Suns @ Pistons Wednesday game thread 2-5-20

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I don’t know how Ayton got his numbers bc I only started watching with 7 minutes left in the third. But he’s been a complete ghost since I’ve tuned in other than a single block.

 

[Evil Ash]

I don’t know how Ayton got his numbers bc I only started watching with 7 minutes left in the third. But he’s been a complete ghost since I’ve tuned in other than a single block.

He does things well in stretches and then disappears

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Booker plays hero ball gets swatted, next time down he’s mad so he misses a bad shot, then Kelly plays zero defense and fecch. This team . . .

 

[devilalum]

Pistons with 3 break away dunks in the last minute.

Ballgame


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[devilalum]

At least Ayton played tuff in the second half.


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[TJ]

Only $40 million left to pay Ricky Rubio...

 

[1Sun]

Booker plays hero ball gets swatted, next time down he’s mad so he misses a bad shot, then Kelly plays zero defense and fecch. This team . . .

I'm telling you, Booker hasn't been the same since the All-Star snub....

 

[1Sun]

Only $40 million left to pay Ricky Rubio...

For what it's worth, I think it's pretty clear that Rubio is nowhere near 100% and that the ankle is bothering him, but he is gutting it out as best as he can because of how depleted the team is...

 

[TJ]

No bench is leading to having to overplay the starters. Of course we’re gonna get curb-stomoed at the end of the game

 

[hcsilla]

Since Christmas Rubio has basically disappeared.

The Pistons having good defenders on Booker in Brown and Snell plus Reggie Jackson dominating the 4th quarter did not help either.

 

[Mainstreet]

Woods was standing out of bounds.

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Pistons 116 - Suns 108

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Time to face facts . . . still a joke.

 

[GatorAZ]

I'm telling you, Booker hasn't been the same since the All-Star snub....

I was expecting him to light it up in disgust of getting snubbed but never considered that it might zap him emotionally.

 

[Mainstreet]

I was expecting him to light it up in disgust of getting snubbed but never considered that it might zap him emotionally.

Yeah, Booker looks zapped and apparently no help on the way.

 

[TJ]

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Lmao. Bet Bridges has never played 42 minutes in any other game in his life

 

[1Sun]

I was expecting him to light it up in disgust of getting snubbed but never considered that it might zap him emotionally.

Not just zap him emotionally, but render him fed up with his lack of recognition and ultimately sick of being considered irrelevant because he is a Phoenix Sun.

Barring a major recovery personnel move by James Jones, which is looking less and less realistic, this isn't going to end well at all for the Suns...

 

[GoldGloveschmidt]

Playing 4 starters over 40 minutes because we have absolutely no bench is a recipe for disaster...... or another miserable season, like we are having.

 

[BC867]

Only $40 million left to pay Ricky Rubio...

They pointed out that Rubio was still hurting, but came back because he was needed,
so I am not going to blame him for his low scoring this game.

 

[1Sun]

They pointed out that Rubio was still hurting, but came back because he was needed,
so I am not going to blame him for his low scoring this game.

Precisely what I think (and posted above).

Rubio is the least of our problems.

Right now, Problem #1 is a dejected Booker, followed by zero legitimate inside players other than Ayton (and in particular zero interior defense, rim protection, rebounding and inside scoring), followed by injuries, followed by bench scoring.

 

[BC867]

The game was the best we could reasonably expect
with this roster.

Play catchup all game long, wearing out the starters,
then be outplayed at the end.

Wear out your starters, which causes injury, which
leads to wearing out more. Which came first?
The chicken or the egg?

The Phoenix Alibiers.

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns shoot 54.5% from the field and 46.2% from 3 point range and lose.

A big difference was turnovers. Suns 15 and Pistons 6.

Rubio had 6 but he had 11 assists

 

[Yuma]

We really need an upgrafe at PF, buy we were willing to trade our first round pick for a sixth man guard off the bench with bad knees?

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Suns shoot 54.5% from the field and 46.2% from 3 point range and lose.

A big difference was turnovers. Suns 15 and Pistons 6.

Rubio had 6 but he had 11 assists

We gave up 14 offensive rebounds too.

 

[1Sun]

We gave up 14 offensive rebounds too.

Yup, but there remain those on this board (and in the front office, apparently) who think we need shooting off the bench more than we need rebounding, rim protection or interior defense...