So many thoughts.
Start of game so frustrating. Seemed like no energy which felt odd coming off past three games.
Defensive effort over past 4 games is best I can ever recall from suns. With more of these efforts and growing reputations of JJ, Bridges, oubre, Holmes, Melton and even increasing Ayton our rep will turn to better ref treatment. We are inching our way closer to being able to swing and swipe and bang like the Celtics are allowed to do with impunity. They need to maintain their intensity.
The whole game until the end I felt frustrated and yet we were neck-in-neck with the Celtics on their floor. This is a new feeling. Winning by making the game a bit ugly. We don’t go full muck it up like the griz, but we can ugly up a game with scrambling long defenders. And I like it.
Ayton looked good being dominant on the board with no one to challenge his supremacy. And that’s exactly what he should with an advantage. Glad to see him grab the bull by the horns. He still sometimes looks flustered when he gets the ball down low instead of being decisive. But it will come. He could’ve had more if anyone other than oubre could throw a pass that actually reached him.
Oubre was a nice addition, and that’s without the advantage of being with the team for any length. Looking forward to seeing more.
I was excited about this game during the day. Not because I thought we would win, but because I expected effort and the chance to win. Been a long time since I’ve felt that. That was niiizzzzzzze.
I think I was one that wanted to give Igor a pretty good leash, but I’ll admit I may have snapped after the back-to-back 9-34 starts. I might’ve said I want him gone. Can’t remember. If I did. I’ll own it. But the combination of reading the comments from the suns player development guy in the aytin’s development article and what I’m seeing now makes me start to rethink things. I don’t think this team experiences the current success without Igor’s input.
Just a great freaking win. Let’s go spank markieff and arizas asses.
