Bickley Blast: Phoenix Suns’ fast starts, second-half collapses are getting old
The Phoenix Suns appeared to be getting back on track and were becoming a fun team to watch again. But after the Suns built up a first-half lead at home Wednesday before falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Dan Bickley explains why the rollercoaster of watching this Phoenix team is getting old.
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17 Comments
They are! They look so clean in the first quarter. Then I just fall asleep after half time because they can’t get a stop or score….
They’ve been old since last year… two straight years we lose the game in the third quarter.
Eddie Johnson got it right on last nights game….Booker is trying to do too much, instead of taking easy shots or passing to an open player.
Man book is the problem…if book played like a superstar this team would be just fine but he’s not that guy so the coach has to realize that and stop forcing him to run so much of the offense and use your point guards to help with the turnovers .
Last year they were great in third quarters and stunk in the 4th and now they’re an embarrassment every third quarter with one of the worst net ratings in that quarter in the league. Whatever Budenholzer tells those guys in the locker room needs to stop because it hasn’t worked.
Trade KD to OKC and Booker to Houston. Get a HAUL for them while you can.
Suns need lead by 35-50 points to win, if below 30 points, they are not gonna win games….😂😂😂😂
If NBA has only 2 quarters, 1st and 2nd quarters only 12 mins per quarter, Suns have a lot of Championship trophies..😂😂😂😂
Dan And Vince ESPN reported Suns and Heat looking to get a 3 or 4 trade team done to send Jimmy Butler to Phoenix, as per Bobby Marks. If we get Jimmy it changes everything.👏🏀
We are just so soft on all ends (same under Vogel, same under Bud). Squad is nice on paper, some nights are great, but whenever we encounter issues this team just seems to falter and give up. Might be the issue of squad leadership, might be lack of hunger for whatever reason, but ever since the 2021 finals Suns seems to have that "we chill" and "oh we are better than this, just wait" kind of vibe.
Or maybe this is just what the failed "Big 3 squad" looks like. Or maybe we are just one or two Nurk & Beal trades away. I have no idea how to evaluate this team now. We are so consistently inconsistent, which is exhausting considering how many good seasoned vets (+the championship experienced head coach) we have…
Booker is soft!!!
Coaches love "got to find a way to get better". Universal post game speak after a loss.
Why aren’t we using our true point guard?
Yeah man why tf we got jones and morris if bud ain’t going to use them for what they do we’ll Damm so frustrating
Another season filled with frustration. I knew it!
Booker makes the team worse
You know what else is getting old?
The Suns roster.