Phx-Suns.Net

Time: 8:30 pm AZ (7:30 pm PT/10:30 pm ET)
Place: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: FSAZ, ESPN

Both teams come in having won three in a row. Rose is questionable after spraining his ankle in the 4th quarter Monday. Markieff Morris should be back after a full day of practice on Tuesday. Unfortunately, his career averages of 8.0 points and 27.3 percent shooting versus the Bulls are his worst against any opponent.

Go Suns!!!

Dis • cuss

Big upcoming stretch to end november for the suns. Not alot of top tier teams, but a bunch of teams that are either on our level or slightly above us. Lots of road games too.

Be nice to get a W here and I think we have a good shot. Seems like we always play the Bulls on ESPN at home.

Playing one of the better teams in the league, while they're on a winning streak? Markieff is back?

That's a loss.

https://twitter.com/paulcoro/status/667048090889678848

No TJ. Return of the Quieff. Loss.

https://twitter.com/paulcoro/status/667055376093704192

I don't really know what to make of Derrick Rose. He's scoring 13.6 PPG on 37.7% FG (blech). He's getting 6 assists and 3 rebounds a game, too, along with 2.6 turnovers and 0.6 steals. Is he helping them out there, with such a horrid shooting percentage? Is it a Kobe situation where the old vet kind of needs to go away and let the team move on?

Old vet? Rose is only 27!

carey wrote:Old vet? Rose is only 27!

But his body is 38!

https://twitter.com/paulcoro/status/667161676207161345

My body is... never mind.

i think rose is absolutely detrimental to that team. but their problems seem to be more on the defensive end right now... they can't get offense with both noah and gasol on the court and their defense is shit with mirotic and gasol. on offense there's no clear alpha dog when both rose and butler are playing, since butler at this point is clearly the better player but rose still thinks he's the man and makes these absolutely intrepid but fairly unfruitful and maybe even destructive drives to the basket that leave four other offensive players standing and watching.

his drives to the basket are actually not that dissimilar to bledsoe's... but with much worse result coz his team has learned not to cut when he drives.

not having rose on the court definitely opens things up for the other more efficient players. this is definitely a kobe situation in my eyes.

The last Kobe situation worked out alright.

Keef starts the game with a turnover!

They're missing Rose. We have to start Kieff. We're even.

Cap wrote:Keef starts the game with a turnover!

Yup, first possession he gets stripped by Mirotic.

Keef nearly gets another turnover when a bad pass is nearly picked off... then a few possessions later gets a loose ball foul under the offensive glass. Not an auspicious start to his return. Not that we expected one.

And then he misses a three... And then nearly throws it away in transition...

Urgh, Tyson...

I can't wait till this team gets out on the road so Knight can hit a three without that musical cue.