Mavericks @ Suns Saturday game thread, October 26th, 2024

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It's too bad I couldn't watch this game, because I'm curious whether I would have had the same reaction to Dunn. Doncic scored 40 points on 25 FGA and Dunn played only 21 minutes. If he had a huge impact on the game, it sure isn't evident in the box score.
He did. It was palpable watching the game when he was in. I was surprised to read a box score devoid of steals or blocks from him. But he definitely plays differently than anyone on the court . . . in a good way. Was he a star? No. Was he a difference maker? Yup.
 
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Funny.. I didn’t watch this game..

I was only able to watch the last few minutes, although I was scoreboard watching.

It was comforting the Suns maintained their lead throughout the game.
 

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I was only able to watch the last few minutes, although I was scoreboard watching.

It was comforting the Suns maintained their lead throughout the game.
It was the first Suns game I've been able to watch so far. Despite intending to skip watching the Suns this season, Dunn and OSO changed my mind. I gave in and bought League Pass just before the season started but since both games were in LA they were (3 day) blocked for me.
 
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It was the first Suns game I've been able to watch so far. Despite intending to skip watching the Suns this season, Dunn and OSO changed my mind. I gave in and bought League Pass just before the season started but since both games were in LA they were (3 day) blocked for me.

I'm proud of you getting League Pass. Sorry, the LA games were blocked. I wonder if a VPN could help.

Too bad everything has to be so complicated.
 

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It was the first Suns game I've been able to watch so far. Despite intending to skip watching the Suns this season, Dunn and OSO changed my mind. I gave in and bought League Pass just before the season started but since both games were in LA they were (3 day) blocked for me.
I did sign up for league pass through my cable subscriber.

I usually take in a partial first quarter before heading to bed. If we win I’ll watch the game the following day.

Time change is coming soon so the time gap shrinks to 1 hour for the late west coast starts for us. I long for the east coast trips:)
 

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well I picked a good one to not watch. I wanted to watch it though. I've usually always had the luxury of watching Phx/Dallas games on national tv. kind of bummed this one wasn't.
 

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It's too bad I couldn't watch this game, because I'm curious whether I would have had the same reaction to Dunn. Doncic scored 40 points on 25 FGA and Dunn played only 21 minutes. If he had a huge impact on the game, it sure isn't evident in the box score.
You wouldn't have. Doncic would have had 50+ in this game without Dunn on him. Doncic was in very good form.
 

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well I picked a good one to not watch. I wanted to watch it though. I've usually always had the luxury of watching Phx/Dallas games on national tv. kind of bummed this one wasn't.
Not me and I'm pretty sure that would be echoed by a lot of Suns fans. Things don't go well very often for us on national TV.
 

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This was maybe one of the most absurd terrible calls I’ve ever seen.
Yeah, wasn't even close. What was the ref watching? Obviously, wasn't the game. Just shows they can make up calls without seeing what actually happened.
 

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Yeah, wasn't even close. What was the ref watching? Obviously, wasn't the game. Just shows they can make up calls without seeing what actually happened.
I think he was partially blocked by Devin's body, knew something had happened and just assumed it was kicking. Honestly it was a pretty impressive stretch on Booker's part so I can see why the ref guessed wrong. Inarguably a horrible call but not one I'd rail on the officials for although it would have been nice if one of the other refs with a better view had helped him out on that call.
 

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I think he was partially blocked by Devin's body, knew something had happened and just assumed it was kicking. Honestly it was a pretty impressive stretch on Booker's part so I can see why the ref guessed wrong. Inarguably a horrible call but not one I'd rail on the officials for although it would have been nice if one of the other refs with a better view had helped him out on that call.
Why guess and make assumptions? That's bad officiating in my book.
 

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It's too bad I couldn't watch this game, because I'm curious whether I would have had the same reaction to Dunn. Doncic scored 40 points on 25 FGA and Dunn played only 21 minutes. If he had a huge impact on the game, it sure isn't evident in the box score.
Here's another answer to your inquiry.

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