Game Day: Raptors (24-44) @ Suns (31-37), Mon 3/17/25

[LazarusLong]

Tyus Jones doing an Eddie House imitation tonight.
Martin and Oso are defensive barracudas.
Fun game to watch, for a change.

[LazarusLong]

Toronto dfoesn't have a lot of NBA-level talent out there tonight.

True, but Suns have played undermanned teams this season and lost.

Early in fourth quarter, and Phoenix has a 35-point lead. When was the last time that happened ...?

[Split T]

Oso is +44

[Wally_West]

Oso is +44

This was from earlier in the night but if we are being real…we probably be only 2 games under 500 instead of 6 lol BUT STILL that’d be great right now

[Wally_West]

Don’t know if he can be an everyday starter but he’s definitely a rotation player. Add some strength in the offseason and he could be a dollar store Bam.

[LazarusLong]

Monte Morris: 12 points in five minutes.

[bajanguy008]

Martin plays one way so I don't think this is just a stand out game against two-way type level guys

His energy and effort will help against opposing star players as well. Really liked his minutes

[Cap]

Hey, the Suns are actually trying. And playing well because of it. This rotation is much much better than what we have been using in the past.

Weird how playing guys who put forth effort will usually end up being a positive experience.

Weird how watching guys who have experience will usually end up needing a positive effort.

[LazarusLong]

Booker responded well to the uptempo game, with a +23 in 32 minutes and only one (1) turnover.

[AmareIsGod]

Hell of a basketball team! Let's bottle that up for the next one. Go Suns!

[Superbone]

That was the most fun I've had watching the Suns all season tonight. Where has this been all year long?!

Oso a frickin' +39! followed by Royce with +38.

NOW they wake up and give effort?! Bud now decides to play the energy guys? I'm really loving what Martin brings. I think we do have a good chance now to get into the play-in tournament if the Suns really woke up and decide to play like this every game. We'll see.

[Superbone]

Monte Morris: 12 points in five minutes.

Speaking of Eddie House impressions.

[Superbone]

Game Score Predictions Results:

SunsRIt - Suns by 13.
Carno - Suns by 12. Booker leads all scoring with 35.
Superbone - Suns by 11 a la Kings game. Can only compete with losing teams. Sometimes.
Mori Chu - Suns by 8.
Maldonado - Suns by 7
LazarusLong - Suns by five (6.5 after tariffs)
Kryptonic - Dino's take out KD for season ending injury... Beal gets injured on player intros and is out the remainder of the game and Book... he's just there. Raptors by 5
Split T - Raptors by 5…we always seem to play bad against this team; Colin Gillespie with 27
TOO - Scottie Barnes is the best player in this game, thus Dinos by 9.
JeremyG - Raptors by 10

Raptors 89 - Suns 129; Suns by 40, yes, you read that right. 40! And Split, I'm going to take your unspoilered late change based on Beal not playing as a joke, so not factoring it in unless you tell us all with a straight face that you were serious. Leaving SunsRIt tonight's winner.

[Split T]

Give it to SunsRit! It was mostly a joke…but I didn’t take the joke far enough haha

[bajanguy008]

I mean, this shouldn't even be said at this late stage of the season but maybe, just maybe the light bulb going off in everyone's head



Like this some Captain Obvious stuff lol but to be continued
Cleverly saying we don't bring the energy every night is a real smh

[Kryptonic]

Glad to see we have the ability to do this…. It’s what we’d expect from our team that started 8-1.

[ShelC]

Didn't watch but maybe I'll catch the replay. Raps were down a lot of guys but these are the lineups we've been asking for. No surprise there was more energy, hustle, defense, athleticism and effort. Would it work against the top teams? Maybe not but at least we'd be competitive and probably win some games we didn't end up winning. This is the rationale for stripping it down and re-tooling around Book. Doesn't need to some 7 year tank and rebuild. Some pieces are already there and these are the types of players you put around a scorer like Book. Not sure what Bud was or wasn't seeing all year or if he was placating the vets. Don't know if this season is worth saving at this point unless we make a push with the young guys and try and get them some postseason experience.

[SunsRIt]

Game Score Predictions Results:

SunsRIt - Suns by 13.
Carno - Suns by 12. Booker leads all scoring with 35.
Superbone - Suns by 11 a la Kings game. Can only compete with losing teams. Sometimes.
Mori Chu - Suns by 8.
Maldonado - Suns by 7
LazarusLong - Suns by five (6.5 after tariffs)
Kryptonic - Dino's take out KD for season ending injury... Beal gets injured on player intros and is out the remainder of the game and Book... he's just there. Raptors by 5
Split T - Raptors by 5…we always seem to play bad against this team; Colin Gillespie with 27
TOO - Scottie Barnes is the best player in this game, thus Dinos by 9.
JeremyG - Raptors by 10

Raptors 89 - Suns 129; Suns by 40, yes, you read that right. 40! And Split, I'm going to take your unspoilered late change based on Beal not playing as a joke, so not factoring it in unless you tell us all with a straight face that you were serious. Leaving SunsRIt tonight's winner.

First game all year I was home and didn’t watch a minute of it. Go figure.

Does anybody know where we are on our preseason Big 3 predictions? Or the team over/unders?

[AmareIsGod]

Suns 11 and 2 when Book and KD play this season and Beal is out!

[ShelC]

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