With only one success in four games, the Suns missed their start to the regular season, and after the backlash against the Kings, their coach and several players sounded the alarm. Starting with Deandre Ayton who felt that the 3rd quarter lacked professionalism and that he had not recognized his team.
However, without playing well, the Suns almost created a heist at home, erasing a deficit of ten points before losing on this 3-point buzzer Harrison Barnes. An action ultimately symbolic because it is precisely at 3-points that the Suns have big gaps. In attack as in defense.
Last night, they conceded 15 3-pointers, while ending the game 6 of 22 on their side. Since the start of the season, according to the Arizona Republic, they are downright last in the league in 3-point defense with 42% of shots conceded, and 28th out of 30 for their 3-point skill with less than 30%.
“It’s lousy … It’s over 40% and it’s horrible” regrets Monty Williams about the 3-point defense. “We weren’t like that, and we have to rectify it, in the details. For now, we are helping too much, and we lose sight of our player, looking too much at the ball, and that’s something we weren’t doing. “
“Our approach and our state of mind must change a little”
For Jae Crowder, this bankruptcy in defense is first and foremost individual. “I think you have to make it a personal matter. I said it earlier: We give the opponent confidence, and the shots come in at the end. You have to take advantage of what you are able to do and take away all confidence from the start, and maintain that for 48 minutes ”.
In attack, the winger finds that he and his teammates are too scholarly. Basically, it lacks spontaneity.
“I just feel like we play every possession like it’s all about action. We try to play a little too methodically, instead of letting the ball live and finding the right shots. Instead of anticipating and telling ourselves that this action will end on this shot, we should play faster and more rhythmically. “
In the end, the Suns just have to take their “money time” as a model, when they have managed to equalize.
“We saw a desperate basketball, as if we were aware that we were about to be beaten” Jae Crowder concludes. “It was just that, and we have to find a way to do it for 48 minutes.” It’s a different season, and different things are happening. Our approach and our mindset need to change a bit. “
| Tirs | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Devin Booker | 4 | 32.1 | 40.7 | 33.3 | 85.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 21.5 |
| Mikal Bridges | 4 | 31.9 | 56.2 | 47.4 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 16.5 |
| Deandre Ayton | 4 | 31.2 | 57.9 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| Chris Paul | 4 | 29.5 | 39.5 | 30.0 | 93.8 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 10.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Elfrid Payton | 2 | 19.1 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Javale Mcgee | 4 | 13.5 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| Jae Crowder | 4 | 28.7 | 32.4 | 18.2 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 8.0 |
| Cameron Payne | 2 | 16.6 | 28.6 | 16.7 | 62.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| Cameron Johnson | 4 | 20.0 | 34.6 | 35.3 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Landry Shamet | 4 | 17.5 | 53.3 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| Jalen Smith | 1 | 9.7 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Abdel Nader | 4 | 11.4 | 30.8 | 20.0 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Frank Kaminsky | 1 | 9.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Chandler Hutchison | 1 | 6.4 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
