Suns @ Pelicans Monday game thread 4-1-2024

[Covert Rain]

So where are the star calls for Booker and Durant?

That’s a different topic. Zion got the calls he usually gets when he is aggressive.

 

[nashman]

Well, that’s an important, if not somewhat frustrating win to try and avoid the play-in.

Neither of these teams are gonna make any noise in the playoffs though.

I wouldn’t say that, no one is going to WANT to play the Suns. The Suns if they play well can smoke any team the problem is consistency or if the whole team shows up shooting etc. But trust no one wants the Suns their starting lineup is a nightmare to play D against

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

So where are the star calls for Booker and Durant?

Durant and book shy away from contact. Book because he’s had to learn to create space to get his shot off against superior king athletes. Durant because he’s always been a finesse shooter. On occasion you see book take it to the hole and he gets calls. But he’s not as relentless at zion. Zion is never pulling up - he’s also constant motion towards the hoop with force. Of course he’s going to draw a LOT more fouls. He’s a bull.

 

[Chaplin]

To be fair he doesn't throw elbows a lot--not like Jonas at least.

 

[Covert Rain]

I wouldn’t say that, no one is going to WANT to play the Suns. The Suns if they play well can smoke any team the problem is consistency or if the whole team shows up shooting etc. But trust no one wants the Suns their starting lineup is a nightmare to play D against

I partially agree with that. Having said that? There is not a team in the playoffs that won’t think they can overtake the Suns in the 4th quarter. Plus, the pace in the playoffs let alone the 4th quarter doesn’t favor the Suns and everyone knows it.

 

[BirdGangThing]

we were up by like 30pts at one point yet the big 3 all had to play 40 minutes

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Book with 52 and still had 9 assists, and finally finally got more than six threes in a game!

It’s funny how cognizant we all have been of the 6 threes threshold for book. Happy he got over it.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I wouldn’t say that, no one is going to WANT to play the Suns. The Suns if they play well can smoke any team the problem is consistency or if the whole team shows up shooting etc. But trust no one wants the Suns their starting lineup is a nightmare to play D against

Lol… ok.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I wouldn’t say that, no one is going to WANT to play the Suns. The Suns if they play well can smoke any team the problem is consistency or if the whole team shows up shooting etc. But trust no one wants the Suns their starting lineup is a nightmare to play D against

I don’t think any top team is afraid of the suns. They’re likely salivating for the fourth quarters.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

dagger

Dagger

Beal with the dagger.

TRIPLE BORG

 

[Mainstreet]

we were up by like 30pts at one point yet the big 3 all had to play 40 minutes

The Suns bench is atrocious. It's going to keep biting them late in the 3rd quarter and into the 4th quarter.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Was surprised bol played some little

 

[Suns_fan69]

Shout out to Nurk. 19 and 19 with 8 of those rebounds on the offensive end. Made his FTs too (8/11)

 

[Mainstreet]

Some final stats.

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[Yuma]

I think at the half the Suns bench had 3 points. Which was one made three by Gordon.

 

[Raindog]

Apparently, if they could somehow just end the games after three quarters, the Suns would be something like 64 and 11 right now.

 

[BirdGangThing]

i wrote a few paragraphs but it all boils down to vogel sucks so i spared yall the read

 

[BirdGangThing]

and book scored his ass off but we don't win that game without nurk and beal

 

[Superbone]

Suns in bonus rest of game. Now it’s time to drive.

So what did they do? Jack up a bunch of threes, missing most of them.

 

[Vacard]

Great win. Lets keep it up

 

[ajcardfan]

A win is a win but another train wreck of a 4th quarter.

4th qtr was 21-21. We had a lot worse than that this year. But it was ugly ball.

 

[ajcardfan]

Was surprised bol played some little

He's basically a gimmick player that will be useless in the playoffs. I know that's probably too harsh, but that's how I feel about him.

 

[GatorAZ]

Pep in his step Book is a superstar.

 

[clyde2tw]

It's a weird team, or Vogel made it so. We were up 30 pts, Zion started to abuse our D, and yet we never thought of putting in better man-defenders like Okogie or Roddy in this case and stop the bleeding, particularly in face of our stagnant offense in the 2nd half. Vogel is stubbornly sticking to his planned rotation. Eubanks, Bol again had a bad game. Beal was putting too much effort into defense. Why not taking some min from them to give to Okogie, Roddy, Young and RO for tougher D, for a change?

 

[Sparky16]

A win is a win but another train wreck of a 4th quarter.

Vogel is a moron, push the ball the 1st qtr and they nearly score 50. Start walking the ball up and killing clock = bad shots and the scoring stalls.... what an idiot