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End of 3rd quarter:

Grizzlies 81 - Suns 78

Nice run by Suns to get back in the game.
 
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Jerome (+10) has given the Suns a spark. Like his passing skills.

Suns played some solid defense to ignite their comeback.
 

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Frustrating how the game is called. Breathe on the Grizz... foul. Booker has gotten mauled at least twice so far... nothing.
This has been happening game after game. Over the years. Like it or not, team reputation plays a large part in who gets the calls.

The Suns are the Suns. A pretty team.
 

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They should just sit Booker the rest of this game. He is clearly heartbroken and out of it. It is cruel to make him continue to play today.

Ayton, on the other hand, has no excuse. His softness is really starting to infuriate me.
After drawing fouls for a few games, he is back to not shooting free throws.
 

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This has been happening game after game. Over the years. Like it or not, team reputation plays a large part in who gets the calls.

The Suns are the Suns. A pretty team.
Please stop. Team reputation? Really? This is MEMPHIS. Not exactly the Lakers. So tired of this idiotic excuse even when we play perennial lottery teams.
 

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Did anybody else see Oubre following Bridges on that breakaway dunk?

He followed him and then jumped when Bridges jumped.


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Please stop. Team reputation? Really? This is MEMPHIS. Not exactly the Lakers.
That shows has pathetic it is. The Suns still come out on the short end of the stick. Doesn't that tell you something?
 

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That shows has pathetic it is. The Suns still come out on the short end of the stick. Doesn't that tell you something?
Yeah it tells me that it’s more about incompetence then some ongoing conspiracy because we’re a bad team.
 

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Ayton is going to be an excellent player. The problem is the Suns need him now.
That can't be stated as a fact. At best, it is the wish of all of us.

Now that he is regressing after a few energetic games, it is a setback. Setbacks are more damaging than not having shown a good sign.
 

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Yeah it tells me that it’s more about incompetence then some ongoing conspiracy because we’re a bad team.
No, we are not a strong team. Not just because we have been a bad team for the past decade.
 

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Never seen a 6’3 guy dominate a 7’1 guy the way morant is owning Ayton.
 
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That can't be stated as a fact. At best, it is the wish of all of us.

Now that he is regressing after a few energetic games, it is a setback. Setbacks are more damaging than not having shown a good sign.

Come on. Showing flashes is a great sign for a young player. It shows they can reach a higher level.
 

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Irrelevant.
Your retort is interesting following Ouchie's post, "Never seen a 6’3 guy dominate a 7’1 guy the way morant is owning Ayton."

That is an example of why we don't get the calls. The Suns are a passive team. They don't make things happen.

One-word answers do not dispel that and are not going to change the ref's calls against us.

Why do I say that? Because it hasn't changed it in half a century.

Especially the past decade.
 
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Ayton is playing some good defense down the stretch.
 

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Your retort is interesting following Ouchie's post, "Never seen a 6’3 guy dominate a 7’1 guy the way morant is owning Ayton."

That is an example of why we don't get the calls. The Suns are a passive team. They don't make things happen.

One-word answers do not dispel that and are not going to change the ref's calls against us.

Why do I say that? Because it hasn't changed it in half a century.

Especially the past decade.

You are not surprisingly trying to deflect. Changing the narrative to support your negative views of the Suns.
 

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I really like the team d this second half.

I wish they would do this more often.
 
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I hope to see that. But a step forward and two steps back is not encouraging.

Ayton has 17 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. He is the center you have always wanted.
 

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You are not surprisingly trying to deflect. Changing the narrative to support your negative views of the Suns.
Y'know Chap, attacking me is not going to make the Suns any better.

But if it makes you feel better . . .
 
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Oubre ties the game with 3 pointer.
 

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Ayton has 17 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. He is the center you have always wanted.
It is not about stats. Is he becoming, as a #1 pick and a Center, a difference maker, game by game.

I hope you're right. But holding the ball down low all of a sudden, just as Andrew Lang used to, and
getting stripped is not a step forward.
 

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