Preseason Game Day: Suns (2-2) vs. Mavs (2-2), Fri 10/14/16

[Sunsfan4life]

Chriss looks like he's having a nice game

[Superbone]

The links all just petered out on me. Anybody still have a working link?

Using the Suns site w/ a VPN. It's weird but the commentator's microphones are practically muted. All I hear is whispering and then the crowd and PA.

I heard the same thing when it was working. I'll have to see if I can figure out the VPN thing.

[carey]

BK about to foul out with 5 min to go in the 3rd.

[carey]

Chriss looks like he's having a nice game

He just hit a 3. What I like is that he has cut his turnovers down. Only 1 so far.

[carey]

Not quite the foul fest as last game but 20 FTAs a piece so far.

[carey]

Bah going to talk about it at Real GM since no one is on.

[carey]

55 total FTAs, 2 min left.

[carey]

Chriss with a highlight reel block.

[AmareIsGod]

Dammit! Just got home. Any streams? I take it the game is over. *checks ESPN* Yep! We won. Sorry I couldn't watch it with you carey. Looks like a ghost town around here.

[carey]

Bender 11 & 7. Chriss 15 & 6. Ulis 14, 2 & 2. Bledsoe 17 points on 7 FGAs.

Me likey.

[carey]

Dammit! Just got home. Any streams? I take it the game is over. *checks ESPN* Yep! We won. Sorry I couldn't watch it with you carey. Looks like a ghost town around here.

No worries! My kids had a Halloween thing at school. Unfortunately you have to stay with them and can't drop them off. I missed the first half entirely.

[AmareIsGod]

Quick recap carey? Looking at the box score now. Chriss with 4 blocks! And only 3 fouls. 3-5 from 3? WOW. 2 steals as well. Very impressed with his box score. Was he as dominant as it reads? Bledsoe looks like he had a good game as well as did Ulis and Bender. How did Bender look outside of the box score?

[Superbone]

Dammit! Just got home. Any streams? I take it the game is over. *checks ESPN* Yep! We won. Sorry I couldn't watch it with you carey. Looks like a ghost town around here.

All the streams died at half time. Not much to say when you can't see the game. I at least get to watch the last preseason game next Friday.

[carey]

Quick recap carey? Looking at the box score now. Chriss with 4 blocks! And only 3 fouls. 3-5 from 3? WOW. 2 steals as well. Very impressed with his box score. Was he as dominant as it reads? Bledsoe looks like he had a good game as well as did Ulis and Bender. How did Bender look outside of the box score?

Chris was active as hell. Cut the turnovers down and really seems to be attacking the rim and shooting in the flow of the offense which I loved. Bender is still a little rough around the edges. He was 3-3 for 9 points including 2 3's at one point then went 0-5 then hit a late jumper to give him 11 points. Ulis looked good. He hit the 2 clutch FTs to seal the win so avenged his 2 bricks in Summer League. Knight was Knight except somehow worse on defense. Bledsoe was 1-5 for a long time but hit his final 2 shots and still finished with 17 thanks to getting to the line quite frequently. If Big Sauce had any kind of touch, any at all, I'd give him all of Len's backup minutes. He pulled down 9 boards and is just a bear to move one he's set. Too bad he's so offensively limited. Booker-Bender-Chriss will be a hell of a core to build around. If I'm McDonough I'm on the phone with Sac offering Len, TJ, Knight and 2 firsts for Cousins (who is still only 26) right now.

[AmareIsGod]

Good to know. Had I rushed home from happy hour with friends, I would have been bummed if the streams were down.

[carey]

Not Suns related but... can you spot my nerdy 10-year-old? https://vimeo.com/187434897

[AmareIsGod]

Quick recap carey? Looking at the box score now. Chriss with 4 blocks! And only 3 fouls. 3-5 from 3? WOW. 2 steals as well. Very impressed with his box score. Was he as dominant as it reads? Bledsoe looks like he had a good game as well as did Ulis and Bender. How did Bender look outside of the box score?

Chris was active as hell. Cut the turnovers down and really seems to be attacking the rim and shooting in the flow of the offense which I loved. Bender is still a little rough around the edges. He was 3-3 for 9 points including 2 3's at one point then went 0-5 then hit a late jumper to give him 11 points. Ulis looked good. He hit the 2 clutch FTs to seal the win so avenged his 2 bricks in Summer League. Knight was Knight except somehow worse on defense. Bledsoe was 1-5 for a long time but hit his final 2 shots and still finished with 17 thanks to getting to the line quite frequently. If Big Sauce had any kind of touch, any at all, I'd give him all of Len's backup minutes. He pulled down 9 boards and is just a bear to move one he's set. Too bad he's so offensively limited. Booker-Bender-Chriss will be a hell of a core to build around. If I'm McDonough I'm on the phone with Sac offering Len, TJ, Knight and 2 firsts for Cousins (who is still only 26) right now.

But Boogie is terrible for team chemistry and will be a pain in the ass if he's not getting touches constantly. I'm afraid he'd stunt the growth of our young front court. Has he changed as of late and become a better teammate? I haven't really followed him after all of the crazy things he used to do. Maybe he's grown up now?

And thanks for the recap! Glad to hear Chriss is doing as well as the box score would indicate!

[carey]

Not Suns related but... can you spot my nerdy 10-year-old?

He's the one that looks like this next to the tall girl.

[AmareIsGod]

I totally spot him now! Tiny little dude. Having a blast I bet. Looks like it!

[carey]

But Boogie is terrible for team chemistry and will be a pain in the ass if he's not getting touches constantly. I'm afraid he'd stunt the growth of our young front court. Has he changed as of late and become a better teammate? I haven't really followed him after all of the crazy things he used to do. Maybe he's grown up now?

And thanks for the recap! Glad to hear Chriss is doing as well as the box score would indicate!

I don't think you can trust a damn thing you hear about Cousins from Sacramento. He's on his 6th head coach in 6 years....