Pelicans @ Suns Friday game thread 2-25-2022

[mjb21aztd]

Ughhhh trap gm hit with no cp3....

Illl wait on green till suns w again

Ehhhh ayton

 

[itlnsunsfan]

Good lord Craig's shot is broken tonight

 

[Mainstreet]

No spark for the Suns tonight.

 

[Proximo]

This game is concerning.

We need Payne and Holiday back ASAP.

 

[Mainstreet]

The length of the Pelicans really bothered the Suns tonight plus they didn't have any energy on the second night of back-to-back games.

 

[itlnsunsfan]

You know elf is really bad when we're down 3 point guards, and he still barely plays. Same thing with shamet.

 

[Mainstreet]

Good to get Biz some minutes.

 

[Mainstreet]

You know elf is really bad when we're down 3 point guards, and he still barely plays. Same thing with shamet.

There are free agent guards better than Payton available.

 

[Finito]

About as bad as we’ve looked all year

 

[DJ Tabooh]

Frustrating loss. Let’s get a rest tonight and get ready for Utah. I’m curious to see how we bounce back. Just one of those nights.

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Pelicans 117 - Suns 102

 

[Mainstreet]

About as bad as we’ve looked all year

Suns were flat and looked tired. Also no one to provide a spark.

 

[SirStefan32]

Eh, it's hard to play without a single point guard. Most of the team was off tonight as well- Booker tried really hard, got some support from Ayton and Cam, but otherwise, nobody else contributed. It happens. Here is to hoping one of the point guards is ready to go soon.

 

[Mainstreet]

A look at some final stats.

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[itlnsunsfan]

Shamet really needs to figure it out. Being down 3 guards, and still getting nothing from him, that's really concerning. That's a lot of salary being lit on fire.

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns only get 17 points from their bench.

 

[Finito]

Suns only get 17 points from their bench.

That’s what happens when you start Cam Johnson

 

[Phrazbit]

Well… that sucked. 17th game I’ve attended, 1st loss since the opener, would have been cool if that’s the only one I saw all year.

Lots of stuff against us… back to back, no real PGs, intensity just wasn’t there, Bridges with his worst game in like 2 months.

Oof.

Also, Payton is utterly useless.

 

[itlnsunsfan]

Mikal.....gotta be more aggressive. Booker needs help and you get 7 shots up in 39 minutes. Come on man....

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

2 games; 62 minutes; 13 rebounds; Ayton; awful

 

[Mainstreet]

For comparison in regard to rebounding:

Valanciunas with 18 points and 17 rebounds

Ayton with 20 points and 5 rebounds.

 

[Mainstreet]

JaVale McGee only had 2 points and 2 rebounds.

 

[Mainstreet]

It's nice to know Chris Paul is still involved.

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[Mainstreet]

A huge problem for the Suns was being out rebounded and sending the Pelicans to the free throw line 41 times.

The Suns actually had more assists than the Pelicans although they turned it over 4 more times.

 

[Mainstreet]

Devin Booker wants to get better at handling the blitz.

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