Game Day: Suns (11-9) vs Pistons (5-16), Friday 02/05/2020

[phatmike]

Book bailing out a bad set by connecting from reeeeeeal deep

[JeremyG]

Book bailing out a bad set by connecting from reeeeeeal deep

Al McCoy: “That one was from east Mesa!”

[phatmike]

OMG that pass

[phatmike]

That's a no call imo

[The Bobster]

21 turnovers. Ungh.

Luckily Detroit's pretty bad.

[Wally_West]

[LazarusLong]

Kaminsky another solid game. He's Rich Kelley with a trey (Bobster will get this)
Cam Johnson solid off the bench.
Paul and Booker stepped on the gas in the fourth.
Ayton left his hands in his locker, although he did have 13 boards.
Nice game by Moore.
Good contributions by Bridges and Nader.
Jones ... I'm sure his mother loves him ...

[specialsauce]

We didn’t get our ass kicked!

But Bridges still in a big shooting slump.

[LazarusLong]

Bridges boarded well, had four assists and did well on D. He'll get his shot back, no worries.

[bajanguy008]

Watching an unathletic Griffin just trying to barrel ppl over and actually getting awarded fouls was quite something smh

Glad we killed this one off early
Good for Frank as we really couldn't go small again against these guys having to double all the time

[BKinSJC]

Pretty good: Won over a team they should beat, and didn't really let them close the gap too much. Book and Coach Paul closed the door pretty emphatically in the fourth. Defensive effort was generally good all night.

Pretty bad: Still not much flow to the offense most of the time. Turnovers. Ayton seems to rebound and play D almost every night, so that's an improvement, but he spends so much time drifting on offense. Also, turnovers again. Could list that nineteen more times and it still would only be slightly redundant.

Horrifically ugly: If I had to choose between having my eyes burned out with red-hot pokers and watching Damian Jones play 15 minutes of basketball again, I'd have to stop and consider which way to go.

[specialsauce]

D Jones does not belong on this roster. We have to be able to find a replacement. Just about any other big body would be better.

[Nodack]

Moore is starting to get in the flow. Cam played hard coming off the bench and had a decent game. Mister not here for offense Kaminsky had 15 points and 5 boards.

[Superbone]

Ugh, why do we continue to lose to the Pistons? With that said, the guys sometimes play better when they are perceived as the underdogs.

What?! We do not continue to lose to the Pistons. It ends tonight!

I hope you're right.

I told you. Good to end that horrible streak. This is what a Suns/Pistons game should look like this season.

[Superbone]

Kinda irritated with Saric's injury history that's starting to pile up. How do you sprain your ankle when you're supposed to be on a Covid restriction doing cardio?

I don't think he was on restriction. Still on the IL but it was while he was working back into shape. I assume he sprained it while doing 3-3 or something.

[EJ voice] HIGH TOPS KIDS! They make'em for a reason! [/EJ voice]

That was spot on.

[Superbone]

Not sure what to expect tonight. We're thin up front as it is and now no Crowder. Would love to see Jalen show something, feels like we're going to need him.

Nope. Jalen needs some time in the G league.

[Superbone]

Have we seriously lost to Detroit 8 times in a row?

We have averaged like 25 wins a year for a while.

When is the last time if ever that Booker has beaten Detroit?

A couple hours ago.

[Superbone]

Never doubt the effect of super Frank! And I guess Cam does belong on the bench.

[Superbone]

Kaminsky has kind of been on a roll lately. He has been a facilitator on offense. It will be interesting to see him with the starters.

You are correct, sir. Yes it was.

[Superbone]

Kaminsky is starting for his size and defense, nothing to do with his offense.

Frank says hold his beer. He was the Suns third highest scorer with 15 points in 22 minutes.