Suns @ Rockets 4-7-19

[Mainstreet]

That draft class was godawful for us. It's part of the reason I give Igor some leeway is because of how much of a mess this roster is

Agree. Igor inherited a mess without starters at point guard and power forward.

 

[slinslin]

It hurts even more watching Chriss play.

It really doesnt

 

[Chaplin]

It hurts even more watching Chriss play.

Yeah, pretty funny how slin wants all of use to bow down to him and say he was right about Bender, when he is all crickets when it comes to Chriss. Classic pick-and-choose armchair management.

 

[Chaplin]

It really doesnt

Since you don't even watch him, I guess this actually is a true statement.

 

[Evil Ash]

Agree. Igor inherited a mess without starters at point guard and power forward.

To be perfectly honest I'm not even sure we have worthy backups at those positions either.

 

[Mainstreet]

To be perfectly honest I'm not even sure we have worthy backups at those positions either.

I think the Suns need a couple of power forward types and perhaps the same goes for point guard.

 

[Mainstreet]

So if the Suns and Cavaliers finished tied for second worse team in the final standings, how do they decide who drafts #32 and #33 in the second round.

Do they flip a coin?

 

[AzStevenCal]

To be perfectly honest I'm not even sure we have worthy backups at those positions either.

I'm sure, sure we don't. Holmes is borderline adequate as a backup 5 but we are in bad shape at whichever guard position Booker isn't manning and even worse shape at the 4.

 

[Mainstreet]

End of 3rd quarter:

Rockets 117 - Suns 77

That's right, 117 points for the Rockets to finish the 3rd quarter.

I accidently typed and corrected 1117 but it felt that way.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm sure, sure we don't. Holmes is borderline adequate as a backup 5 but we are in bad shape at whichever guard position Booker isn't manning and even worse shape at the 4.

I would really like for the Suns to go after Thomas Bryant but I'm sure some other teams will be chasing him as well.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bryanth01.html

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Rockets 149 - Suns 113

The score tells a lot of the story.

 

[Mainstreet]

Rockets set record for most 3s in a game.

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[AzStevenCal]

Final:

Rockets 149 - Suns 113

The score tells a lot of the story.

Yeah, it screams sucky refs. With a little help from those guys we could have held the Rockets to 148 points.

 

[ArizonaSportsFan]

The announcers on nbatv are unlistenable. I realize that they aren’t “locked into the Suns” but at one point they claimed Oubre wasn’t playing because of “load management” and then joked it was more like “lottery management”.

They are the Rockets announcers, which is why they are so bad .

 

[elindholm]

So if the Suns and Cavaliers finished tied for second worse team in the final standings, how do they decide who drafts #32 and #33 in the second round.

Do they flip a coin?

Yes.

 

[Mainstreet]

Yes.

It's good to know because it looks like there is a strong possibility it will detemine second round draft order for the two teams.

 

[Kemper]

To be nice. I think the team has good length on defense and competed for the most part. There can't be an expectation for anything else in this game.

 

[Mainstreet]

To be nice. I think the team has good length on defense and competed for the most part. There can't be an expectation for anything else in this game.

Let me also welcome you to the Suns forum.

It was hard to defend the record breaking barrage of 3s the Rockets made.

Of course the Suns were completely outmatched especially with their injury situation.