Suns @ Thunder Friday game thread, November 15th, 2024

[Mainstreet]

On Friday, the Suns play at the Thunder, who are 10-2 for the season.

Phoenix moves to 9-3 with their loss to the Kings on Wednesday.

Afterward, Phoenix finishes their four game road trip at the Timberwolves on Sunday.

When: Friday, November 15, 2024

Television: Suns Live, Arizona's Family 3TV / Arizona's Family Sports

Radio: KMVP 98.7 / S: KSUN

Time: 6 PM Arizona time

 

[BirdGangThing]

OH DAMN IT'S ANOTHER TOURNAMENT GAME?

 

[Mainstreet]

OH DAMN IT'S ANOTHER TOURNAMENT GAME?

That's the way it's scheduled.

 

[Hoop Head]

The Thunder went super small the other day. No player taller than 6'6" in their starting 5.

SGA - 6'6"
Dort - 6'3"
Jalen Williams -6'5"
Isaiah Joe - 6'4"
Cason Wallace - 6'4"

Their tallest starter was their PG. Ousmane Dieng is 6'10" and saw 15 minutes. He's pretty thin as well so not a big 6'10" as he's listed as a SF at 216. He's thin like KD. I wouldn't even say he has the bulk of Beal.

Malevy Leon is a 6'9" SF who is the only other player above 6'6" that saw the floor. He saw 3 minutes of garbage time.

It'll be interesting to see what they do against us. That was against New Orleans, who is also really small.

 

[Hoop Head]

For anyone with interest, here's the box score for the Pelicans vs Thunder game. Unsurprisingly the Thunder were outrebounded 58-31 but they lost by 18 points regardless, 106-88. Shooting percentage wasn't a big difference either, 40% for New Orleans and 44% for OKC. It was 24% to 39% from 3pt range in favor of OKC. So similar outcome to what we just witnessed vs the Kings.

Pelicans vs Thunder, November 13, 2024 | Basketball-Reference.com

NOP (88) vs OKC (106). Get the box score, shot charts and play by play summary of the Pelicans vs Thunder, November 13, 2024.

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