GameDay Thread: Suns @ Thunder 10-28-16

[Ronin]

Game starts at 5:00 p.m Arizona time.

Thunder, Westbrook to host Suns
However, having the second unit play as well as it did was a positive note Phoenix coach Earl Watson can carry into the Suns game with the Thunder.


"The momentum changed everything," Watson told The Arizona Republic. "Our second unit, we just played young guys, let them play aggressive, let them have fun, be creative. They played with a lot of passion. It was fun to watch."

It was also a way for Watson to send a message to his veterans who under-performed and played with lackluster effort at the start.

"The way I addressed the team was, you can't use, 'We're young,'" Watson told Arizonasports.com. "Our young guys got us in the game. Our veterans have to come and have to play with the same passion."

http://www.espn.com/nba/preview?gameId=400899455

 

[ArizonaSportsFan]

"They are a very, very fast team, an explosive team," Thunder coach Billy Donovan said of the Suns. "Their backcourt with Book and Brevin Knight has speed. Along with Bledsoe, they can shoot the ball. (Tyson) Chandler is one of the great rollers to the rim and a great post defender. They have the ability to play small. They are a different team than Philadelphia, but it will be a challenge."

When did Brevin Knight come out of retirement? I thought we were already past-full in the backcourt....

 

[JCSunsfan]

Ha! It happens all the time. It's got to bother him.


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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

Projected starting lineups

C: Tyson Chandler … Steven Adams

PF: Jared Dudley … Domantas Sabonis

SF: T.J. Warren … Andre Roberson

SG: Devin Booker …. Victor Oladipo

PG: Eric Bledsoe … Russell Westbrook

Key Thunder reserves: Ersan Ilyasova, Kyle Singler, Enes Kanter, Semaj Christon and Alex Abrines.

Key Thunder injuries: Cameron Payne is out with a foot fracture.

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[AfroSuns]

Let's go Suns!

 

[Ronin]

Bledsoe with the turnover...slipped and fell


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[Ronin]

Booker for 3!


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[Mainstreet]

This is a good chance to see Sabonis play. He was drafted #11 in the 2016 draft.

 

[AfroSuns]

Damn! Suns came out HOT

 

[Ronin]

Timeout OKC
Suns 14
OKC 4


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[Ronin]

Booker got it going from three point land


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[Ronin]

Tucker in for Dudley


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[Ronin]

Nice alley oop warren to chandler


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[AfroSuns]

Holy Crap...Warren is on fire...Dude is playing "hungry"

 

[Ronin]

Time out OKC
Suns 31
OKC 13


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[Ronin]

4 straight points by OKC...31-17 Suns lead


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[Mainstreet]

Warren and Booker both with 9 points going into the timeout. Suns lead 31-17 in the 1st quarter.

 

[Ronin]

Lead down to 7


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[Ronin]

Nice drive by Bledsoe..gets the+1


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[AfroSuns]

Suns with a 40pts qtr

 

[Ronin]

Chriss with the tip in


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[Ronin]

End of the first quarter
Phx 40
Thunder 25


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[Ronin]

Len is painful to watch on offense.lol


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[AfroSuns]

Did Len work on anything in the offseason..looking like crap