Suns @ Magic Sunday game thread, December 8th, 2024

[Mainstreet]

On Sunday, the Suns play at the Magic in the second of back-to-back games.

Phoenix is now 12-10 for the season after losing to the Heat.

The Magic are 16-9. They lost to the 76ers again on Friday.

When: Sunday, December 8, 2024

Television: Suns Live, Arizona's Family 3TV / Arizona's Family Sports

Radio: ESPN 620 / S: KSUN

Time: 4:30 PM Arizona time

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Loss

 

[Yuma]

Devin Booker enters the game 589 points from tying the franchise scoring record held by Walter Davis.

 

[95pro]

Devin Booker enters the game 589 points from tying the franchise scoring record held by Walter Davis.

Book is arguably the greatest Sun ever much like the goat debate on LeBum in the sense that they have longevity on their side.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Book is arguably the greatest Sun ever much like the goat debate on LeBum in the sense that they have longevity on their side.

Book is the longest tenured Sun ever, but I don’t consider him anywhere near the best. One great, fluky Covid run in the playoffs where he and the team ultimately choked a title away doesn’t overcome how atrocious his teams were before that or how painfully embarrassing they were in the playoffs after or mediocre as they’ve been since.

 

[leclerc]

Harsh.

 

[95pro]

I hate those forced threes from Book

 

[AzCardsfan76]

Anyone catch that Cardinals game? ;-)

 

[95pro]

Allen has to come up with that ball.

 

[Mainstreet]

Booker didn't get much elevation on that shot.

 

[Mainstreet]

Maybe the best thing is the Suns didn't have time to think about the game on the back-to-back.

 

[Mainstreet]

Timeout.

The Suns go up 57-52.

 

[Mainstreet]

Grayson needs to work on that close-in bank shot. Maybe it's not in his arsenal.

 

[Mainstreet]

The good thing about the injuries, Oso is getting plenty of playing time. This should help later.

 

[Mainstreet]

Halftime:

Suns 62 - Magic 57

 

[BirdGangThing]

so it's agreed - we'll all shut our tvs off after halftime and back on for the fourth quarter

 

[Mainstreet]

so it's agreed - we'll all shut our tvs off after halftime and back on for the fourth quarter

It's all good. I'm numb after the Cardinals game.

 

[Mainstreet]

No excuse about the Suns playing shorthanded. The Magic are as well.

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[Proximo]

I wonder why coach doesn't want to use Damion Lee.

He sucks. He should not even be on an nba roster, he’s just on the team because everybody likes him.

 

[Mainstreet]

I wonder why coach doesn't want to use Damion Lee.

I'd say defense, but the Suns don't play much defense anyway.

My other thought is they may want to raise Allen's trade value.

 

[Mainstreet]

Opponents regularly extend their defense, but the Suns don't make them pay.

 

[Mainstreet]

Tyus shows he can create his own shot. He is an underrated offensive player.

 

[Mainstreet]

It's hard to win when the Suns don't play defense.

 

[BirdGangThing]

third quarter collapse continues

 

[Mainstreet]

The Magic are now lighting up the Suns.

When the Suns hit an inevitable offensive drought, they cannot rely on their defense to carry them.