Suns beat the Kings 124 to 95.
It was pretty fun going to my first ever Suns game. They has a fan fest sort of thing a few hours before the game started and I caught the tail end of it because I had to get ready for the game and I had an early morning today with the forum here and going out to South Phoenix for an event earlier in the day.
So yeah the game. Rubio was a difference maker and for a good chunk of the game he made the right pass. Looking at his assist to turnover ratio it was 11/4 which is solid. He was also jumping for loose balls and getting steals. He had a double double with 11 points and 11 assists with 6 boards.
Ayton was pretty dominate down low as he had 18 points and 11 boards and he was getting in the right position to cut or just post up on the high block and do some moves to get him inside.
Booker was very solid with his scoring and passing but it wasn't like last season where it was PointBook where he would facilitate the offense. Tonight it was just him being in a good position to make a smart pass and someone scoring. Booker led Sun scorers with 22. Buddy Hield had 28.
Oubre Jr was very solid with the scoring with 21 and was a pest with defense on Barnes and Bogdan Bodanovic.
Starting lineup for the Suns is what you might of expected in Rubio, Booker, Oubre Jr Saric and Ayton. Bench was Kaminski, Baynes, Jevon Carter, Mikal Bridges, Tyler Johnson. Okobo, Cheick Diallo and Jared Harper played the last 2 mins of the game.
But yes my fave player on the Suns over Booker, Rubio, Oubre Jr and Ayton is Mikal Bridges. He didn't score much tonight but he was steller on defense and using that extra pass to get to the open man and making good reads in the passing lanes to get fast breaks going. I went into the Team Shop before the game and the only merch they had of Mikal Bridges was a 110 dollar jersey. Ridiculous. At least would have been nice to have a tee with his number on it but no.
One other thing I noticed was how the Suns played team defense by covering each other so players can get where they need to be and calling out assignments as they were heading back on D.
Solid game. Next game I am going to try and make it to is the Pelicans game next month. I have to see how Lonzo, Ingram and Hart are playing. Maybe Zion will be back by then.
Here was the view from my seat.