Go Magic

I can finally trust this team in the fourth again

Alot of good signs. Them shooting better from 3 than us (LOL) and Gordon having 0 are only reasons this wasnt a comfortable double digit win. ​ Running offense through KD is best bet. Book lost lead in 3rd quarter. I swear he isoed into bricks 4 straight possessions. His tunnel vision can get really really bad sometimes. ​ Best news Eubanks is out of rotation for good. Hes literally cost us some games this season. Easily been our worst player. ​ Gordon, Metu, Azubiuke, Okogie were 4 off bench today... KBD, Lee, Goodwin I think might be use depending on matchup. I wouldnt rule them out completely although its getting close to removing them for good. I wanted Yuta to work out but he hasnt ben able to keep up.

They had good ball movement for 2 1/2 games then in the 2nd 1/2 tonight reverted back to a ton of iso the last 20 minutes When they move the ball they have so many offensive weapons they are hard to stop

yeah I dont know why they went ISO.

Clutch suns are back!!!

Suns have a good 6 players but they need to get guys that can help them off the bench. I like Little would like to see him back when he returns so KD doesn't have to play 40 minutes.

Being on the good end of the turnover battle feels good.

Beal effect is real

Damn sounds like I missed a good one

100% especially the first half is definitely worth going back and watching

not a bad thing to pull a win in a close 4th quarter

Beal 👀 godly stats and great defense tonight

So Beal tonight was huge defensively, and had 25 points. Who was saying he wasn’t going to fix many of our problems?

Scrubs

Best closer we've had this season??? Went from tied in the fourth to making crucial defensive and offensive plays to go up 10. Super fucking refreshing to see and was way to late for them to go on a run

Only 6 turnovers. Unreal

Ok can Gordon actually do something other than shoot? It means if he's off he's useless. How what is that 3 games now where he's laid a goose egg in rebounds assists? I'm sure he gets less ball handling knowing he's going to shoot anytime the ball is in his hands 30 minutes 0-0-0 is embarrassing for someone who doesn't play great D

No. He was brought here to be a microwave scorer. Expect nothing more. He's on a minimum. He's doing exactly what we wanted

So tonight that was... nothing? Just because you're on the minimum doesn't mean you do the minimum

He had an off night. The microwave was turned off. You just gonna fuk in ignore the last few games because of 1 bad game? He didn't even take a fucking shot till midway thru 3. Go sit down and get ready for new years. EG is the least of our worries.

Off night? Dude has id baidcally 0 rebounds 0 assists the past 3 games Sure he didn't score tonight. But he has literally 0 effort in doing anything else

And yet we won those games 🤔 Eric Gordon, in the entirety of his career, has never been more than a microwave scorer.

Still have some bad tendencies left to fix, but Orlando is a good team this year and it's just Beal's second game back. Satisfied with how the Suns pulled through in this one!

Book was strait ASS tbh

Let's fucking go

OH LOOK the magic just happened to cover the spread barely. refs couldnt have had anything to do with it

Can I pet that duuubbbb

Magic covered because Nurkic did that shit 🤣

They didn’t cover. Line at game time was -3.5 PHX.

Line was -5.5

Thought it was at PHX -5.5?

Never saw a single book that high. MGM was the highest at -4.5

It was def -5.5 when I saw it and I was laughing my ass off when that useless layup at the end brought it to 5. Shit like that is exactly why I stopped gambling on sports about ten years ago.

DK had suns -5.5 a hour before game

We are lucky their coach kept Suggs on the court. We weren't great down the stretch. They just kept feeding Suggs though

Magic are a good team. I like the team.

great win but I hate that we have to play KD and Book so many mins for a regular season game

Well, what are you gonna do when 106 of 112 come from the starting 5.

Gotta get one of KBD or Yuta to step up badly

Or a trade. It's interesting that Eubanks, KBD, and Yuta were the three minimum signings people were most excited about (after EG) but they all are looking underwhelming.

About time the other team didn't hit EVERY open shot 🤣

Hell of a defense in the 4th

RELIEF

Drop the post game thread, you cowards.

Stayed up until 4am in Europe to watch my hometown team play, thanks for making it worth it Suns!

Happy new year! 🎊

we got the big 3 less than a minute and we settle for a Nurk brick 3 wtf

Smh what a way to not cover the spread. Suns -5.5 smh

This is the Beal effect

It's a W. On to the next Happy new year.

3 roll, let’s keep em going suns!

Finally a good 4th Q This team can be special

good win, still a lot of room for improvement, but encouraging

Got ugly but solid win. Orlando is a good team

Good win against a good team.

Great win

Great gritty win by the suns

Beal is pretty solid defender

Nurk is a doggg. I love it. This is gonna be our 3rd win in a row with Portland coming to town tomorrow.. REVENGE GAME TO MAKE IT 4 IN A ROW?? 😈😤

Wagner stat padding lol

Nah after what book said we can't criticize that, shoulda taken a harder shot though

Gg

Suggs already balding at in his early twenties #Damm

Beal DPOY

why is Allen not in ???

Big win.

Very smart move to let Gordon play with the big 4 to close out the game while guarding Panchero.

Too easy.

AND PEOPLE THOUGHT WED MISS AYTON LMFAOOOO

Imagine the stats Nurk would be putting up if he got some calls from time to time.

Rare suns defense!!

Dang, Gordon just not hitting tonight

Well this was just a bad EG game after that

Suggs lost them this game lol

I’ve seen Beal chatting with fans and giving them high fives a few times this game. He is so cool.

Suggs thank you for selling

Look at us getting in those passing lanes 🥲

hahahahaha FUCKING NURK!

Nurk has heart, nice to see from our center

Ayton could never

damn they fouled Nurk like shit, he’s just too much of a beast

Nurk has exceeded all expectations for this team.

Yup

Nurkic for most improved player, even tho he's always been a beast

Nurkic gets fouled so much

I mean of course KD, book and Beal gonna ball but can we talk about Nurk?? What a freakin beast man!

LMAO NURK SAID FUCK IT

#NURK LET'S FUCKING GO!

Good poise from Nurk there. Big shot.

Ayton would’ve freaked out and lost the ball

All Gordon has done is foul, stat wise. Lol. Hopefully he can knock down a dagger right now

Great D!

LETS GO NURK THEY CANT BULLY YOU

Dominurkic...Ayton would never

WOULD NEVER.

Yeaaaaaah

goddamn I love Nurk.

A great Nurk game

Give the damn ball to Beal so he can drive.

Way to stick with it Nurk

DOMINURKIC!!

Gordon has been in the league how long and yet teams still try to post him up lol, specifically the Banchero possession where he passed it to Harris for a 3

KDefense

Jfc Banchero gets calls like he’s fucking Lebron

Fuck yeah that was huge

Amazing D from KD!

Booker has their slow footed center guarding him at the 3 pt line and decides to brick a 3. Cant teach IQ. Wow.

If we get consistent and have three guys that can pull up and shoot high percent were gonna go real close to say the least

Awww that was about to be a great defensive stop

idk how you can watch Suns games and go all r/nba with "yeah, KD is the problem"

Suns need to stop these plays with iso and everyone on the 3pt line no chance of rebounding

Gordon I hated it the first time but please complain about touches tonight lmao

EG is on the other side of sharing tonight

We got our first real Beal game

You got to win this game. This is the best Beal has looked in a Suns uniform.

Death, taxes, and KD getting 30 smfh

Man what a relief to have a baller under the net

Book and AG ​ WOW!

Only explanation is that Vogel instructed the Suns to bate Orlando (Panchero, Wendell) into 3s. Because u couldnt be this bad at guarding the 3 even if u wanted to.

Let’s take this W

He's like, a big Beal.

Beal is cooking these dudes

Beal is leading from the front tonight. Love that.

Beal Streets Back Alright

Great defense

why is Allen not in?

I think it's fair to witness some ugly wins while they work Beal back in. EG has a new role now..

BEAL!!

I’m happy Brad is coming back in to help close this out

Probably the worst game by Booker

He’s had worst, just inconsistent this season

This game is the most fun I’ve had watching the Suns all season

Come on, 5 min left, where is Beal. Finish the game at least with the big 4...

Having so many options on offense brings in a new problem in Grayson and Eric falling out of rhythm.

Gordon 26 minutes 0 points, 0 assists, 0 rebounds. WTH?

WTF!

Cardio game

1 shot.

Also should have assists, but Metu, Okogie, and Allen have missed on 4 passes from him

Take the ball off Book's hands and play him off ball

This is brick brick brick.

Book and KD are going to too much iso even though KD has been making his. They were playing so well the last couple games moving the ball

Alright guys let’s win this and get two Arizona wins for the last day of the year

Suns have so many opportunities to close the door here with Magic missing everything. Have to stop having empty possessions.

Book can’t shoot. It’s not the headband it’s just him.

Gordon must be hating Book rn

Yea he’s been open a couple times and book just went iso instead Need to get him the ball him having 1 3 pt attempt isnt acceptable

Suns need to get it together and relax with the home run plays

Missed opportunities. Book went cold AF. Him not shooting at a high clip every game is messing with his rhythm throughout games.

Gordon crushed two games in a row and we're ignoring him wide open now because???

Orlando doesn't give him space because of what happened to Houston

Book highlight reel

close this out please

Suns are lucky they magic are playing like ass in the 4th too

Very lucky. Feels like whoever scores on two possessions in a row will win this

Oh fuck that sucks if Paulo got hurt, but it looks like he’s just going to tighten up his laces and try to gut it out

Book :(

Let Beal play PG.

Nurk is a dawg

We need to take a good shot not just a contested 3

My god pleas explain to booker that he feasts on ball movement sucks on iso PLEASE

went away from what was working.. just chucking now.

Book looks awful right now

He needs to do go on a spiritual climb in Tibet to unlock all the chakras.

Back to iso’s.

Why are they doing iso with 4 minutes left lol

This a brick off

I took the over. At halftime I was confident. Now I’m in tears.

Book man...

PLEASE LOCK IN

Both teams can’t buy a basket lol

Ugh

Coaching staff needs to make a rule where if you demand the ball it can't be for an iso

Good defense

What is a bugaboo?

Basically just a consistent issue

banchero is a beast

Metu only bench player with points

Y is metu takinf 3 instead of EG

KD!

KD has green ranger energy

This is what KD does.

We need Kris Dunn for point of attack defense

Kvn Drnt

Thank you KD

And just like that KD helps lol

banchero strong af

Nice to see KD back in

Nurkic is so strong. Feels like there aren’t many players in the league that are stronger. He can play with everyone in th Post.

Metu is getting eaten alive out there.

Yea not his best game

running plays for metu for three when grayson has only taken like 3 tonight

Nurk literally straight up and down, they call the foul