Game Day: Suns (22-18) @ Pelicans (25-17), Fri 1/19/24

[Superbone]

Great statement win. Best part is we didn’t let off the gas in the 4th quarter. (Garbage time excluded.)

[Superbone]

My league pass went out too, but digital working.

Only thing stopping Book from 70 in this game is a blowout.

Interesting. Mine was solid from start to finish.

[Superbone]

Need Grayson to get some 3s in

You have supernatural powers or what?

[Wally_West]

Need Grayson to get some 3s in

You have supernatural powers or what?

[Wally_West]

Wasn’t the best Beal performance but he did have some nice defense against Zion for someone his size.

[LazarusLong]

Very satisfying win.

While Zion can score easily, he obviously likes to save energy on defense.

[Mori Chu]

Wow. That was one of our best wins of the season so far; maybe THE best, I'd have to think about it. I was really impressed at how we defended Zion and just generally negated their size advantage. Book was on fire; really fun to watch when he's cooking like that. He seemed to have a better sense of when to just look for his own shot vs when to set somebody else up. Grayson Allen was awesome again as is becoming the usual. This game was one of those rare games where I felt good and happy and was pumping my fist almost through the whole game. And we didn't even collapse in the 4th. Great job wire to wire by the guys.

[Gladiator]

I missed this one except for about five minutes in the second. Really nice win and hopefully a sign of things to come

[Nodack]

I guess our power went off early in the third while I was working and missed most of the second half.

[Superbone]

I guess our power went off early in the third while I was working and missed most of the second half.

That’s a shame. Somebody posted a link here recently where you can watch the game the next day.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Replay

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https://fishkernba.com/phoenix-suns-vs- ... me-replay/

[ShelC]

Postgame Quotes and Videos

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[specialsauce]

Thanks as always for posting all that

[bajanguy008]

From halfway through the 1st until about 3 minutes left in the 2nd was our best defensive stretch of the season.

Yes as a team we were really getting after them but I feel like KD clearly stood out. He really was locked in on Ingram

[ShelC]

Thanks as always for posting all that

Always more fun after a W. Felt like the energy was different with the team last night. Everyone had a lot of bounce and played with juice. KD was especially active on the defensive end and I felt like that kind of rubbed off of everyone. They all were locked in on the defensive end. I think your best players should be setting that tone and KD did that. It can't just be the role players hustling and playing defense. The rotations and help were all crisp, a lot of deflections and steals and it just felt like the Pels never got into a rhythm.

Book played angry all night and him being aggressive from the start helped free up others. The ball movement was flawless - 4 of the starters had 5 or more assists as opposed to relying on one guy getting 10-12 and being the focal point. I liked Beal on Zion, even threw EG on him too and while he got free a few times and got to the basket, he wasn't dominating or getting to the line. Maybe we caught them on a bad 3pt shooting night and it's a different game if they shoot better than 10-42 but still a really good showing. Our starting lineup is underrated right now with how they're playing on both ends, maybe we can get by with the bench guys just being a bend-don't-break unit.

[virtual9mm]

Safe to start watching yet?

[Split T]

It definitely feels like time. Team seems to be figuring it out

[bajanguy008]

Many of us agreed the Comeback against Kings had some good fortune involved but still hoped that the Win would be a catalyst

That's one of my fav things from last night, despite being on the road we seem to be playing with that same urgency we ended the Kings game with and the effort was rewarded

Still some 2nd quarter hiccups and thing is I still don't believe it's lack of a system (coaching) or player's losing focus. It tends to be the same series of events which is probably why it upsets everyone because we miss a couple wide open shots from getting downhill and the ball swinging, the opponent goes on a little run.

So then Our Leaders usually decide Ok let's slow it down a little to stop the bleeding
I - Book or KD will dictate this next possession or two to get a basket and yeah the waiting waiting to get the right screen up top to hunt certain matchups strategy hasn't worked well.

I honestly hate when it is KD because his passing out of the trap hasn't been good and he will never get down hill, just try to get to his pull up. At least Book still can turn the corner or split the double and create something else besides a jumper

And from Vogel to Beal right down the line
Everyone gonna be cool with I just give those dudes the ball n get out their way

[Split T]

I missed this one, so I’m tuning in now

[TOO]

I missed this one, so I’m tuning in now

It's a good one.