Re: Game Day: Suns (1-1) @ Nuggets (0-1), Sat 10/25/25
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 4:03 am
Trying to keep perspective here because of our situation but I wish we could not get down 20+ pts every game, which has happened so far. We won't know exactly what we have until Green is back and Williams is playing consistently (if he's ever able to). Overall, not loving the defensive miscommunications or lack of resistance in the paint. Last night was like a layup line. They shot 42 FTs to our 22 so that's the game the right there. I guess the strategy was to make Jokic a passer and he cut us up. The only other move would be to let him score 40 and try to shut everyone else down so maybe we'll try that next time.
Oso's in a tough spot but I thought he did well, relatively speaking. He might look a lot better in a backup role but he'll still be overmatched against backups like Lopez and JV. I wish we could see him as a 4 but then you'd need a 5 that can space which we don't have. There were some nice defensive plays from Oso and Dunn tho and even tho they're 2nd players, they're tough and don't back down. But you're not winning if your starting center only grabs 1 rebound.
Maluach got yammed on by Watson which might be one of those "dunk of the year" highlights. Didn't notice much else during his stint - he's big and moves well, which we know. But he's still just kind of out there.
Without another scoring threat, Book is just getting triple teamed which causes TOs or too many 3s for our shooters. If we get Green back, he can help handle the ball and force the defense to work more by getting downhill. I'd assume Allen goes to the bench and gives us another (better) scorer with CG which takes Royce out of the mix but that still doesn't address the lack of size. But even last night, CG had a rough game handling their pressure and size, which will happen now that he's on the scouting report. It'd be nice to see Ott reach deeper into his bench to try and find a spark the other team isn't accounting for.
Oso's in a tough spot but I thought he did well, relatively speaking. He might look a lot better in a backup role but he'll still be overmatched against backups like Lopez and JV. I wish we could see him as a 4 but then you'd need a 5 that can space which we don't have. There were some nice defensive plays from Oso and Dunn tho and even tho they're 2nd players, they're tough and don't back down. But you're not winning if your starting center only grabs 1 rebound.
Maluach got yammed on by Watson which might be one of those "dunk of the year" highlights. Didn't notice much else during his stint - he's big and moves well, which we know. But he's still just kind of out there.
Without another scoring threat, Book is just getting triple teamed which causes TOs or too many 3s for our shooters. If we get Green back, he can help handle the ball and force the defense to work more by getting downhill. I'd assume Allen goes to the bench and gives us another (better) scorer with CG which takes Royce out of the mix but that still doesn't address the lack of size. But even last night, CG had a rough game handling their pressure and size, which will happen now that he's on the scouting report. It'd be nice to see Ott reach deeper into his bench to try and find a spark the other team isn't accounting for.