Mavericks @ Suns 10-17-18 (season opener)

[Chaplin]

Josh Jackson has been MUCH better in the 2nd half.

 

[Phrazbit]

We're already at 28 assists as a team.

Love it.

 

[95pro]

I can't believe the Suns are getting televised nationally, praised by the commentators, and winning!

 

[Yuma]

Ayton scored 1 against four!

 

[SirStefan32]

See, good things happen when you get Ayton the ball in the low post!

 

[Suns_fan69]

KEEP FEEDING THE BIG MAN.

Especially if they keep Jordan on the bench, nobody can match up with him on Dallas.

 

[Hoop Head]

Digging this team. Ayton isn't getting many blocks but I'm not that surprised. The Mavericks practice against DeAndre Jordan, they've learned to avoid shot blockers in the paint or draw a foul. Ayton isn't being dumb and fouling while trying to swat the ball away. A miss is a miss, whether he gets a block or not. Offensively I love how he's barked at others on our team to go somewhere or do something. He seems like he knows this will be his team, and it might even be his team now save for Booker.

Canaan is playing solid. I'm glad he looks as good as he did with us last year, which is all I hoped for. That version is good enough to play 25-30 minutes at PG for us. He doesn't need to do a lot but 10 & 5 with 1 or 2 turnovers is fine.

Warren looks like an entirely new player. If he keeps this up he could have the highest trade value of anyone not named Ayton or Booker. Not that we should trade him but it'll be interesting to see how long he can keep this up. Wouldn't surprise me if TJ takes Anderson's starting job soon though, probably once either Jackson or someone else can prove they can carry the scoring load off the bench.

Working with Crawford might help TJ. That's one thing Crawford might be able to help a lot with, coaching up our youngsters off the bench. He's a 3 time 6th man of the year. He can explain the value in playing, period, and how it doesn't matter who starts.

Really happy with everything about the team, the offense looks like a real NBA offense and the Suns look like a real NBA team. Seeing Ayton do what he wants against a former Defensive Player of the Year is DeAndre Jordan is something. Someone else mentioned how him being compared to Embiid doesn't make a ton of sense because their styles are different and this game helps reinforce that. I wouldn't trade Ayton for Embiid and Simmons. He looks legit.

 

[SweetD]

Dang TJ still not playing good D

 

[ColdPickleNachos]

Lot of things to love about this game, but we're only up by 4 against the Mavs. Defense will need to get better as the season goes on.

 

[Mainstreet]

They got the ball with plenty of time to run a play, but he runs the clock down with about 10 seconds to go.

I thought you were talking about shooting percentage. It's a simple mix-up.

 

[SweetD]

Come on Suns close this one out!

 

[Yuma]

Geez. EJ is right. The Lakers get a mismatch on Shaq, and they would just feed him play after play, fouling out everyone. Ayton scores two trips in a row easy. Then they don't give him the ball again? WTF?

 

[Western Font]

Enjoying this. Got a league pass package and with daylight savings time soon I’ll trade the early morning darkness for 9pm Suns starts.

 

[Shaggy]

Defense is struggling now.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Lot of things to love about this game, but we're only up by 4 against the Mavs. Defense will need to get better as the season goes on.

Yeah. It's at home against a bad team but still, we see a lot of promise in some of these guys.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ryan Anderson comes up with a strong rebound.

 

[Yuma]

That Booker shot was Super Human!

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I’m sorry, Canaan sucks

 

[SweetD]

Whole BOOKER!!

 

[95pro]

JJ Berea has a punchable face, just saying.

 

[Mainstreet]

It's Booker time!

 

[SirStefan32]

That's our Book!

 

[Folster]

Bring us home Book!

 

[ColdPickleNachos]

I missed Devin Booker so much!!!

 

[Finito]

Booker flat out taking over

Horrible defense by the Suns down the Stretch