Suns @ Pelicans Thursday game thread 12-5-19

[AzStevenCal]

If we lose this game it is all on Oubre AFAIC.

 

[BC867]

Pelicans tie the score with 37.3 seconds to go.

Yup, Oubre is not helping tonight.

 

[BC867]

Book tries a '3'.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Omfg if suns lose this be a hard time zzz tonight

 

[82CardsGrad]

Man this team is incredibly inconsistent...from game to game, quarter to quarter, shot to shot... They never sustain any consistency whatsoever! Maddening!

 

[Mainstreet]

Overtime:

Suns 125 - Pelicans 125

 

[BC867]

After being down for most of the game, New Orleans sends it to OT.

 

[mjb21aztd]

What a freaking jk should be over!!!

 

[BC867]

The Suns are not a clutch team at this time.

Of course, we are still playing without our top two Centers.

 

[Mainstreet]

I don't mind the misses, it's the stupid things he does that irritates me. Twice now, late in the game, he's picked up the rebound and gone straight back up when using the clock would have helped us far more.

It's sort of like when PJ Tucker seemed to have blinders on.

Most nights Oubre is going to score given good chances but when he doesn't it looks bad.

 

[82CardsGrad]

30+ points in the first 3 quarters... then 18 in the 4th. Ugh....

 

[Cheesebeef]

this team is pathetic right now.

 

[AzStevenCal]

It will take me a long time to forgive Oubre for this game. I can handle the occasional bad play, the missed shot, the turnover but those two late game decisions on his part were all ego and all stupid. No freaking excuse for it.

 

[dscher]

It will take me a long time to forgive Oubre for this game. I can handle the occasional bad play, the missed shot, the turnover but those two late game decisions on his part were all ego and all stupid. No freaking excuse for it.

Key word for oubre will always be ego imo

 

[AzStevenCal]

It's sort of like when PJ Tucker seemed to have blinders on.

Most nights Oubre is going to score given good chances but when he doesn't it looks bad.

A full shot clock and he forces up the shot on two separate possessions during the final minute or two. I can't remember seeing this level of stupid very often.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Key word for oubre will always be ego imo

Yeah and I don't want to make too much of the ego part, the better players are often driven by strong egos. But he just screwed over his teammates twice in crunch time.

 

[Mainstreet]

Great pass by Rubio to Kaminsky for the score.

 

[CRC83]

Great pass by Rubio! 15 assists!

 

[Mainstreet]

A full shot clock and he forces up the shot on two separate possessions during the final minute or two. I can't remember seeing this level of stupid very often.

There is a reason Oubre is in the game... defense.

 

[BC867]

Well, the Suns played as a team and pulled it out in OT 139-132.

 

[Mainstreet]

Final OT:

Suns 139 - Pelicans132

Ugly win but I will take it.

 

[dscher]

Yeah and I don't want to make too much of the ego part, the better players are often driven by strong egos. But he just screwed over his teammates twice in crunch time.

Ego is reserved for the superstars imo. He isn't one of them. Guys that aren't as great as their ego can ruin teams..once again, imo

Buuut, we got the win.. maybe oubre can get all those emotions in check at some point with his time in PHX.. He is just that player for me currently that irks me in general. Lol

 

[82CardsGrad]

Yeah and I don't want to make too much of the ego part, the better players are often driven by strong egos. But he just screwed over his teammates twice in crunch time.

He's still young. He will learn to keep himself in check when it's called for. But for now, I'm cool taking the all the good he gives, with the small amounts of bad that pop up every now and then...

 

[Cheesebeef]

good recovery. man... Monty is squeezing just enough juice out of this lemon to keep them close to .500 when Ayton/Baynes come back. it hasn't been pretty getting there, but we're getting there.

 

[AzStevenCal]

He's still young. He will learn to keep himself in check when it's called for. But for now, I'm cool taking the all the good he gives, with the small amounts of bad that pop up every now and then...

I'm not so sure about that. Sure, he's young, but to not value possessions, to not use clock, when the game is winding down? That's not rocket science, it's something we all learned early. And he did something similar in the last minute of OT too. He made a great block and then after receiving a pass in the front court, he drives into a mess of defenders and puts up a wasted shot with most of the clock still available.