Quote from: danherbias07 on Today at 12:57:49 PM

Quote from: Natalim on Today at 11:33:43 AM

It was a balanced attack, the big problem of the Suns in that game is their defense on Ingram, they know that Ingram is the main scorer of the team and yet they allow him to have a good shooting night.

Ingram scored 37 points from 61% shooting, that was too easy for him, without a good defense, no way the Suns would beat a defensive team like the Bucks and the Heat, or even the Warriors.

But I think the Suns' can still win that game if Booker was not injured. They are letting Ayton and CP3 and that hot guy who scored 31 in the first half have their rest even though their lead is fading away.
All of it will matter at the endpoint of the game when Ingram and McCollum are too exhausted to score or even defend. I think that's one of the key factors in why the Suns are a successful team. Deep bench. If the party led by Payne which is the 2nd unit could just prevent the Pelicans from being in the lead they will win the next minutes with fresh stars and will do the damage at full blast.
Now we wait for the adjustments, a big one without Booker. The Warden should try defending Ingram.

That is the big question though, the Pelicans is chipping on their lead and then get on the driving seat. But they didn't change anything, no subs from the coach. Maybe he is confident that they can make a comeback in the 4th even without Booker. But it was a mistake, he should have put the starting 5 minus Booker in the last minute of the 3rd quarter to stop the bleeding and not give the Pelicans the advantage and confident. But it was too late then for the Suns, mental lapses from Monty Williams here.