Game Day: Suns (26-17) @ 76ers (23-18), Tues 1/20/25

[Uncle_Gene]

Oso DOES NOT have the upper body to battle Bona in the paint.

I know some people don't like it, but this is a game where Nick Richards should have played (IMO) instead of Oso.

[TOO]

Oso DOES NOT have the upper body to battle Bona in the paint.

I know some people don't like it, but this is a game where Nick Richards should have played (IMO) instead of Oso.

Counterpoint, there is no game where Nick Richards should play.

[ShelC]

A little too close for comfort at the end with some TOs and trouble with Philly's pressure but we got the W. Late game execution lacking a bit compared to the Nets game. When we're taken out of our flow, it gets ugly so that's something we need to work on.

Green looked great, Book seems really excited to have him out there knowing Green is a legit scoring talent. Our role players have been awesome so far and have helped carry us but Green can take the offense to another level.

[Flagrant Fowl]

One of the best wins of the season so far.

[Uncle_Gene]

Oso DOES NOT have the upper body to battle Bona in the paint.

I know some people don't like it, but this is a game where Nick Richards should have played (IMO) instead of Oso.

Counterpoint, there is no game where Nick Richards should play.

LOL ! He's that bad ?

[pickle]

One of the best wins of the season so far.

I can't tell if this is tongue in cheek. I don't get to watch live often but today I got that chance, and I have to say, this was one of the least enjoyable wins I've watched in a long time.

[TOO]

Oso DOES NOT have the upper body to battle Bona in the paint.

I know some people don't like it, but this is a game where Nick Richards should have played (IMO) instead of Oso.

Counterpoint, there is no game where Nick Richards should play.

LOL ! He's that bad ?

He's fine, if you hate winning.

[Danimal]

A little too close for comfort at the end with some TOs and trouble with Philly's pressure but we got the W. Late game execution lacking a bit compared to the Nets game. When we're taken out of our flow, it gets ugly so that's something we need to work on.

Green looked great, Book seems really excited to have him out there knowing Green is a legit scoring talent. Our role players have been awesome so far and have helped carry us but Green can take the offense to another level.

Was green out there at the end? Just curious how him and Booker worked together and off they still tried to blitz Booker when green was playing?

[Flagrant Fowl]

One of the best wins of the season so far.

I can't tell if this is tongue in cheek. I don't get to watch live often but today I got that chance, and I have to say, this was one of the least enjoyable wins I've watched in a long time.

SEGBABA late in an East coast road trip and integrating a high usage player. Sixers brought the energy and physicality and they should be pretty upset they let go of the rope in the 3Q after starting hot. I didn't factor my own enjoyment other than the win itself.

[ShelC]

A little too close for comfort at the end with some TOs and trouble with Philly's pressure but we got the W. Late game execution lacking a bit compared to the Nets game. When we're taken out of our flow, it gets ugly so that's something we need to work on.

Green looked great, Book seems really excited to have him out there knowing Green is a legit scoring talent. Our role players have been awesome so far and have helped carry us but Green can take the offense to another level.

Was green out there at the end? Just curious how him and Booker worked together and off they still tried to blitz Booker when green was playing?

He was out there the final few possessions I think as an extra ballhandler against their pressure but he came off the bench so once Ott brought the starters back in the 4th he sat. They shared the court in the 3rd (I only caught the 2nd half) and looked good taking turns with the ball and keeping things moving. Green played almost exactly 20 minutes so that was likely the range they were looking to keep him to. Had we kept the 17 point lead it would've been a bit less.

[The Bobster]

It was a little wobbly there at the end, but a win is a win!

Good to see Green out there, and there was plenty of balanced scoring.

[pickle]

One of the best wins of the season so far.

I can't tell if this is tongue in cheek. I don't get to watch live often but today I got that chance, and I have to say, this was one of the least enjoyable wins I've watched in a long time.

SEGBABA late in an East coast road trip and integrating a high usage player. Sixers brought the energy and physicality and they should be pretty upset they let go of the rope in the 3Q after starting hot. I didn't factor my own enjoyment other than the win itself.

I was just saying yesterday in the Nets thread that I don’t think this team is susceptible to fool’s gold type wins, and I’m very happy to walk away from this game with a W, but the Sixers also came out of a back to back set and they didn’t have Embiid or George. Tho none of those matter to my assessment of the game. What bothered me a lot was our nonchalance with the ball. Offense flowed well, when it was flowing. The runs the Sixers put up were mostly because we kept turning the ball over. That happened in the third and then again to end the game and that was super hard to watch. There’s some lack of rhythm issues with integrating Green but I sure hope we are able to take care of the ball better, especially in crunch time.

[Mori Chu]

This is kind of stupid but it made me laugh.

[pickle]

[specialsauce]

Who would've thought that our guard rotation of Green Book CG Allen and Goodwin would be so fucking filthy.

Brooks is having himself a historically bad road trip.

Folks with Ryan Bum jerseys, me thinks his minutes are numbered going forward

[LazarusLong]

Happy with the win. Great effort by the bench.
Ball movement came to a slog in the fourth quarter, with Booker and Brooks the main culprits.
I like what Brooks brings to the team, but he's not particularly dependable in crunch time.
He forces way too many shots.
Booker was getting trapped in double teams on the sideline and in the corner ... he should be smarter than that by now.
All the bench players were in double figures, save for Dunn, who only played nine minutes.
Ott opted for a small lineup late in the second, with Allen, Green, Goodwin and Gillespie on the floor with Oso.
Goodwin is becoming my favorite Sun, playing much bigger than his listed 6-3. He's the third-best rebounder on the team.

[bajanguy008]

I agree with the Goodwin take
I even felt last night was the first time he didn't jump off the screen. Nothing to do with scoring but it always seems like you know when he's on the court with some combo of hustle plays, steals, rebounds. He was definitely quiet last night so will be nice if he can cause some defensive chaos with not only Maxey but Edgecombe, George and Grimes

Haha
What a guy, back to regular schedule programming for Goodie
Menace

[bajanguy008]

Thought Ott should have gone back to Collin for the last couple minutes once Sixers got desperate and were applying full court pressure

We lost our way a little bit

[iLLmatic]

Who would've thought that our guard rotation of Green Book CG Allen and Goodwin would be so fucking filthy.

Brooks is having himself a historically bad road trip.

Folks with Ryan Bum jerseys, me thinks his minutes are numbered going forward

Dunn looked like crap out there drawing 3 quick fouls in the second.

[iLLmatic]

Booker kept turning the ball over there. He let himself get trapped and didn’t try to pass the ball. I know they were trying to hold the ball on offense to drain the clock but Jesus Christ.