Hawks @ Suns Sunday game thread, November 16th, 2025

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These are the kinds of losses you can learn from for sure! Got sloppy and now the coach got some film to rip their asses on for just getting sloppy and letting one get away. We missed Allen’s shot terribly in the first half but managed to get up big later then just got too complacent. Learn and do better
 

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Man… I’m watching on delay and at the end of the 3rd we are just en fuego. HOW THE F DO WE COLLAPSE THIS BADLY TO LOSE?!
 

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I am mystified. It’s 107-86 with 8 minutes left. I can’t fathom how bad we’re about to play to lose this game.

My dad was literally giggling earlier watching the game. He is going to be hilariously pissed in a matter of minutes.
 
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I am mystified. It’s 107-86 with 8 minutes left. I can’t fathom how bad we’re about to play to lose this game.

My dad was literally giggling earlier watching the game. He is going to be hilariously pissed in a matter of minutes.

I feel bad for your Dad.
 

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Seemed like Atlanta challenged our guys 1 on 1 all game and moved the ball well, finding miss-matches. They are a solid team. Our transition defense was trash tonight. Refs were not in our favor tonight. Guys fought hard which is all you can ask for.
 

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Seemed like Atlanta challenged our guys 1 on 1 all game and moved the ball well, finding miss-matches. They are a solid team. Our transition defense was trash tonight. Refs were not in our favor tonight. Guys fought hard which is all you can ask for.
Booker's 5 turnovers plus he and Royce going 1 for 12 from distance didn't help either.
 

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I am reluctantly becoming a huge fan of Dillon Brooks. I don't like cheapshot Dillon but I love Dillon the instigator and Dillon the irritant and Dillon the crafty troublemaker.
It’s classic “he’s an a-hole, but he’s OUR a-hole” scenario. No shame there. We all flipped on ainge. We all flipped on elie. We all flipped on Grayson. It’s natural.
 

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It’s classic “he’s an a-hole, but he’s OUR a-hole” scenario. No shame there. We all flipped on ainge. We all flipped on elie. We all flipped on Grayson. It’s natural.
I expect that's where I'll end up but so far, Dillon hasn't crossed the line far enough to really test me. I'll have to see how I feel about him when he does go too far.
 

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This was our first really big test since the Denver game, and I'm pretty happy with how we performed.

Atlanta isn't a doormat, that is a good team. Defensively, they are pretty damn good. I'm amazed both teams put up as many points as they did. The biggest takeaway from this game is trying to figure out what to do when the other team is making such a huge run. 20-0 is unacceptable, I don't care what your record is.
 

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Nice game, lots of material for coach to teach about the right plays in respective situations. Livers is a keeper, next to Gillespie, Goodwin and Richrads. It takes time maybe, but we haven't involved our bigs into scoring positions often enough. Book in the 4th passed up good opportunity to feed Williams on a fastbreak, but broke a quick 3pt shot instead. Not wise.
 

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Good game, tough loss. We really lost it when players stopped moving the ball and decided to attack without multiple passes within a possession. Players went 1v5 in some instances and forced a lot of individual play within that stretch. We missed a ton of shots and were disoriented on defense. Seem to start when Goodwin went on his own mini-run and then was subbed out.
 

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Really the thing that hurt us is that Book didn't get going early in the game. So when it came the 4th quarter, when he is supposed to take over a game, he wasn't in the zone, so it was force, force, force.
 
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Nice game, lots of material for coach to teach about the right plays in respective situations. Livers is a keeper, next to Gillespie, Goodwin and Richrads. It takes time maybe, but we haven't involved our bigs into scoring positions often enough. Book in the 4th passed up good opportunity to feed Williams on a fastbreak, but broke a quick 3pt shot instead. Not wise.

Athletically, the Hawks is what the Suns should aspire to be in the coming years.
 
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Collin Gillespie started cramping up in the 2nd half.

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Dillon Brooks was upset with the referees.

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Jordan Ott on Dillon Brooks.

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