Game 2: Phoenix Suns (1-0) @ Los Angeles Lakers (0-1) l Thursday l 7:00pm l TNT

SkyBill40 · Post #381 » by **SkyBill40** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:46 am

Gordon with a rock solid -27 on plus/minus.

Post #382 » by **Qwigglez** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:46 am

EG with a fat -27. KD with a +18 still.

sunsbum · Post #383 » by **sunsbum** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:46 am

garrick wrote:
enigmatics wrote:
garrick wrote:Alright that probably seals the loss for us.

It's pretty disturbing that KD and bench players they can only squeeze out 7 points in an entire quarter. I would try to swap Little for a point guard.

Beal and Booker aren't playing. It makes a HUGE difference.

Not denying that but KD + bench should be good enough to beat the Lakers. Besides Okogie and Goodwin our players rely too much on 3 pointers.

Wait didnt you say we pretty much had no chance earlier?

SunsRback4Good · Post #384 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:47 am

sunsbum wrote:
garrick wrote:
enigmatics wrote:
Beal and Booker aren't playing. It makes a HUGE difference.

Not denying that but KD + bench should be good enough to beat the Lakers. Besides Okogie and Goodwin our players rely too much on 3 pointers.

Wait didnt you say we pretty much had no chance earlier?

That was me I said we will lose by 45+

Frank Lee · Post #385 » by **Frank Lee** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:47 am

Well, that 4th Q did nothing to quell the fading KD commentary
Unfortunate chuckfest he put on. Not sure it was necessary

enigmatics · Post #386 » by **enigmatics** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:48 am

SkyBill40 wrote:Gordon with a rock solid -27 on plus/minus.

Bahhhh was worried I got too excited for him after preseason. He was largely trash for the Clippers last year.

sunsbg · Post #387 » by **sunsbg** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:48 am

16 assists vs 20 TOs says it all. If KD played like in Gm1 Suns lose big to this mediocre Lakers team.

Positive is Suns have outrebounded every team including the preseason.

sunskerr · Post #388 » by **sunskerr** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:48 am

didnt really care about this game once I learned Book was out. who cares. on to the next.

SlovenianDragon · Post #389 » by **SlovenianDragon** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:48 am

Frank Lee wrote:Well, that 4th Q did nothing to quell the fading KD commentary
Unfortunate chuckfest he put on. Not sure it was necessary

Im wondering what our coaching staffs gameplan was or is... We should still be running an offense even without Booker and Beal...

Jdiddy701 · Post #390 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:49 am

That was an awesome game. Not taking much out of this game without Book and Beal. Suns had a lot of chances to pull away this game without them, that’s pretty crazy. The Suns are going to a machine very soon.

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enigmatics · Post #391 » by **enigmatics** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:49 am

Frank Lee wrote:Well, that 4th Q did nothing to quell the fading KD commentary
Unfortunate chuckfest he put on. Not sure it was necessary

In KD's defense he needed at least 1 other guy to step up - but there wasn't anyone like that playing tonight. I knew unless KD turned it on even more in almost legendary fashion it would work against them because the rest of the team is absolutely not involved.

sunskerr · Post #392 » by **sunskerr** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:50 am

Id probably go all in for Malcolm Brogdon by the way. Perfect player for this team.

Book1Nation · Post #393 » by **Book1Nation** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:50 am

The Lakers are cheeks. We played without 50 PPG tonight and took them down to the wire in their building. It’s all good.

Jdiddy701 · Post #394 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:51 am

sunskerr wrote:Id probably go all in for Malcolm Brogdon by the way. Perfect player for this team.

Not sure what we have to give but I would Brogdon

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grumpysaddle · Post #395 » by **grumpysaddle** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:51 am

Wouldn't have been even close if one of Book or Beal played. Lakers got away with a ton too, as expected. Nurkic was also taken out of the game conveniently.

enigmatics · Post #396 » by **enigmatics** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:51 am

SlovenianDragon wrote:
Frank Lee wrote:Well, that 4th Q did nothing to quell the fading KD commentary
Unfortunate chuckfest he put on. Not sure it was necessary

Im wondering what our coaching staffs gameplan was or is... We should still be running an offense even without Booker and Beal...

It's part coaching and it was also part Gordon/Allen non-contributing again. EG was not showing a lot of effort out there on offense. No slipping screens, no trying to create mismatches. Just chucked whenever he got a chance.

Allen kept dribbling into the void and passing out.

SunsRback4Good · Post #397 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:51 am

Golanator wrote:The Lakers are cheeks. We played without 50 PPG tonight and took them down to the wire in their building. It’s all good.

Yes, I’m presently surprised how we came out and played throughout the game. Just not enough scorers to close it out.

Book1Nation · Post #398 » by **Book1Nation** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:52 am

sunskerr wrote:Id probably go all in for Malcolm Brogdon by the way. Perfect player for this team.

No way to do it without Nurkic in a trade.

Doesn’t being a 2nd apron team not allow us to get buyout guys? I’d love to get him tho.

grumpysaddle · Post #399 » by **grumpysaddle** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:53 am

Also, a lot of the suns turnovers were just unfamiliarity with one another, that should iron itself out in time.

Post #400 » by **lilfishi22** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:53 am

That 11pt 4th quarter is embarrassing but hats off to LA for playing smart defense throwing everything at stopping KD knowing that was our one and only gameplan.

Still early in the season and aside from JO and KD, no one else in that 4th quarter has played with each other before so I can understand there's still a lot to improve on