Game Day: Suns (16-9) @ Pelicans (16-8), Fri 12/9/22

[The Bobster]

They have the wrong guys trying to make entry passes.

[virtual9mm]

Just tuned in and the difference is that the Pels are getting all the loose balls, long rebounds, etc. Just the little extra edge in energy is making a huge difference. We can complain about the refs or Booker but the reality is that there is a difference in effort.

[AmareIsGod]

Book couldn't bother to box out CJ. And that's the game.

[Split T]

Took Booker out too late

[virtual9mm]

Finishing the game without Booker -- there's nobody able to really create if you shut down CP3-Ayton PnR

[Mori Chu]

I feel like a common thread in the last 3-4 games where we've struggled has been an athleticism gap. The Mavs, the Celtics, even the Rockets have a lot of strong and athletic guys and we have a hard time matching that. All the moreso if they're also big and strong like the Pelicans front line. We have a bunch of talented players on our roster, but not a lot of elite athletes in our rotation.

[virtual9mm]

I feel like a common thread in the last 3-4 games where we've struggled has been an athleticism gap. The Mavs, the Celtics, even the Rockets have a lot of strong and athletic guys and we have a hard time matching that. All the moreso if they're also big and strong like the Pelicans front line. We have a bunch of talented players on our roster, but not a lot of elite athletes in our rotation.

Which, of course, has been James Jones' MO.

[The Bobster]

The Suns shoot 22 of 44 on 3's and still lose.

[Split T]

Get back on defense if you don’t want the Pels to do that at the end of the game.

[The Bobster]

Finishing the game without Booker -- there's nobody able to really create if you shut down CP3-Ayton PnR

Well, Booker certainly wasn't the answer tonight when he was in there.

[virtual9mm]

There's a lack of energy and focus, some of which can be chalked up to fatigue without Cam Johnson, Crowder, and CP3 for quite a few games. But to lose three games in a row especially after the last game is inexcusable.

[virtual9mm]

Finishing the game without Booker -- there's nobody able to really create if you shut down CP3-Ayton PnR

Well, Booker certainly wasn't the answer tonight when he was in there.

I think we're saying the same thing. Something fundamentally wrong with the team right now.

[Mori Chu]

Zion windmill dunks on us with 2 seconds left when they're already up 9. Fuck that shit, that's disrespectful. Then Avocado pushes Chris Paul and they start trading barbs. The two teams almost got into a brawl over it. Rivalry brewing between these teams.

Check in some scrub next game and send Zion to the floor.

[SunsRIt]

We really need a POWER forward. I would love to get somebody like Larry Nance Jr. Big, strong and athletic. Even when Cam Johnson comes back we don’t have that. He’s athletic. That’s it.

[Split T]

Zion windmill dunks on us with 2 seconds left when they're already up 9. Fuck that shit, that's disrespectful. Then Avocado pushes Chris Paul and they start trading barbs. The two teams almost got into a brawl over it. Rivalry brewing between these teams.

Check in some scrub next game and send Zion to the floor.

Meh, suns didn’t bother to get back on D the last two possessions. Don’t think you can get mad if you are being lazy

[ShelC]

We have a postgame skirmish! Sunday gonna be lit!

[SunsRIt]

Zion windmill dunks on us with 2 seconds left when they're already up 9. Fuck that shit, that's disrespectful. Then Avocado pushes Chris Paul and they start trading barbs. The two teams almost got into a brawl over it. Rivalry brewing between these teams.

Check in some scrub next game and send Zion to the floor.

Meh, suns didn’t bother to get back on D the last two possessions. Don’t think you can get mad if you are being lazy

This a BS take. The game was over. Zion was being a bitch.

[Furlanfufi]

Today is not my day.

[Split T]

Zion windmill dunks on us with 2 seconds left when they're already up 9. Fuck that shit, that's disrespectful. Then Avocado pushes Chris Paul and they start trading barbs. The two teams almost got into a brawl over it. Rivalry brewing between these teams.

Check in some scrub next game and send Zion to the floor.

Meh, suns didn’t bother to get back on D the last two possessions. Don’t think you can get mad if you are being lazy

This a BS take. The game was over. Zion was being a bitch.

Who cares what Zion does…Chris Paul was trying to score right before that. Was he being a bitch too?

[Vladimir_Taltos]

Well, ok...wtf? All I can think is Devin is either hurt or frustrated over his breakup...WTF? How did we start sucking so bad so fast?/