanen is shooting 40% from 3...with the frontcourt rotation of Williams, Markkanen, Carter and a little bit of Thaddeus Young, that's solid.
Markkanen may be injured. He didn't play in the last one, so they started 3 guards, Williams and Carter Jr with Thaddeus Young off the bench.
They've won 3 in a row and 5 of 6. Basically the same record as the Hornets. They may not be a pushover.
Yes, Lavine's improvement has mostly been from the 3. He's clearly worked on his shot. But Book is still more skilled because he can score from everywhere on the floor whereas Lavine almost completely avoids the midrange. Gotta say though, Lavine knows how to min/max his performance.
Yes, most of LaVine's 2 pt shots are at the rim..more than double Book's...and at a higher FG% (69.6% to 67.5%)....Book better from short and mid range, though LaVine is better between 16ft and the 3pt line...so long 2s.
But, with Bridges on him, compared to whoever they put on Booker (Garrett Temple?)....either him or White or LaVine...so Book does have a good chance to outplay him...unless Ayton switches onto him repeatedly of course. He LOVES to go to the rim.
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cberry78 wrote:SunsRback4Good wrote:Jdiddy701 wrote:How do I block you?
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