GameDay Thread: Suns @ Pelicans 11-4-2016

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

Projected starting lineups

C: Tyson Chandler … Anthony Davis

PF: Jared Dudley … Terrence Jones

SF: T.J. Warren … Solomon Hill

SG: Devin Booker …. E’Twaun Moore

PG: Eric Bledsoe … Tim Frazier

Key Pelicans reserves: Dante Cunningham, Buddy Hield, Langston Galloway, Lance Stephenson, Omer Asik, Alexis Ajinca.

Key Pelicans injuries: Jrue Holiday (personal reasons), Tyreke Evans (right knee) and Quincy Pondexter (left knee) are out.

Follow Coro at www.twitter.com/paulcoro.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...ans-pits-2012-olympics-mentor-pupil/93296468/

 

[JCSunsfan]

Oh my. No wonder they are winless. Sorry. We will probably lose to them now.

 

[StreetTruckinTitan]

Davis should have career highs in pts and rbs tonight.

 

[Bert]

Booker!!!

 

[Bert]

Also, Bledsoe was a beast in that final 2 minutes. He kept multiple plays alive with fantastic hustle and rebounding!

OT about to tip off. Go Suns!~

 

[devilalum]

Booker's been awesome but the Suns would have lost this game by 20 without Chandler.

from phone

 

[Finito]

Booker found his shot tonight that kid is nasty hit two clutch shots.

Warren another good game

Lots of things to be excited about with this team

 

[SirStefan32]

Awesome win! Win or lose, these guys have been fun to watch this year so far.

 

[Mainstreet]

There were a lot of heroes to go around tonight, Booker, Bledsoe, Warren but let's not forget Tucker's defense on AD and that terrifically designed play presumably by Watson to get Warren that winning basket.

Exciting win.

 

[BC867]

Awesome win! Win or lose, these guys have been fun to watch this year so far.

That is what I was thinking, too. Our best hope is that this will be the development season that we have been hoping for half a decade.

The Suns are already fun to watch. And Chandler is a solid pillar in the middle. And, I must say, Tucker is the defensive stopper. Chandler, Tucker, Booker and Bledsoe shined in this battle of the worst records.

Now, it would be nice to win one in regulation.

P.S.: I was writing as you were posting, Mainstreet. And you're absolutely right. Warren has become one of the stars of the team and our leading scorer.

 

[Bert]

There were a lot of heroes to go around tonight, Booker, Bledsoe, Warren but let's not forget Tucker's defense on AD and that terrifically designed play presumably by Watson to get Warren that winning basket.

Exciting win.

It must be the burritos!

 

[GatorAZ]

Watson coached like a real coach tonight. Running plays and forcing their scrubs to shoot. Gutty win.

I don't think Gentry will be around much longer.

 

[AzStevenCal]

The real hero is whoever figured out that Booker's turf toe was caused by him outgrowing his shoes.

 

[Mainstreet]

It must be the burritos!

Burritos and the right company can do wonders.

 

[Mainstreet]

The real hero is whoever figured out that Booker's turf toe was caused by him outgrowing his shoes.

So true.

I would have thought Booker would have realized it. Stubbing your toe against the tip of your shoes is painful in most any activity.

 

[Errntknght]

Suns picked a good game to hit their FT's... both teams had 28 FTA, Phx made 24 and Pels just 15 for a 9 pt swing.

 

[Mainstreet]

After sleeping on it, I couldn't help but think that Warren's game winning dunk last night (cutting to the basket) reminded me of the Portland game when Meyers Leonard cut to the basket to score sent the game into overtime. Both were good plays that lead to open shots at the basket in close games. I really enjoy Watson's play calling coming out of timeouts.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

After sleeping on it, I couldn't help but think that Warren's game winning dunk last night (cutting to the basket) reminded me of the Portland game when Meyers Leonard cut to the basket to score sent the game into overtime. Both were good plays that lead to open shots at the basket in close games. I really enjoy Watson's play calling coming out of timeouts.

I'm fairly certain that it was essentially the exact same play. You could tell it was planned because of how little effort Bled was putting into actually getting the ball. Thus everyone else was just a decoy to clear the paint for TJ.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Just going back and looking at the highlights of the game. Warren on that final play was masterful. His ability to sell his move outside and then reach out at catch that ball shows great hands. Also his conservation of motion going to the rim was fantastic. Warren has an ability to move with little wasted motion to score--no stutter steps, or unnecessary fakes. Just straight to the rim.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm fairly certain that it was essentially the exact same play. You could tell it was planned because of how little effort Bled was putting into actually getting the ball. Thus everyone else was just a decoy to clear the paint for TJ.

Both plays were very similar. Warren and Leonard were both playing outside and made quick cuts to the basket for their score. What may be different is, I heard the Suns wanted to pass the ball to Warren while he was still outside (before the cut). In any regard, I think the in-bounds pass was supposed to go to Warren.

Here is something from a Paul Coro article at azcentral dated 11-4-16 that relates to the play.

Trailing by a point with 8.6 seconds, P.J. Tucker was inbounding from the sideline when three guards crossed to open the middle of the floor. T.J. Warren sprinted from the basket toward Tucker and the 3-point line. He was supposed to catch the ball there for an isolation play but quickly pivoted back toward the hoop to beat Solomon Hill.

“There was nobody in the passing lane and I was like, ‘T.J., spin out,’" Tucker said of his thinking. “It was like he heard me. He spun and I threw it mid-spin. The throw was good, but the catch was unreal.”

Maybe Watson borrowed that play from the Trail Blazers.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...-over-new-orleans-pelicans-overtime/93325994/

 

[Hoop Head]

Leonard made it to the hoop because the defense tripped over themselves while Warren made it to the hoop because of his own move, fooling the defense.

 

[SirStefan32]

Just going back and looking at the highlights of the game. Warren on that final play was masterful. His ability to sell his move outside and then reach out at catch that ball shows great hands. Also his conservation of motion going to the rim was fantastic. Warren has an ability to move with little wasted motion to score--no stutter steps, or unnecessary fakes. Just straight to the rim.

This was apparent his rookie year- He has an extremely high basketball IQ. I have never seen such high basketball IQ from a kid his age.