Kings @ Suns Wednesday game thread, October 22nd, 2025: Regular Season Opener

[BooksOrangePlanet]

oneale³

 

[95pro]

Westbrook keeping us in the game

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

we've only made two 3 in the entire first half lol and it's 2025

 

[Folster]

O'Neale is such a choppy runner.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

dtv³

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

oooooooff

 

[Mainstreet]

Halftime:

Kings 71 - Suns 54

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

lol pretty sure the kings got tired of scoring at one point

 

[Folster]

Defense gave up 71 points in the 1st half of the opener. Maybe Bill Simmons was right.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

Defense gave up 71 points in the 1st half of the opener. Maybe Bill Simmons was right.

that is a lot of points lol

 

[mjb21aztd]

Welp draft should be fun for suns to lol sighhhhhh

 

[Mainstreet]

Booker 5-12 for 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists and 5 turnovers.

Suns don't need any point guard.

 

[Proximo]

Defense gave up 71 points in the 1st half of the opener. Maybe Bill Simmons was right.

We forced a bunch of turnovers though. D looked ok to me.

I am far more concerned about the offense.

 

[Folster]

Chances are we won't see Lavine again. He's averaged 36 games over the last 3 seasons.

 

[Proximo]

Booker 5-13 for 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists and 5 turnovers.

Suns don't need no point guard.

They don’t.

 

[Mainstreet]

And Grayson Allen is pitching a shutout.

 

[Proximo]

Dunn was by far our best player. Really the only guy that played well.

 

[Vacard]

lol

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

I didn't get much data from that first half at all except for ott likes his centers fresh - like poppin fresh - like 7 minutes a stretch fresh

book sure is worried about brooks scoring - brooks had waaay more responsibilities than I anticipated- stick to defense and 3s bro

dunn was fun - gillespie looked ok but never got a chance - grayson is just absent

richards looked the best on both sides of the court but like I said no sample size at all with the big guys

 

[Folster]

The strategy is clear. Overplay Booker and make anybody else beat you. Green will be critical to any hope for a decent season.

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns are shooting 39.3% from the field, 17.6% from three, 9 turnovers and only 10 assists.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

Just need 24 points from Book to hit my parlay. Let's dew this

 

[95pro]

Suns are shooting 39.3% from the field, 17.6% from three, 9 turnovers and only 10 assists.

Lots of confusion on both ends

I’d like to see less full court pressure, only works if you have the horses. And book being our stallion on offense, he should not be pressuring full court most times.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

Suns are shooting 39.3% from the field, 17.6% from three, 9 turnovers and only 10 assists.

knew it would be bad but that's pretty bad

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

20 point comeback in our first game?