Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Time: 5:00 pm AZ (4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET)
Place: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
TV: FSAZ/NBALP
Just what the doctor ordered. NOT! We're going to get killed. Can't you just feel it? Please surprise me Suns!
Go Suns!!!
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Place: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
TV: FSAZ/NBALP
Just what the doctor ordered. NOT! We're going to get killed. Can't you just feel it? Please surprise me Suns!
Go Suns!!!
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Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Thanks for making this thread, Bone. You're the hero phx-suns.net deserves, AND the hero we need right now.
I actually don't think OKC is such a juggernaut. They look pretty discombobulated so far this year. I think they're still adjusting to having KD back, and to their new coach Donovan. I do think long-term they'll be better without Scotty Brooks pretending he's an NBA head coach, but there will be a month or two here while they figure it out.
I still just don't believe in the core of OKC's team construction. I *love* Durant, but he and Westbrook just hog the ball way too much. And I think at this point in their careers, they've gotten away with it for so long that you can't break it out of them. I think this is what this team is. And I think we've already seen its ceiling. I don't think OKC makes the WCF or Finals ever again. I see them losing to a Golden State, a San Antonio, even a Clippers along the way in the 1st or 2nd round.
I actually don't think OKC is such a juggernaut. They look pretty discombobulated so far this year. I think they're still adjusting to having KD back, and to their new coach Donovan. I do think long-term they'll be better without Scotty Brooks pretending he's an NBA head coach, but there will be a month or two here while they figure it out.
I still just don't believe in the core of OKC's team construction. I *love* Durant, but he and Westbrook just hog the ball way too much. And I think at this point in their careers, they've gotten away with it for so long that you can't break it out of them. I think this is what this team is. And I think we've already seen its ceiling. I don't think OKC makes the WCF or Finals ever again. I see them losing to a Golden State, a San Antonio, even a Clippers along the way in the 1st or 2nd round.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Thanks, Mori.
OK, all that may be true about OKC but they won their first three and then lost their last three. I think they're at an early season tipping point and that the Suns are just what the doctor ordered for them. I have a feeling this one will be ugly and if not over by half time, then by mid-way through the third quarter. I hope I'm wrong. Just a feeling I have. My Bat senses are tingling.
OK, all that may be true about OKC but they won their first three and then lost their last three. I think they're at an early season tipping point and that the Suns are just what the doctor ordered for them. I have a feeling this one will be ugly and if not over by half time, then by mid-way through the third quarter. I hope I'm wrong. Just a feeling I have. My Bat senses are tingling.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
I think tonight's game will tell us a lot about the Suns - coming back from a tough loss at home, let's see if they're competitive tonight or not.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Bledsoe has had some epic games against Westbrook and OKC. And Phoenix has played well against OKC at home in the recent past.
Window is open again ... blue skies ahead?
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
It's going to take an epic game from Bledsoe for us even to be competitive.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Bleds with some great transition D then a nice putback off a Chandler miss.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Archie Goowdin on the floor.
Morris not really paying much attention.
Morris not really paying much attention.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
weird seeing OKC wearing the suns color.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
OMG, Westbrook just dunked that ball on us with such fury.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Three minutes to play in the first quarter and it feels like we've already lost.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
This team is shit.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
On the upside, we're getting killed without Weems and Telly.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Suns on a big comeback. 26-29, OKC still up.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
suns back!Cap wrote:Three minutes to play in the first quarter and it feels like we've already lost.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
tied game with durant sitting.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
Tie game after one thanks to an epic quarter by Bledsoe (15 pts, 6-7 FG).
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
EJ's commentary: Archie's contribution was basically not being Brandon Knight, allowing Bleds to get in a rhythm.
Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
I started paying attention once they put Archie in. Bledsoe and Len playing great.
... And while Archie may turn it over now and again, at least it isn't the brickfest we've been getting from Knight.
... And while Archie may turn it over now and again, at least it isn't the brickfest we've been getting from Knight.
Haha! Yeah.Cap wrote:EJ's commentary: Archie's contribution was basically not being Brandon Knight, allowing Bleds to get in a rhythm.
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Re: Game Day: Suns (3-3) @ Thunder (3-3), Sun 11/8/15
At the half, Suns have 14 TOs ... OKC 5.
Kieff is 2-9 from the field.
Kieff is 2-9 from the field.
Window is open again ... blue skies ahead?