Game Day: Suns (2-0) @ Jazz (0-2), Sat 11/01/14

[The Bobster]

Second half -

Utah 59, Phoenix 36

[Wally_West]

That's where I know him!

[SDC]

We've seen Dragic do so much better last year. It just seems like he's worn out from playing all summer. Maybe he'll need a while to get his wind back.

durant and westbrook did not play in the fiba worlds. how did that work out for them?

[Beetlejuice]

Brutal game.

Len and Markieff were decent. So far Len seems like a great help defender which is encouraging.

Plumlee troubles were expected vs utah forwards.

[Cap]

We've seen Dragic do so much better last year. It just seems like he's worn out from playing all summer. Maybe he'll need a while to get his wind back.

durant and westbrook did not play in the fiba worlds. how did that work out for them?

I also didn't play in the FIBA tournament, and a fat lot of good it's doing me.

[AmareIsGod]

That was terrible. Thought they could just show up and win. Good early lesson. I'm sure coach will let them have it.

[SDC]

refs bailed out chicago with foul called 0.2 secs remaining. minny should have won that game with clutch shot from kevin martin.

[virtual9mm]

Classic example of a let-down game, I'd like to see Hornacek pull the starters early and let the backups fighting for playing time do their thing.

I was really hoping I would be wrong

[SDC]

boozer is just awful.

[Superbone]

Classic example of a let-down game, I'd like to see Hornacek pull the starters early and let the backups fighting for playing time do their thing.

I was really hoping I would be wrong

Let's hope there's no letdown after last night's big win. It won't be easy as they had to fly from Phoenix late after the great comeback win over the defending champion Spurs for tonight's back to back contest.

Me too.

[SDC]

@billsimmons My early-season League Pass MVPs are Minnesota and Phoenix. I'm sending 2 Ewing Theory committee members to 'Sota on Monday.

[Gladiator]

I didn't see any of the game, but I'm not too concerned. It had the look of a let-down game from a long way out. It would have been nice to go 3-zip but I'm more interested to see how we bounce back and play against the Lakers and Memphis.

[iLLmatic]

To possibly put the Lakers in an O & 5 hole sounds good to me.

[da_suns_fan]

Lakers are 0-4 but playing better. I think we drop to 2-2 in our next game.

[INFORMER]

Time to catch up on season 3 of Arrow, I've seen enough of this bs.

I've been firmly against watcing that show. But I saw the Barry Allen episodes and the finale of Season 2 and they weren't half-bad, so I've given Season 3 a shot. I'm deeply offended that they cast Matt Nable as Ra's Al Ghul.

[INFORMER]

You aren't going to win a lot of games with rebounding and defense like this.

Getting Tucker back will help.

[INFORMER]

Plumlee - 23 min, 2 reb
Marcus Morris - 22 min, 1 reb

That ain't cuttin' it.

Marcus isn't going to give you much on the boards, at least not consistently. Don't ask him to be something you know he isn't.

[INFORMER]

Three great stats from tonight:

Eric Bledsoe - 29 minutes, 1 turnover
Alex Len - 18 minutes, 4 blocks
Gerald Green - 0 turnovers, 5 steals

[Superbone]

Three great stats from tonight:

Eric Bledsoe - 29 minutes, 1 turnover
Alex Len - 18 minutes, 4 blocks
Gerald Green - 0 turnovers, 5 steals

INF, thanks for being a ray of sunshine on a cloudy night.

[OE32]

The offense just has no flow to it. They run around and then just jack up a shot. I wish they would do more passing and more P&R. They seem to have trouble knowing how to set a good screen and then what to do afterward.

Len still runs right into the PGs way on the PnR damn near every time.

Pretty sure that's by design. They want him following right behind for the putback, I guess.

... I predicted Dragic would regress this season, and 1/27 of the season in, it's been true. I imagine he's not perfectly happy playing the 2 100% of the time.

Hayward kicked our butts nearly as much as Favors did. This was a game where either Tucker or Warren could have been a big help.

This question really shouldn't be asked for another month at least, but both GG and Goran will be up for new contracts this summer. Maybe it makes more sense to extend Gerald than Goran, given the make-up of the team? At some point, are we going to want a shooting guard on this team? Goran's good on the fast break and all, but when TJ starts we're going to have a lot of transition punch even without the Dragon.

Overall, not too worried about that game. If we didn't know Kieff was undersized, we know now. Our guard play was a little worrisome. What sticks out most in these first 3 games, from my perspective, is how flat our offense has been to start every game. Our starting line-up needs TOUGH BUCKETS!