Gerald Bourguet

Ohhh okay lol well then you still have like 5 weeks of waiting to go!

THEY CAN AND THEY WILL

S3 is almost over! Now’s the time to start if you’re starting from the beginning!

I feel like there’s an episode of Shrinking that we all know is probably coming at some point and I fear we are still unprepared for how emotionally shattering it will be when it happens

Mark Williams (left foot soreness), Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture) and Jordan Goodwin (left calf strain) are out for tomorrow’s game against the Bulls

March Monthly Mailbag: Jalen Green's struggles, Oso Ighodaro's ceiling, tanking & Resident Evil Requiem | Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site Get more from Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site on Patreon

New Monthly Mailbag over at @sunsafterdark.bsky.social! Free for everyone to browse, I answered questions about Jalen Green's struggles, Oso Ighodaro's ceiling, fixes for tanking, Resident Evil Requiem and plenty more:

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Yeah I’ve read nothing but good things about how it performs in both docked and handheld mode! It’s nice that the days of Nintendo platforms being vastly inferior are gone

How I’m getting my horror fix this weekend

Me @ Pombon when Pokémon Waves releases in 2027

Pessimist vs. Optimist: Mark Williams' highs and lows are worth a conversation | Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site Get more from Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site on Patreon

Another low-minute night for Mark Williams. Earlier today, I wrote about the highs and lows of his season from both an optimistic and pessimistic point of view:

Just a reminder that heading into the season, most people expected the Suns to trade vets like Royce O'Neale and Grayson Allen.

Instead, they're closing out tight wins over the Lakers, all with Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks out injured. Incredible stuff

Final: PHX 113, LAL 110
Allen: 28 Pts, 6 Ast, 9-24 FG, 6-16 3P
Gillespie: 21 Pts, 7-13 FG, 6-11 3P
O'Neale: 13 Pts, 6 Reb, 4-7 FG
Doncic: 41 Pts, 8 Reb, 8 Ast, 12-21 FG, 6-11 3P

Austin Reaves misses the open corner 3 off a great ATO, Suns get a much-needed win

Make that Lakers defense move and it's curtains lol Royce O'Neale with the go-ahead 3 with 0.9 seconds left off of Grayson Allen's drive and great pass to the corner, excellent swing from Collin Gillespie

Oof. Two massive missed 3s from Grayson Allen that were wide open that I'm sure he already wants back. Tie game with 22.7 seconds left, Suns ball

He’s just plastered to the screener like a slice of Kraft inside a grilled cheese right now lol

Suns are turning Luka Doncic into one of Dali's melting clocks with the way he's absolutely dying on these screens lmao

Nice to see Ryan Dunn respond in kind with Rasheer Fleming playing so well tonight. My God that Lakers defense is something to behold. Suns up 10 with 7:43 to go

Grayson Allen 1st half: 10 points, 4-12 FG, 2-7 3P

Grayson Allen 3rd quarter: 16 points, 5-6 FG, 4-5 3P

End of 3Q: PHX 80, LAL 80
Allen: 26 Pts, 9-18 FG, 6-12 3P
Fleming: 8 Pts, 6 Reb, 2-3 3P
Gillespie: 8 Pts, 3-8 FG
Green: 7 Pts, 3-12 FG
Doncic: 32 Pts, 8 Reb, 7 Ast, 9-18 FG, 10-11 FT

Suns up 50-15 in bench points, close the 3Q on a 22-10 run

Fun 10-0 Suns run there, punctuated by a gorgeous layup from Rasheer Fleming past Deandre Ayton, a smooth Jamaree Bouyea finish in transition, an Oso Ighodaro swat on DA at the rim and back-to-back transition 3s from Grayson Allen. 2-point game again

Yeah I don’t wanna hear shit about how Devin Booker fell off because his scoring is like 1-2 points down or his 3P% is bad or whatever.

You cannot watch this Suns offense right now and tell me his impact is anything less than immense

Halftime: PHX 49, LAL 49
Allen: 10 Pts, 4-12 FG, 2-7 3P
Gillespie: 8 Pts, 3-6 FG, 2-4 3P
Green: 7 Pts, 3-10 FG, 1-4 3P
Doncic: 18 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Stl, 6-13 FG

Rasheer Fleming hasn't scored a single point but is still having a significant impact on the game. 6 boards, +12 in 11 minutes. Keep finding minutes for that kid!

End of 1Q: LAL 27, PHX 22
Dunn: 5 Pts, 2-2 FG
Green: 4 Pts, 2-5 FG
Gillespie: 3 Pts, 1-2 FG
Doncic: 12 Pts, 2 Stl, 5-7 FG

Suns scored 17 points in the first 5:10, then only 5 points over the next 6:50

14-2 Lakers run since that last timeout. Not gonna make any sweeping declarations about Jalen Green coming back from injury to this shorthanded version of the Suns, but they could really do with him shaking off that rust a bit quicker

Nothing like that 24th ranked Lakers defense to cure what ails the Suns offensively. They’re up 17-9 five minutes into this one

Just saw the Paramount news and I'm beyond tired of living in the worst and also dumbest timeline

Pessimist vs. Optimist: Mark Williams' highs and lows are worth a conversation | Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site Get more from Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site on Patreon

The highs and lows of Mark Williams are worth a conversation. So for @sunsafterdark.bsky.social, I had that conversation with myself, pitting optimist vs. pessimist to make sense of his first season with the #Suns:

Devin Booker (right hip strain), Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture), Jordan Goodwin (left calf strain), Haywood Highsmith (right knee injury management) and Cole Anthony (not with team) all remain out for tomorrow’s game against the Lakers