Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Discussion of the league and of our favorite team.
User avatar
JeremyG
Posts: 7209
Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:16 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by JeremyG »

That loss is on Igor. Pure and simple. We had the game won if we just fouled.
"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.

User avatar
TOO
Posts: 10342
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:21 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by TOO »

And the home crowd gives the away team a great ovation. What a time to be alive.
👀 Fire Frank Vogel.

User avatar
O_Gardino
Posts: 6620
Joined: Fri May 20, 2016 12:47 pm
Location: Shreveport, LA

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by O_Gardino »

Ayton hasn't had a shot attempt of rebound in a while. I'd like to see Holmes give him a break in the 4th.

Tough to see us give up the game even though the Celts gave it to us ion the first place. I really wish we had more 5 guys with some fight in them on this team.
The league needs heroes, villains... and clowns. -- Aztec Sunsfan

User avatar
TOO
Posts: 10342
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:21 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by TOO »

JeremyG wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:38 pm
That loss is on Igor. Pure and simple. We had the game won if we just fouled.
We draft a C #1 overall, and Igor runs like no plays for him ever, just terrible man.
👀 Fire Frank Vogel.

User avatar
Cap
Posts: 8553
Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:08 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by Cap »

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:37 pm
This isn't fun.
The 1st quarter kinda was.

User avatar
The Bobster
Posts: 6635
Joined: Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:04 pm
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by The Bobster »

To much trying to milk the clock down the stretch, the failure to foul on the last possession of regulation, and Boston just heating up after shooting miserably the rest of the game lost this one for the Suns before they even played the overtime.
Author of The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts
Available from Scarecrow Press at - https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810890695

User avatar
O_Gardino
Posts: 6620
Joined: Fri May 20, 2016 12:47 pm
Location: Shreveport, LA

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by O_Gardino »

One last observation: Okobo and Bridges miss a lot of "rookie misses." Those shots that they'll hit when they are stronger or just more comfortable with NBA speed. The box score doesn't look good, but they are both players.
The league needs heroes, villains... and clowns. -- Aztec Sunsfan

User avatar
JeremyG
Posts: 7209
Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:16 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by JeremyG »

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:39 pm
JeremyG wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:38 pm
That loss is on Igor. Pure and simple. We had the game won if we just fouled.
We draft a C #1 overall, and Igor runs like no plays for him ever, just terrible man.
I'm sick of it. He's playing within the offense, which is probably what he thinks he should be doing, but the offense is giving him no opportunities to score. We have easy points available with him and we aren't going to him in crunch time. Stupid.
Last edited by JeremyG on Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.

User avatar
The Bobster
Posts: 6635
Joined: Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:04 pm
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by The Bobster »

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:38 pm
And the home crowd gives the away team a great ovation. What a time to be alive.
That's the way it is when your team isn't competitive. Plenty of tickets available for the visitors and not a lot of enthusiasm for the home team.
Author of The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts
Available from Scarecrow Press at - https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810890695

User avatar
Xylus
Posts: 1566
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:19 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by Xylus »

Kyrie was unbelievable. But the Suns also couldn’t stop any penetration in the 2nd half.

User avatar
Flagrant Fowl
Posts: 13786
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:04 am
Location: Haeundae, Busan, South Korea

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by Flagrant Fowl »

Positive: We didn't get smoked.

Negative: It was still embarrassing.
Send me a PM if you're interested in joining the phx-suns.net fantasy basketball league.

User avatar
The Bobster
Posts: 6635
Joined: Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:04 pm
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by The Bobster »

JeremyG wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:43 pm
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:39 pm
JeremyG wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:38 pm
That loss is on Igor. Pure and simple. We had the game won if we just fouled.
We draft a C #1 overall, and Igor runs like no plays for him ever, just terrible man.
I'm sick of it. He's playing within the offense, which is probably what he thinks he should be doing, but the offense is giving him no opportunities to score. We have easy points with him and we aren't going to him in crunch time. Stupid.
He looks great setting those screens 25 feet from the basket though.
Author of The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts
Available from Scarecrow Press at - https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810890695

User avatar
Democritus
Posts: 492
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:00 pm
Location: Somewhere in Anatolia

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by Democritus »

Can we say bad things about Igor now? He is clearly mentally not ready yet for NBA coaching.
"We shall leave this world as foolish and as wicked as we found it on our arrival"-Voltaire

User avatar
JeremyG
Posts: 7209
Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:16 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by JeremyG »

Can we trade Jackson for Kyrie? Is that trade still on the table? LOL.
"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.

User avatar
iLLmatic
Posts: 4298
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:03 pm
Location: Gilbert, Arizona

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by iLLmatic »

Oh yay, we lost. Glad I didn't waste my time.

User avatar
Xylus
Posts: 1566
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:19 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by Xylus »

This was Igor’s worst display of coaching so far. Canaan guarding Kyrie in crunch time is just absurd.

Online
User avatar
bajanguy008
Posts: 7197
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:28 pm
Location: Barbados, Caribbean

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by bajanguy008 »

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:39 pm
JeremyG wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:38 pm
That loss is on Igor. Pure and simple. We had the game won if we just fouled.
We draft a C #1 overall, and Igor runs like no plays for him ever, just terrible man.
Yea this is my first time to be critical of him
Just checked play by play. I said Canaan was playing in the flow of the offense when we were discussing him with like 4-5mins left in the game. He checked in at 11:30 left in the game, with his shot off there was no reason for him to play the last 16mins. He looked gassed

Agreed on Ayton, we ran one set to get him the ball

Not fouling has to be the coach decision and I'm not sure what good reason he would have for choosing not to
SUNS Fan from the Land of Sun, Sea and Sand ;)

Online
User avatar
bajanguy008
Posts: 7197
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:28 pm
Location: Barbados, Caribbean

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by bajanguy008 »

Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:44 pm
Positive: We didn't get smoked.

Negative: It was still embarrassing.
Yea man they made me curse in a post sigh :oops:
Being up 15 in the 4th a moral victory was no longer valid for me. This one definitely sucks
SUNS Fan from the Land of Sun, Sea and Sand ;)

User avatar
JeremyG
Posts: 7209
Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:16 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by JeremyG »

I just don't get it. Igor was here in the Gentry/Nash years when we always fouled up 3 because of a loss that happened under D'Antoni due to not fouling. I thought it was like a Suns rule set in stone now.
"I'm a Deandre Ayton guy."--Al McCoy, September 21, 2022.

User avatar
Xylus
Posts: 1566
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:19 pm

Re: Game Day: Celtics (6-4) @ Suns (2-8), Thurs 11/8/18

Post by Xylus »

Mikal playing instead of Canaan in the 4th quarter would have won us the game.

Post Reply