Friday 10/25 NBA Game Thread

Mr Puddles · Post #361 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:41 am

HardenGoat wrote:
Ballerhogger wrote:Suns have no big man for defense and small guards .

No shooting center also. Kills the spacing. They did better since playing Durant at the five but he’s not quite physical enough to stop the paint scoring. More of a small ball lineup but it wears him down more in that capacity.

That lineup with Durant is not sustainable. The only bright spot thus far this season has been that Dunn has looked good.

There's no easy fixes for this suns team, the way they're constructed they're going to get exposed when their shot isn't falling. The most logical step would be to break up the Booker/Beal duo, but Beal is basically untradeble and trading Booker would be sacrilegious.

They have the '31 pick as their only real trade chip to go along with a player.

Scoundreldays · Post #362 » by **Scoundreldays** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:45 am

Gotta give props to the Lakers for not giving up when down by 25 in the first half. Nice job! LA's celebrating tonight

Scoundreldays · Post #363 » by **Scoundreldays** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:46 am

Dr Aki wrote:
Ballerhogger wrote:
Scoundreldays wrote:That was an epic win!!

Greatest homerun I’ve seen !

1st walk off grand slam in WS history

No ****? Kirk Gibson came to my mind when I saw that but totally forgot it was a grand slam.

Tottery · Post #364 » by **Tottery** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:46 am

Only 2 games, but JJ is doing a good job. Actually calling timeouts at the right time, running a lot of set plays, and proper substitutions. Lakers would have easily lost this game with Ham.

LeBron's numbers are about to slip with AD being the hub now.

xb3at band1tx · Post #365 » by **xb3at band1tx** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:47 am

Its only 2 games but I can't believe JJ has made Hayes looked serviceable to start the year so far.

Post #366 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:48 am

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CptCrunch · Post #367 » by **CptCrunch** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:50 am

Cade Bustingham showing once again that he is one of the most negative players in the league. Complete zero on defense, ball security in gutters.

Somehow this guy can do no wrong in the minds of many when he has sucked for years every since entering the league. But but but, hurr durr, he is still a second year player by game count (despite being a maxed player)

Mr Puddles · Post #368 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:54 am

Mamba Mentality wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:Suns still have many of the same problems at last season. They've looked pretty bad now against two opponents that will likely not be around when the playoffs come around. Still too soft inside, still don't know how to incorporate three scorers.

It's early in the season but the Lakers, Clippers and Portland are the only bad teams the Suns will be facing in the first 10 games so these type of games are must wins if you don't want to start the season with a negative win record.

It’s okay to **** on your own team, but don’t compare us to the **** Clippers. We just came back from a 22 point deficit, I hate to break it to you but no crappy team is doing that.

I don't know the exact stats but the Suns probably led the league last year in giving up 20 plus point leads. The Suns essentially did the same thing last night but got lucky that the clippers ran out of steam. Hence, I was saying they are too reminiscent of last year's team.

Also, I wasn't comparing the Lakers to the Clippers, I said that the Suns have a tough opening schedule with the two opening games being against 2 out of the 3 weakest opponents, so if they want to avoid starting the season with a negative record these are the types of games you want to win.

I was trashing my own team, not the Lakers.

Jaqua92 · Post #369 » by **Jaqua92** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:54 am

+22 in free throws.

LeBron and his Lakers are now a near +400 in free throws since the second half of the 2023 season.

How anyone falls for this is beyond me. Reddick is nice. Sure.

But kind of hard to really appreciate that when the king of the NBA is spotted 15 points every game due to legacy.

It's WWE with LeBron and LA.

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Tracymcgoaty · Post #370 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 4:59 am

Tottery wrote:Only 2 games, but JJ is doing a good job. Actually calling timeouts at the right time, running a lot of set plays, and proper substitutions. Lakers would have easily lost this game with Ham.

LeBron's numbers are about to slip with AD being the hub now.

If this is how Lebron plays for the rest of the season it's a W for the team. For the past 2-3 years when the 4Q came Lebron looked as if he'd gone through the Gauntlet of Genghis Khan. Dude was a walking dead man.

This is 2 games in a row now he's not exerted himself to the point of extreme fatigue. And we look much better for it.

AD is the best player on this team. The ball should go through him.

come playoff time and if we're in it hopefully Lebron can still turn it up notch. Because that will be vital.

Keeping Lebron fresh would alredy make JJ better than Ham.

Ballerhogger · Post #371 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:00 am

Rams won last night dodgers win walk off grand slams . Lakers win down 22 . We are eating gooood

Tracymcgoaty · Post #372 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:00 am

Jaqua92 wrote:+22 in free throws.

LeBron and his Lakers are now a near +400 in free throws since the second half of the 2023 season.

How anyone falls for this is beyond me. Reddick is nice. Sure.

But kind of hard to really appreciate that when the king of the NBA is spotted 15 points every game due to legacy.

It's WWE with LeBron and LA.

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Point to the the fouls that were wrong.

Give us the timestamps and everything for every foul that was wrong.

Are you saying that a jump shooting team Suns deserved more fouls? If so point to the fouls that were not given. Timestamps and everything.

Lets uncover this web of corruption. Because if there is one thing a sportsfan hates. It's corruption in sports. Lets go fam send us all the timestamps!

Ballerhogger · Post #373 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:03 am

Beal 6-14 15 pts … oof ?

Mamba Mentality · Post #374 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:07 am

Ballerhogger wrote:Beal 6-14 15 pts … oof ?

Started the game off hot and then disappeared for three quarters. If Nurkic wasn’t so trash he’d be catching a lot more heat.

Chuck Everett · Post #375 » by **Chuck Everett** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:07 am

Gabe Vincent and Jaxon Hayes have played really solid minutes in both games for the Lakers. Let's see if they can take that same level of play on the road.

Mamba Mentality · Post #376 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:08 am

Read on Twitter

heezyo2o · Post #377 » by **heezyo2o** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:11 am

Lebron on that one dribble free throw setup like curry now

rolling_91 · Post #378 » by **rolling_91** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:15 am

Suns are the softest team in the league. I don’t even like watching them play. They aren’t any good but the NBA media will blow them up like a party balloon and float them in our faces all season. To me, they will be like a bad book that I never read.

PistolPeteJR · Post #379 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:18 am

heezyo2o wrote:Lebron on that one dribble free throw setup like curry now

Isn’t new. He did it last season too.

Post #380 » by **zimpy27** » Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:19 am

CptCrunch wrote:Cade Bustingham showing once again that he is one of the most negative players in the league. Complete zero on defense, ball security in gutters.

Somehow this guy can do no wrong in the minds of many when he has sucked for years every since entering the league. But but but, hurr durr, he is still a second year player by game count (despite being a maxed player)

Not a bust. He's not worth the contract but still a good player that could pull it together to be an all star.

Who wins?