Around the Suns - A Go On My Suns! blog - Week 23

Join us as we review the highs and lows of the last week for the Phoenix Suns, as well as previewing the week ahead.

Week 23: 23 - 29 March

Week Record: 1-1

Overall Record: 41-33. 7th in the Western Conference.

Games Played and Results:

L - 123 - 125 Vs Denver Nuggets

W- 134 - 109 Vs Utah Jazz

Centre of The Sun

All fairly standard stuff for the games this week.

We only just lost to a full strength Denver Nuggets team, so I am not sad about that at all. I think it shows that the team that draws us in the 1st round should be worried when we get Dillon and Mark back.

A predictable win against the Jazz, as we're both on different paths at this point. It all looked rather easy for the Suns, especially Jalen Green, who looked like he was on the practise court.

That game was also the perfect game to give Maluach a good run, which Jordan Ott did. It led to Man Man getting a career high 12 points, along with matching his career high in rebounds.

Before the Jazz game Ott said that both Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams trained with the team that day. Great to hear they're progressing. I wonder if we'll see them back on this week's road trip.

Superstar Watch (Season stats):

Devin Booker - 25.5 Points, 3.9 Rebounds, 60. Assists, 0.8 Steals, 45.2 FG%, 32.0 3PT FG% & 3.2 Turnovers

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Scorching Suns:

Jalen Green

Jalen Green is heating up at the best part of the season. He's now 26 games in to his season and looks in great form after his previous injuries.

His stats for the week:

26.0 Points, 6.0 Rebounds, 4.5 Assists, 54.3 FG% & 47.1 3PT FG%

Oso Ighodaro

His stats for the week:

14.0 Points, 7.0 Rebounds, 1.5 Assists, 0.5 Steals, 0.5 Blocks & 92.3 FG%

Struggling Suns:

Collin Gillespie

A strange week for Collin, especially going 0 for 8 against the Jazz. I was willing those shots to go in so much, as he approaches the Suns record for 3's in a single season.

His stats for the week:

5.5 Points, 3.0 Rebounds, 4.0 Assists, 1.0 Steal, 21.1 FG% & 13.3 3PT FG%

Stat Line(s) of the Week:

Jalen Green Vs Utah Jazz

Jalen curated this box score in just 22 minutes! He looked like he was on the practise floor in this game, reminding us that he was the leading scorer on last year's 2nd seeded Rockets.

Game stat line:

31 Points, 6 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 13/22 FGs (59.1%) & 5/11 3PT FGs (45.5%)

Honourable Mentions

Khaman Maluach

A career high 12 points for Khaman, along with matching his career high 9 rebounds.

Game stat line:

12 Points, 9 Rebounds, 2 Blocks & 5/7 FGs (71.4%)

Rookie Watch (Season stats):

Khaman Maluach - 39 games, 0 starts

2.7 Points, 2.3 Rebounds, 0.2 Assists, 0.1 Steals, 0.6 Blocks, 54.5 FG%, 21.4 3PT FG% & 0.6 Turnovers

Rasheer Fleming - 48 games, 0 starts

4.0 Points, 2.3 Rebounds, 0.2 Assists, 0.3 Steals, 0.4 Blocks, 39.9 FG%, 34.9 3PT FG% & 0.4 Turnovers

Koby Brea - 7 games

2.7 Points, 0.3 Rebounds, 0.6 Assists, 0.0 Steals, 0.0 Blocks, 42.9 FG%, 455 3PT FG% & 0.0 Turnovers

CJ Huntley - 1 game

2.0 Points, 0.0 Rebounds, 0.0 Assists, 0.0 Steals, 0.0 Blocks, 50.0 FG%, 0.0 3PT FG% & 0.0 Turnovers

Upcoming Games:

Our last full road trip begins tonight in Memphis.

For us to perceivably have a chance at the 6th spot and avoid the Play-In these are all must wins and, let's be honest, we should be winning these games.

The Magic and Hornets are fighting for Playoff positions as well, so they should be tougher games, but these are all our to lose.

Prediction:

I'm going all W's for this week, even in the 2nd night of a back-to-back against Orlando, which is on paper our most likely potential loss.

Predictions League:

Here are the league standings after week 23.

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