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Who: Phoenix Suns (1-5) vs. Orlando Magic (2-5)
When: 7:00 pm Arizona Time
Where: Mortgage Matchup Center — Phoenix, Arizona
Watch: Arizona’s Family 3TV, Arizona’s Family Sports
Listen: KMVP 98.7
The Suns are back at it tonight after a loss to the Trail Blazers last night. The homestand continues.
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Four straight losses. 1-5. And the Suns just watched Portland drop 43 on them in a single quarter after winning the first one 34-29.
I’ll say it out loud: game 7 of an 82-game season is a must-win. That sounds insane from the outside. It isn’t. Houston and San Antonio come to town right after this, and if Phoenix can’t beat a 2-5 Orlando team missing Paolo Banchero, I have no idea where the next win comes from.
Through six games, nothing on film says this team is better than its record. The ball movement in the first quarter in the last two games showed what the ceiling looks like. NBA games are 48 minutes long; it needs to be there for more than 12 or 15 minutes. If Jordan Ott’s group can’t defend a bottom-10 offense at home, the conversation shifts from “early-season growing pains” to “roster construction problem,” and the lineup experimentation has to start now.
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Probable Starters
Injury Report
Suns
Mark Williams — OUT (Left Shoulder Surgery)
Jordan Goodwin — OUT (Right Calf Soreness)
Rasheer Fleming — QUESTIONABLE (Left Ankle Sprain)
Magic
Paolo Banchero — OUT (Ankle Sprain)
Jalen Suggs — OUT (Knee)
What to Watch For
The Suns need to play big, for once. Orlando has size.
Phoenix got out-rebounded by 8 against Portland and let the Blazers shoot 41 free throws. Donovan Clingan put up 24 and 11 inside. Portland was the more physical team, and the Suns settled instead of attacking. That’s a size problem and a mentality problem at the same time.
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