Game Day: Suns (12-10) @ Magic (16-9), Sun 12/8/24

[Superbone]

Time: 4:30 pm AZ (3:30 pm PT/6:30 pm ET)
Place: Kia Center, Orlando, FL
TV: AZ Family 3TV/NBALP

We catch a little bit of a break in that this will be the Magic's first game without Franz Wagner. However, this Suns team just doesn't seem to be able to compete offensively and especially defensively with a young, tall scrambling team like the Magic. Confidence in this Suns team is low right now among the team and the fans unfortunately. The Suns being 1-8 without Durant in the lineup tells the story.

https://www.nba.com/gamenotes/magic.pdf
https://www.nba.com/gamenotes/suns.pdf

Go Suns!!!

Dis • cuss

[Superbone]

Like Marty reported, no KD, Nurkic, or Dunn in this one.

[Mori Chu]

Is there's any team we should be able to beat, it's Orlando without their two best players. But who knows any more? There are basically no sure fire wins for this low T team of betas.

[Superbone]

Is there's any team we should be able to beat, it's Orlando without their two best players. But who knows any more? There are basically no sure fire wins for this low T team of betas.

Hmm. I don't think that is true at all. Did you see the last game? Sure, Wagner is great but the rest of the team hustles hard. Our kryptonite. I'm not counting on a win in any fashion.

[TOO]

That's been the issue for years, regardless of coach, this team has never hustled hard, which is usually because the face of your team doesn't hustle hard.

[ShelC]

Suns up 5 at half. We make some, we miss some. They make some, they miss some. SSDD.

[ShelC]

The good

[Wally_West]

The problem defensively is we are so freakin small with no KD. We are bunch of guards with big men that aren’t rim protectors.

[Wally_West]

Royce is so fuckin nice. Nice start to the 3rd.

[Wally_West]

Insane offensive foul call on Book. wtf

[Wally_West]

Beal is such a cry baby and lets it affect his whole his whole game.

[Wally_West]

Stupid foul book.

[Wally_West]

First 100…

[Wally_West]

Embarrassing. I don’t get these dudes, man. No one can dribble, no one has a once of Basketball IQ. Every pass, is the absolute worst pass that can be made. Insane.

[Wally_West]

We fold when any team is too physical with us. Any team. The whole league knows.

[Wally_West]

This going to be the most embarrassing loss of the season.

[ShelC]

We literally don't run any offense. Chalk it up to the players or Coach Randomholzer?

[The Bobster]

Can't hold a lead ... too many turnovers ... Beal and Booker don't step up

Rinse lather, repeat.

This team is just too soft to win without Durant.

[AmareIsGod]

It's getting to the point that I'm surprised and shocked if I see we won the game. It's becoming an expected L. I haven't bothered watching more than 10 full games this season. I just tend to check the box score towards the end and, if it's within 5, I watch the last 90 seconds.

So glad we didn't just get one quality PG. We got 2! And depth, and a new coach.

[The Bobster]

They made a huge mistake with the Paul-Beal trade. Not only did they trade one expensive year of Paul for four much more expensive years of Beal, they left themselves with puzzle pieces that just aren't ever going to fit together.

Plus they lost their on-court leadership and their late-game execution in the process.