today's game

[elindholm]

I can't watch the Suns' summer league game today (Th. 7/24), which I believe starts at 1:00 Arizona/Pacific Daylight time. If anyone else can post a report, that would be great.

 

[scotsman13]

i am trying to get off work to go watch it now. i hope, i hope, i hope. it is only a mile down the street from me.

 

[Yuma]

I just received a used ReplayTV from my boss, and I am praying it works!!

 

[fordronken]

I can't watch the whole game, but I watched a little of the first half and here are my thoughts:

• Joe Johnson still seems to be picking his spots to be aggressive.
• Big Jake hasn't picked any spots to be aggressive(other than a nice block to stop a fast break).
• Zarko seems to force things a little, but is a good ball handler, is very active and seems to look to make some good passes. Didn't see him take any jump shots, though.
• Barbosa hasn't done much since his opening move in which he penetrated and then dished to Big Jake for a layup. He's had a few turnovers as well off of passes that he shouldn't even have attempted.
• Casey looks the same.

This is a pretty pessimistic post, but I came in with Eric's notes from the last game already in my head. Most of those notes seemed to carry over into today's game. I think Zarko will be ready to contribute right away, but Leandro may take some time to settle down and figure out what he's doing.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Originally posted by Yuma
I just received a used ReplayTV from my boss, and I am praying it works!!

Hey Yuma, you'll probably be able to do a write-up about it then for tonight?

Cool!

Hope it works!

Mike

 

[elindholm]

Thanks fordronken, keep it coming!

 

[Mike Olbinski]

You guys with the notes should really be writing daily stories for this site on how guys are doing, the stats, etc.

Mike

 

[slinslin]

You can watch the games via live stream on nba.com. You just need to sign up for the 14day trial service and cancel it later.

 

[fordronken]

Sorry, I got a little busy and didn't get to watch any of the rest of the game. One last thought, though, is that the Nuggets were much more of a team than Phoenix. This makes sense, however, as they pretty much all played together last season.

 

[sunsfn]

Here is the box score.


NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL SCORER'S REPORT
FINAL BOX

NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
13 Casey Jacobsen F 31 5 10 1 4 3 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 14
11 Zarko Cabarkapa F 35 4 11 0 1 3 4 0 6 6 4 3 0 7 1 11
22 Jake Tsakalidis C 23 5 8 0 0 3 4 5 3 8 0 3 0 1 2 13
1 Leandro Barbosa G 29 4 9 1 4 0 0 0 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 9
12 Joe Johnson G 31 8 18 1 5 2 2 1 4 5 2 4 1 1 1 19
20 Andy Ellis 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 4
9 Koko Archibong 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 0
5 Jason Hart 12 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 3
3 Jason Gardner 14 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 5
16 Noel Felix 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS: 200 31 74 5 17 11 16 8 25 33 13 24 5 19 6 78

PERCENTAGES: 41.9% 29.4% 68.8% TM REB: 7 TOT TO: 19 (28 PTS)
HOME: DENVER NUGGETS (3-2)
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
3 Vincent Yarbrough F 24 3 9 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 6 3 1 0 1 7
22 Nikoloz Tskitishvili F 30 4 12 0 1 2 2 3 6 9 2 4 1 1 0 10
31 Nene Hilario C 21 6 8 0 0 4 7 2 3 5 0 4 2 0 0 16
11 Charlie Bell G 17 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 9
20 Jeff Trepagnier G 20 9 15 4 6 1 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 23
8 Igor Rakocevic 23 6 7 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 5 1 1 2 0 15
56 Francisco Elson 13 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 8
12 Chris Andersen 16 3 4 0 0 4 4 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 10
13 Lavor Postell 10 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 7
4 Predrag Savovic 15 4 10 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 5 0 0 0 1 10
41 Greg Stempin 6 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
24 Brian Greene 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 Carmelo Anthony DND - Did Not Dress
6 Junior Harrington DND - Did Not Dress
TOTALS: 200 48 87 5 8 18 24 12 30 42 29 22 7 7 5 119

PERCENTAGES: 55.2% 62.5% 75.0% TM REB: 11 TOT TO: 8 (6 PTS)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Suns 20 22 22 14 78
NUGGETS 28 26 36 29 119
Technical Fouls - Individual
Suns (2): Hart 0:13.0 1st , Johnson 7:20 4th
NUGGETS (1): Hilario 7:20 4th
Flagrant Fouls
Suns (1): 6:00 4th Johnson-FLG1
NUGGETS: NONE
Points in the Paint: Suns 40, NUGGETS 46 Biggest Lead: Suns 4, NUGGETS 41
Second Chance Points: Suns 10, NUGGETS 16 Lead Changes: 1
Fast Break Points: Suns 11, NUGGETS 14 Times Tied: 0

 

[Chaplin]

I'm not sure that deserves a

 

[elindholm]

I'm not sure that deserves a

LOL

 

[JJ Slim]

Jake's stat's - 23 min, 13 pts, 5-8 fg, 3-4 ft, 8 rb, 5 orb, 3 pf, 1 to, 2 bs

Not too shabby at all.

 

[sunsfn]

I AGREE........not sure what I was thinking!!

 

[slinslin]

The best thing in the boxscore

Technical Fouls
Johnson 7:20 4th

Flagrant Fouls
Suns (1): 6:00 4th Johnson-FLG1

 

[se7en]

I agree. Reading that Jj is being aggresive is one of the best things about these summer games. That and Zarko. An improved JJ could really help the team next year a lot. Hopefully this will give JJ more confidence. I'm liking the consistent box scores and and the new found fire with technical fouls.