Game Day: Suns (8-14) @ Pistons (13-6), Wed 11/29/17

[LazarusLong]

Awesome block by Chriss!!

I'm glad he can do something.

Really impressed by his chucking treys with the team down by a thousand points.
He does a lousy Kevin Durant impersonation.

[In2ition]

Well, if turnovers for a young player is a good indication of high improvement, then we should expect a ton of more improvement from Booker soon enough.

[1tinsoldier]

as the only threat, they were smothering Booker, as should be the game plan for all of our opponents. he still had a good game

Josh got 31 minutes and gave us 20 with 7 rebounds and 3 steals
give him 31 every night

if i could take any 3 players from the suns for a new team
it would be Booker, Josh, and perhaps Monroe.
Warren and Len are magician's assistants - they disappear a lot.
and bender and chris will never be impact players

[In2ition]

Honestly, I am ok with a few like Bender and Warren, but I think I would take Booker and Jackson. Everyone else is expendable in my mind.

[specialsauce]

as the only threat, they were smothering Booker, as should be the game plan for all of our opponents. he still had a good game

Josh got 31 minutes and gave us 20 with 7 rebounds and 3 steals
give him 31 every night

if i could take any 3 players from the suns for a new team
it would be Booker, Josh, and perhaps Monroe.
Warren and Len are magician's assistants - they disappear a lot.
and bender and chris will never be impact players

+1

[1tinsoldier]

Honestly, I am ok with a few like Bender and Warren, but I think I would take Booker and Jackson. Everyone else is expendable in my mind.

i agree. Warren would be fine off the bench and Bender might make a good reserve eventually.

[Shabazz]

Our interior D was sooooo bad in this game, especially when Monroe was in. The Pistons went to the rim non-stop when he was our center.

[Shabazz]

Bender has been really disappointing lately as well. His D has regressed from where it was at the start of the year and he’s way too content just getting out of the way or standing in the corner on O. I don’t know if it’s the coaches telling him to do that or what, but players don’t get better getting out of the way and standing in the corner for 20 minutes a game.

[Superbone]

The Pistons showed the Suns what real defense looks like tonight. My only solace was that the Suns were able to get the final margin under 30.

[LazarusLong]

It was the second night of a back-to-back.
The Pistons are one of the best teams in the East, under the radar somewhat with the Celtics streak and now the re-emergence of Cleveland.

HOWEVER, the Suns played like they expected to lose.
When the Pistons started making a run in the first quarter, Phoenix folded like a house of cards.
Ish Smith looked like Isiah Thomas of the Bad Boys teams, carving up the Suns in the paint.

Show a little pride, guys ...

[O_Gardino]

Bender has been really disappointing lately as well. His D has regressed from where it was at the start of the year and he’s way too content just getting out of the way or standing in the corner on O. I don’t know if it’s the coaches telling him to do that or what, but players don’t get better getting out of the way and standing in the corner for 20 minutes a game.

I think he has been timid since the face thing when he started wearing the mask. He is much less physical, and it shows in his rebounding #s as well as the stuff you mentioned.

[O_Gardino]

It was the second night of a back-to-back.
The Pistons are one of the best teams in the East, under the radar somewhat with the Celtics streak and now the re-emergence of Cleveland.

HOWEVER, the Suns played like they expected to lose.
When the Pistons started making a run in the first quarter, Phoenix folded like a house of cards.
Ish Smith looked like Isiah Thomas of the Bad Boys teams, carving up the Suns in the paint.

Show a little pride, guys ...

Good take.

[Superbone]

It was the second night of a back-to-back.
The Pistons are one of the best teams in the East, under the radar somewhat with the Celtics streak and now the re-emergence of Cleveland.

They are definitely a very good team. They recently beat the Celtics and they have beaten the Warriors this year.

[Nodack]

They got their ass kicked. Ouch!