Suns @ Bulls 1-7-14

[ProdigalSun]

Nice 10-0 run. I like Ish ...hopefully he doesn't get pushed out of the rotation

 

[Mainstreet]

Bulls 3-4 from 3 point range in 1st half.

 

[AzStevenCal]

We are plus 8 during Frye's brief 6.5 minutes on the court. He needs to catch a break from the referees here in the second half. I agree with him that he gets some really bad calls but he makes it worse when he whines after every call. Some refs don't take that well and they will call you for every little thing once you piss them off. And let's face it, if they called every single foul there aren't very many players in the NBA that would make it through a quarter of play let alone a game.

Steve

 

[Mainstreet]

I get this feeling that even if the Bulls were playing a roster of NBADL players, they would still be whooping the Suns.

 

[SirStefan32]

Dragic is so frustrating to watch when he is not being aggressive. Take the damn ball and attack the rim.

 

[Mainstreet]

Dragic is so frustrating to watch when he is not being aggressive. Take the damn ball and attack the rim.

It's the new haircut.

 

[sunsfan88]

If the Suns can't even beat the freaking Bulls who are missing like half their roster then they suck.

Anytime the opposing team plays physical at all, the Suns turn into a complete POS team.

I'm considering jumping back on the tank bandwagon. Jabari Parker looks as good as ever.

 

[Chaplin]

We've seen this countless times before--even the Suns have done it at times over the years. A depleted team's first game back after a major trade far from full strength plays way above itself. We're seeing it with the Bulls right now. The question is if they can keep it up. If Dunleavy doesn't come back, the Bulls are down to 7 men--they need to step on the gas a little bit here.

 

[sunsfan88]

I have never seen the Suns defense this bad even during the D'Antoni days.

Hornacek should be embarrassed. His team is getting humiliated by a bad team who doesn't even have 3 of its 4 best players.

 

[SirStefan32]

It's the new haircut.

He must have heard me.

 

[sunsfan88]

We've seen this countless times before--even the Suns have done it at times over the years. A depleted team's first game back after a major trade far from full strength plays way above itself. We're seeing it with the Bulls right now. The question is if they can keep it up. If Dunleavy doesn't come back, the Bulls are down to 7 men--they need to step on the gas a little bit here.

Doesn't matter, (read post below)

I get this feeling that even if the Bulls were playing a roster of NBADL players, they would still be whooping the Suns.

True.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Bulls play defense the way it should be played and they play it all the time. If the Suns don't get any open looks, they are in trouble.

 

[sunsfan88]

Dragic comes out lol game over.

 

[Folster]

This game is tough to watch. This quality of play was what we expected to start the season. Hopefully we can pull out a W and put this game behind us.

 

[Mainstreet]

It sounds like Barbosa is not playing yet because of FIBA issues. Maybe he will play later in the trip.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ish Smith is a 3 point shooter... NOT.

 

[sunsfan88]

On the plus side....we are on national television tomorrow and maybe get to see Barbosa play!

 

[sunsfan88]

Come on Ish why would you leave Hinrich wide the f** open.

 

[SirStefan32]

Yet another example why you are better off playing D and slowing the game down than running and gunning, and shooting random threes.

 

[sunsfan88]

Yet another example why you are better off playing D and slowing the game down than running and gunning, and shooting random threes.

The Suns are a gimmick team. They live and die by the 3 and fastbreaking and they have no other offense other than that.

Scouting report to beat the Suns: Get back on defense, stay put on their 3pt shooters and clog the paint for Dragic and Bledsoe (when he actually plays).

 

[AzStevenCal]

The Suns are a gimmick team. They live and die by the 3 and fastbreaking and they have no other offense other than that.

Scouting report to beat the Suns: Get back on defense, stay put on their 3pt shooters and clog the paint for Dragic and Bledsoe (when he actually plays).

We're not a gimmick team any more than most of the teams in the league are, we're just not all that great without Bledsoe out there. Even with him we're no more than a borderline playoff team. It's probably going to have to be said after every loss but this is a process and we are VERY EARLY in that process.

Scouting report to beat the Suns: Don't let them blow in to town until a couple of hours before the game and make them leave Bledsoe behind. Go straight at Frye early and hope the refs will call a couple of quick fouls on him to throw him off his game.

Steve

 

[ProdigalSun]

We're not a gimmick team any more than most of the teams in the league are, we're just not all that great without Bledsoe out there. Even with him we're no more than a borderline playoff team. It's probably going to have to be said after every loss but this is a process and we are VERY EARLY in that process.

Scouting report to beat the Suns: Don't let them blow in to town until a couple of hours before the game and make them leave Bledsoe behind. Go straight at Frye early and hope the refs will call a couple of quick fouls on him to throw him off his game.

Steve

I think that sums it up pretty well right there

 

[Suns_fan69]

The Bulls also did a great job taking Dragic's lefty drives away. Even Snell came in and followed the gameplan, and Dragic never really got going. So far, as Dragic goes, so do the suns.

Disappointed with the play of the Morris twins today too. Granted, they had some great defenders on them most of the time (Gibson, Butler, Noah) but they took some bad shots and were never really a presence.

 

[AzStevenCal]

The Bulls also did a great job taking Dragic's lefty drives away. Even Snell came in and followed the gameplan, and Dragic never really got going. So far, as Dragic goes, so do the suns.

Disappointed with the play of the Morris twins today too. Granted, they had some great defenders on them most of the time (Gibson, Butler, Noah) but they took some bad shots and were never really a presence.

I hope that someday soon they grow to understand the difference between a good shot and a horrible one. I'm a fan of the twins but this has been one of my biggest concerns about them. Some nights they'll be hot some nights not and I can live with that but taking shots that are not in the flow of the offense are momentum killers.

Steve

 

[sunsfan88]

I liked Len out there. He was lost without the ball but active. And when he had the ball in his hand he seemed to know what to do with it more than veteran Plumlee or the twins do.

I hope Hornacek gives him time in both the first and second halves.