Bucks @ Suns Sunday game thread 3-8-20

[JerkFace]

Wow, the Suns have not trailed in either of the last two games. I know I’ve said this many times, but man, this has to be one of the most bipolar Suns teams that I can remember.

 

[AzStevenCal]

That's a bad time for Bridges to make one of those kind of mistakes he almost never makes.

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns needed to run someone on a fly or post pattern on that last in bounds. :football:

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Suns 140 - Bucks 131

 

[Sunstroke]

I waited an extra 12 seconds to post but this will be a nice weekend for the Sun's
I don't care if it's against a Giannis-less Bucks team. It's still a solid win. GJ boys!

 

[JCSunsfan]

Wow, the Suns have not trailed in either of the last two games. I know I’ve said this many times, but man, this has to be one of the most bipolar Suns teams that I can remember.

This team needs a steadying veteran presence somewhere on the roster.

Great win without Oubre, Ayton, or Handsome Frank

 

[Hoop Head]

I waited an extra 12 seconds to post but this will be a nice weekend for the Sun's
I don't care if it's against a Giannis-less Bucks team. It's still a solid win. GJ boys!

Bledsoe was present for the loss, which is the main thing I care about.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Nice back to back wins. This team is as schizophrenic as they come.

 

[Ronin]

That 4th quarter for me was nerve racking.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Nice back to back wins. This team is as schizophrenic as they come.

Mikal with 21 and 10 on 51% shooting and a +10 box. So coming along.

 

[Mainstreet]

I want 25 from Bridges unleash the man.

Bridges scoring 21 is very close.

 

[Proximo]

Can't believe there is only one game between the Suns 2 worst games of the year and their 2 best.

I really hope they can build on this, overall the trend is up even if they don't.

 

[Hoop Head]

Bridges scoring 21 is very close.

I meant to post that I wanted to see him hit 20. I didn't think he would once things got going and Booker was on fire. I expected to see Booker put up a 50+ while everyone else contributed their regular game in the teens. Glad I was mistaken in that regard.

FWIW, Bridges beat his rookie high in scoring, which was 20. His career high is 26.

 

[JCSunsfan]

is Booker out of his all-star/Kobe funk now?

 

[Mainstreet]

His contract isn't guaranteed. I can't see him being worth anything more than a late 2nd rounder from someone that would rather have a player to look at vs a cash payment for their own pick. Something in the 50-60 range.

It's likely Okobo will be waived before July 10, 2020 unless the Suns find a trade.

 

[Mainstreet]

That Ricky Rubio signing is looking pretty good right now with 25 points, 13 assists, 13 rebounds and 3 steals.

 

[Proximo]

That Ricky Rubio signing is looking pretty good right now with 25 points, 13 assists, 13 rebounds and 3 steals.

Yeah, but he is streaky.

He will look god awful again in a few games.

 

[Mainstreet]

Yeah, but he is streaky.

He will look god awful again in a few games.

Rubio is much better than what the Suns have had for a couple of seasons. He would get better results with more talent.

 

[Hoop Head]

Yeah, but he is streaky.

He will look god awful again in a few games.

He is streaky, no denying that, but at his worst he's a better passing version of Melton, basically. I'll take that compared to the last 3 years of Suns PG play from Canaan, Okobo, Harrison, Mike James, and Ulis.

He doesn't slump for that long either. I can recall some bad games from Rubio but I don't think he's had more than 3 of them in a row. When he's on, he's capable of winning games with all he does, which hadn't been done by a Suns PG since Dragic. Bledsoe never seemed to win or lose games for us. He just did his part, getting 20 & 5.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Yeah, but he is streaky.

He will look god awful again in a few games.

I think that's a bit strong, he rarely looks awful IMO. He's great occasionally but mediocre most nights. Still, that's far better than we've had the past few years and by all accounts he's also a good leader/teammate.

 

[JCSunsfan]

What a team. Lose to contenders for the first pick in the draft in Detroit and GS, and then beat the Jazz, Portland, and Milwaukee.

 

[SunnyBaller]

What a team. Lose to contenders for the first pick in the draft in Detroit and GS, and then beat the Jazz, Portland, and Milwaukee.

They play to the level of their competition

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

 

[Hoop Head]

I couldn't find any listing on BBReference for the Suns record vs winning teams so I had to compile it manually. Against the 14 teams that are 500 or above right now, they're 8-24 and vs the other 15 teams they're 18-14.

The 14 winning teams I had listed were the top 6 in the East plus the 8 playoff teams in the West. They're 2-2 vs the Nets & Magic, who are the 7th and 8th seeds in the East, if anyone was curious how it'd look vs all playoff teams vs non-playoff teams. That would make them 16-12 vs non-playoff teams and 10-26 vs playoff teams.

 

[GatorAZ]

55%/44%/87%