*EARLY START* Game Day: Suns (38-32) @ Thunder (34-36), Sun 3/19/23

[SunsSince92]

Exactly. Ish Wainwright should never be your closer....period.

[Wally_West]

We got only ourselves to blame for this loss. Refs sucked but we were our own worst enemy today.

[Mori Chu]

We're missing 2 of our best 3 players. But we should still show more fight than this. Bad loss.

[SunsSince92]

Yep, we blew that big time. No composure when it mattered and got it all wrong in the 4th quarter. Poor effort, poor rotations and bad shooting. Frustrating.

[Split T]

One bad stretch…that 18-2 run was why we lost. No offense on the court and we kept turning it over.

[Wally_West]

Next 5 games


Lakers

Kings

Sixers(2nd night of a back to back)

Jazz

Twolves

Yikes

[TOO]

Really missing Cam and Bridges defense too, just missing too much right now.

[Uncle_Gene]

Tale of two halfs. 1st half was good, 2nd half OKC gained momentum late 3rd and early 4th quarter and didn't look back.

[Uncle_Gene]

Oh, yeah. SAG is great, but how many times does he get to push off and get away with it ?

[Flagrant Fowl]

The 18-2 run was the dagger, but the Suns lead honestly felt like fools gold for most of the game.

OKC being sloppy with the ball lead to a lot of Suns points, and it'll always be rare to have one of the bench guys (Ross/Shamet/Payne) produce a complete offensive game for two halves. Both aspects flipped late in the 3rd quarter and the hole became too deep to dig out of. I can't say I expected a win in this game, but it sucks to have it slip away.

[Shabazz]

Payne was rough today. He had an absolutely back-breaking turnover with 4 seconds left in the 3rd (we could have played out the clock) that led to a 3-point play the other way.

He’s most valuable when the Suns are stagnant and need to change the energy. When the Suns need to protect a lead and control the pace, he’s just brutal.

[Shabazz]

I also liked Bazley’s minutes in the first half, but didn’t like Monty going to him over Jock when the game was going off the rails. Jock wasn’t the problem. It was the perimeter guys who were letting us down.

[Superbone]

*rubs eyes* Landry has checked in.

It was good to have him back. He had a solid game. But our bench blew this one. Could never pull away. Got really sloppy in the 4th with the ball. Blown opportunity.

[Superbone]

Lol Monty always stays with the all bench line up a little too long.

Ball game.

[Superbone]

We're going to throw this one away if we aren't careful. Too many turnovers and just stagnant on offence.

We did exactly that. I saw it too early in the 4th. Pretty pathetic on the part of the Suns bench and Craig.

[Superbone]

We deserve to lose to be honest. Pathetic effort in the 4th.

This. I was disgusted.

[Superbone]

If we lose, can we find a way to blame it on Ayton?

This game is 100% on the lack of effort in the 2nd half.

Clearly on Monty for not plying Booker 48 minutes.

More on Monty for just switching and letting SGA get one on one's instead of trapping and taking the ball outta his hands.

They doubled Book all game long. Do we give SGA the same treatment? Nah.

[Superbone]

Yes, let's have Ish shoot it. Lol, awful.

Ish's shot was HORRIBLE tonight. He missed one a foot right of the basket.

[Superbone]

We got only ourselves to blame for this loss. Refs sucked but we were our own worst enemy today.

Yep. In spite of the horrible officiating, we were ahead most of the game. And then we just quit trying and gave it away.

[Superbone]

Oh, yeah. SAG is great, but how many times does he get to push off and get away with it ?

He's a superstar. Book isn't apparently.