Suns @ Rockets Wednesday game thread 2-12-2024

[Mainstreet]

Gillespie never got back in the game. I think he would have made the Rockets pay on those quick steals up top.

 

[Yuma]

When you aren't more athletic, or taller, etc. than the other squad, you have to play SMARTER. WTF? Don't these guys watch film? They make the same mistakes EVERY game.

 

[clyde2tw]

Suns giving up wide open threes up top doesn't help one bit.

That's by design with Udoka recognizing Bol was covering their good 3pt guy and too slow for that.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Is it just me, or have we entered the ugliest era of Suns basketball (incl the forgotten years in the 2010s) when we get ISO ball with KD and/or Book.. just absolutely unwatchable.. they went to KD like 6 straight possessions while everyone else just stands around

Yeah. It’s boring. And it’s weird that Book seems to skate by without much criticism for being the ball-stopper he is also.

We’re basically that Iverson/Melo middling Denver team, except our Iverson (KD) has a little more left in the tank and our Melo (Booker) is equal to or even a little worse.

Neither Booker or KD are smart, nor leaders. Throw that together with ISO ball and you got an unwatchable club.

 

[Mainstreet]

That's by design with Udoka recognizing Bol was covering their good 3pt guy and too slow for that.

Still, each team has five players. Can't leave players wide open.

 

[Germz249]

I am about to lose my mind.. we were leading all 3 quarters and had a melt down..

 

[clyde2tw]

I am about to lose my mind.. we were leading all 3 quarters and had a melt down..

It takes the other teams 2-3 qrts to figure out the Suns simplistic game plans and react with proper and tighter defense. That's the reason we gets crushed either in the 3rd or the 4th.

 

[GatorAZ]

KD’s stats

 

[boisesuns]

I thought coach Bud was supposed to fix this mess? Maybe that’s why he got canned from Milwaukee? Or was that because the teams stars didn’t like him?

 

[Suns_fan69]

I'm not going to judge this game too harshly on the 2nd game of a back to back with arguably 3 of the top 4 players on the team out. But, it is disheartening that what undid the team was a parade of turnovers which has been the achilles heel for this team for a season and a half now.

 

[BirdGangThing]

turnovers