Game Day (Early Start!): Hornets (22-29) @ Suns (18-35), Sun 2/4/18

[Shabazz]

I like Danuel House. I think he's a good player.

Davon Reed should be getting every one of his minutes.

[Superbone]

ole boy Tyson with the alley oop off a nice dish from Ulis

He reached into the wayback machine for that one.

[Superbone]

This all better be worth it come May 15.

Agreed.

[EDC]

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He looks comfortable going right of left. Not sure how well he finishes with the left though because in the last game he forced up what should have been a left handed layup with his right.

[specialsauce]

Thanks for the highlights, missed the game. Loved the drive and the fadeaway

[EDC]

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I think we would have won this game if coach would have played Jackson and Bender a few more minutes.

It is a shame he couldn't get this one to go down.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Can anyone explain what happened to Bender after he started out hot? That highlight shows him in the early part of the game and then nothing until the 3rd quarter.

[Mori Chu]

Great to see both Bender and Jackson have strong games. Bender might be my favorite Sun right now other than maybe Booker. Really rooting for the guy.

And I have to tip my hat to Josh Jackson. He had a great game, and as others have pointed out, he has been showing a lot more promise lately. Hope he can keep it up. His shooting form is still pretty weird, but he seems to be putting it up with less hesitation and more confidence. Maybe his second half of the season will be much stronger than his first half was.

Hope Booker isn't seriously injured. Wouldn't mind if they shut him down through the ASG, or even longer.

[Danimal]

https://twitter.com/Gambo987/status/960277906885767168 Well, Gambo. I can help you out. If you combine atrocious rebounding (Hornets shot 20 more shots, that's not a typo) with God-awful officiating (29 FTA - 13 FTA) you get... a loss.

Spot on.

It's too bad Chandler was out...no wait he started. Cleveland trade please. We get burned on a lot of long rebounds as well. Our guards needs to pick that up.

The refs were bad tonight. Soft calls one way nothing the other. Infuriating to watch. Fans weren't vocal enough about that.

Really liked Bender these past three games. Do you think they leave him in there for Chris?
Jackson has been great and I now get excited when I see him bringing the ball up on a break.

Ulis lack of shooting really hurts us. It's like seeing the old ish smith out here. He can't fully utilize his strengths because of that limitation. Missed a bunch of open teammates off curls and picks in the 2nd. shame, his last two games were good.

[The Bobster]

Can anyone explain what happened to Bender after he started out hot? That highlight shows him in the early part of the game and then nothing until the 3rd quarter.

Early foul trouble.

[O_Gardino]

Very nice to see so many of our core young guys playing well on the same night. Like others, I would have loved to see Jackson and Bender back in the game a lot sooner. We are so much more fun when those guys are playing well.

Just a note about Chandler's and Dudley's minutes: Len was in foul trouble, Williams and Chriss are injured, and Bender had early foul trouble. We just didn't have any other bigs to throw out there. If we go small, it just means more minutes for House or Daniels. We could have gotten 2 or 3 more minutes for Bender and Jackson, but that we still needed Chandler for 30 no matter what.

[Indy]

I’m a little less than 4 minutes into the 3rd quarter right now but Suns looking like contenders today. Bender and Jackson...wow. I so wanted that Jackson flush over Howard to go down. That would have been one of the all-time great Suns dunks. Talk about ferocious!

This was the saddest post of the day. I just read it thinking, oh man, he is in for a huge disappointment. Sorry I can't stop him.

[The Bobster]

Very nice to see so many of our core young guys playing well on the same night. Like others, I would have loved to see Jackson and Bender back in the game a lot sooner. We are so much more fun when those guys are playing well.

Just a note about Chandler's and Dudley's minutes: Len was in foul trouble, Williams and Chriss are injured, and Bender had early foul trouble. We just didn't have any other bigs to throw out there. If we go small, it just means more minutes for House or Daniels. We could have gotten 2 or 3 more minutes for Bender and Jackson, but that we still needed Chandler for 30 no matter what.

Personally, I would have liked to have seen them give Peters at least a look.

[bajanguy008]

I'm worried about Ulis. Not only is his inability to hit the 3 really killing his effectiveness but most of us admired him last season for managing not to be taken advantage of repeatedly on D bcuz of his size
It seemed like most games he was really getting after guys with full court pressure and getting steals like all good lil guys have done in the league. This season everyone just seems so comfortable when he's on them even when he tries to hound ppl full court. The topic of who would guard opposing pgs when Book at point came up and I must say I was quite surprised to see how well TJ did against Kemba y'day

[O_Gardino]

Very nice to see so many of our core young guys playing well on the same night. Like others, I would have loved to see Jackson and Bender back in the game a lot sooner. We are so much more fun when those guys are playing well.

Just a note about Chandler's and Dudley's minutes: Len was in foul trouble, Williams and Chriss are injured, and Bender had early foul trouble. We just didn't have any other bigs to throw out there. If we go small, it just means more minutes for House or Daniels. We could have gotten 2 or 3 more minutes for Bender and Jackson, but that we still needed Chandler for 30 no matter what.

Personally, I would have liked to have seen them give Peters at least a look.

Easy to say that in hindsight after a loss, but I would have hated to see the coach roll over like that in a game we should have won.

[O_Gardino]

I'm worried about Ulis. Not only is his inability to hit the 3 really killing his effectiveness but most of us admired him last season for managing not to be taken advantage of repeatedly on D bcuz of his size
It seemed like most games he was really getting after guys with full court pressure and getting steals like all good lil guys have done in the league. This season everyone just seems so comfortable when he's on them even when he tries to hound ppl full court. The topic of who would guard opposing pgs when Book at point came up and I must say I was quite surprised to see how well TJ did against Kemba y'day

I'm worried about Ulis, too. He has not improved this year.

[Superbone]

I’m a little less than 4 minutes into the 3rd quarter right now but Suns looking like contenders today. Bender and Jackson...wow. I so wanted that Jackson flush over Howard to go down. That would have been one of the all-time great Suns dunks. Talk about ferocious!

This was the saddest post of the day. I just read it thinking, oh man, he is in for a huge disappointment. Sorry I can't stop him.

Ha ha. Sure felt good at the time. It's better I get let down naturally though.

[Superbone]

I'm worried about Ulis. Not only is his inability to hit the 3 really killing his effectiveness but most of us admired him last season for managing not to be taken advantage of repeatedly on D bcuz of his size
It seemed like most games he was really getting after guys with full court pressure and getting steals like all good lil guys have done in the league. This season everyone just seems so comfortable when he's on them even when he tries to hound ppl full court. The topic of who would guard opposing pgs when Book at point came up and I must say I was quite surprised to see how well TJ did against Kemba y'day

I'm worried about Ulis, too. He has not improved this year.

Nope. He's regressed for sure.

[Indy]

I'm worried about Ulis. Not only is his inability to hit the 3 really killing his effectiveness but most of us admired him last season for managing not to be taken advantage of repeatedly on D bcuz of his size
It seemed like most games he was really getting after guys with full court pressure and getting steals like all good lil guys have done in the league. This season everyone just seems so comfortable when he's on them even when he tries to hound ppl full court. The topic of who would guard opposing pgs when Book at point came up and I must say I was quite surprised to see how well TJ did against Kemba y'day

I'm worried about Ulis, too. He has not improved this year.

Nope. He's regressed for sure.

I think a lot of that is due to people realizing he can't shoot, and not having Williams available.

[Superbone]

I'm worried about Ulis. Not only is his inability to hit the 3 really killing his effectiveness but most of us admired him last season for managing not to be taken advantage of repeatedly on D bcuz of his size
It seemed like most games he was really getting after guys with full court pressure and getting steals like all good lil guys have done in the league. This season everyone just seems so comfortable when he's on them even when he tries to hound ppl full court. The topic of who would guard opposing pgs when Book at point came up and I must say I was quite surprised to see how well TJ did against Kemba y'day

I'm worried about Ulis, too. He has not improved this year.

Nope. He's regressed for sure.

I think a lot of that is due to people realizing he can't shoot, and not having Williams available.

Good point about Williams. Those two had a special connection.