Game Preview: Summer Suns vs. Summer Pistons

Who: Summer Suns (2-1) vs. Summer Pistons (1-2)

When: 3:00 pm Arizona Time

Where: Thomas & Mack Center — Las Vegas, Nevada

Watch: Arizona Family Sports, ESPNU

Three games into Vegas and the Summer Suns are winning ugly, defending with malice, and crashing the glass. We’ve got some dogs.

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Phoenix erased a 14-point halftime hole against Portland with a 31-18 third quarter in game one, then faceplanted against the Pelicans. However, they closed Monday’s Bucks game on an 11-1 run after trailing 87-84 with 2:30 left. The two wins were built on defense and rebounding, and riding the momentum from each.

At 2-1 with a winnable finale, a top-four record, and a July 18 semifinal spot are both live depending on how everything else shakes out.

Probable Starters

In the Summer League, you never know what the lineups might be, so the best we can do is guess. Let’s hope all the key guys go again, because it’s been (mostly) fun to watch them progress.

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Suns

Pistons

Injury Report

Suns

Nothing Reported as of now

Pistons

Nothing Reported as of now

What to Watch For

Maluach vs. Onyenso at the rim

Khaman Maluach’s Vegas log: 19 and 11 against Portland, a 15-point, 15-rebound double-double in the Pelicans loss, then 21 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocks on Milwaukee. He’s looked exactly how you’d hoped he would in this environment heading into year two.

Three straight double-doubles from a 7-foot-2 sophomore who might be too good for this event. Detroit counters with Ugonna Onyenso, a 7-footer who led the ACC with 105 blocks last season. Shot-blocker on shot-blocker is the most watchable thing on Wednesday’s card. Mark Williams and Oso Ighodaro are going to have some legitimate competition next season.

Koa Peat vs. Detroit’s engine

Peat dropped 19 and 6 on the Bucks and hasn’t looked sped up at all. He’s looked like everything we could’ve hoped for and more from a physical and “feel” standpoint. Wednesday’s potential problem for Peat is Ebuka Okorie, the No. 17 pick who averaged 23.2 points at Stanford and lives downhill.

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Keep him off the rim without fouling, and this defense passes…

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