Suns at Grizzlies 11-8-2010

[Proteus]

Horrible miss by Frye.

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns really showing signs of fatigue, Hedo can barely lift himself to shoot

Is that supposed to be funny? I think it is. It must take a lot of hops for him to shoot those 3 point shots.

 

[Proteus]

Suns outscored 5-0 in the 1st minute and a half of the 4th quarter.

 

[Ronin]

33 actually.

Okay that sounds better.

 

[Proteus]

Geez...an airball by Frye.

 

[Ronin]

Wow frye...just wow.

 

[Proteus]

Nice shot by Dragic.

 

[Proteus]

What's the point of playing of good defense when you give up an offensive rebound when they miss?

 

[Ronin]

Stick with this line-up till the end of the game

 

[Ronin]

Okay Conley making threes? whatever.

 

[Proteus]

Suns down 103-90 with 3:49 left in the 4th quarter after back to back 3 Grizzlies 3 pointers.

Can the Suns actually both to defend the 3?

 

[Proteus]

Sigh. Warrick misses both free throws.

 

[Mainstreet]

Dragic has looked flush in the face all night. I'm thinking he might have some kind of bug.

 

[Proteus]

Grizzlies milking the shot clock.

 

[Proteus]

Sigh. Nash commits a turnover as the Suns have a chance to cut the deficit to 7 or 8.

 

[Proteus]

Ugly miss by Nash.

 

[Proteus]

Suns down 107-97 with 43.3 seconds left in the 4th quarter.

 

[Proteus]

Suns lose 109-99.

 

[Budden]

The Suns have a lot of weaknesses purely from a personnel standpoint that limit their defensive efficiency - the really miss Amar'e's 4 boards per game - but one thing they NEED to fix from a system standpoint is in those corners. It's not a question of effort, because no matter what team we put on the floor, the two corners are blatantly and dramatically exposed in this defensive system. It was never more apparent when Richard Jefferson hit those 4 late 3-pointers in the Spurs game, and it's been killing the Suns tonight as well, but even in the games that the Suns have managed to win thus far, the Suns haven't guarded the corner at all. It's basically been a question of whether or not the opposition has been able to capitalize on the obvious weak spot by hitting the open shots that the Suns have been allowing way too often. And I don't care who it is - if you give an NBA player an open shot, he's going to knock it down more often than not.

Again, the Suns are always going to be held back by the defensive weaknesses posed by whatever lineup they field, but they can and must have a defensive system that is as air-tight as possible. Right now, they're getting killed both by what they cannot control as well as what they can.

 

[Michael]

And I don't care who it is - if you give an NBA player an open shot, he's going to knock it down more often than not.

I wish that would be the case for Channing. He seems to have forgotten how to hit.