Gerald Bourguet

A ★★★★½ review of No Other Choice (2025) -Easily one of the most egregious Oscar snubs of 2025 -Park Chan-wook weaves together a genre-blending flick that delivers uproarious black comedy, shocking bursts of violence and a biting satire on t...

No Other Choice is one of the biggest Oscar snubs and best films of 2025:

Grayson Allen (right knee injury management) and Jordan Goodwin (left calf strain) are questionable for tomorrow’s game against the Bucks. Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture) and Mark Williams (left foot third metatarsal stress reaction) remain out

Devin Booker (26.5 PPG, 5.5 APG, 4.3 RPG, 40.5 FG%, 35.3 3P%, 3-1 record) was nominated for Western Conference Player of the Week. Victor Wembanyama (26.0 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 4.8 BPG, 2.3 APG, 1.5 SPG, 55.6 FG%, 44 3P%, 4-0 record) won it

Final: PHX 111, CHA 99
Booker: 30 Pts, 10 Ast, 7-18 FG, 15-15 FT
Gillespie: 24-5-4, 8-15 FG, 5-10 3P
Green: 24 Pts, 8-19 FG, 4-10 3P
Fleming: 16 Pts, 6-8 FG, 4-6 3P
Ball: 22 Pts, 7 Reb, 6 Ast, 9-19 FG

Suns have officially won more games than last year's team

Pretty great performance from the Suns tonight despite once again missing several key players. Hornets are only a .500 team, but they've been one of the NBA's hottest teams over the last month and a half

Career-high 13 points for Rasheer Fleming on 5-of-7 shooting, while Haywood Highsmith is showing what he can do defensively. Highsmith is a team-high +17 in his 19 minutes

End of 3Q: PHX 81, CHA 77
Booker: 23 Pts, 7 Ast, 4-14 FG, 14-14 FT
Green: 22 Pts, 8-17 FG, 4-9 3P
Gillespie: 15 Pts, 5-9 FG
Ball: 17 Pts, 7 Reb, 5 Ast, 7-16 FG

Halftime: PHX 60, CHA 58
Green: 20 Pts, 7-11 FG, 4-7 3P
Booker: 14 Pts, 4 Ast, 2-6 FG, 10-10 FT
Gillespie: 8 Pts, 3-6 FG
Miller: 11 Pts, 5 Reb, 4-7 FG

Jalen Green shaking the rust off?

End of 1Q: CHA 30, PHX 28
Green: 8 Pts, 3-6 FG, 2-4 3P
Booker: 6 Pts, 2 Ast, 1-4 FG, 4-4 FT
Gillespie: 6 Pts, 2-4 3P
Knueppel: 10 Pts, 3-6 FG

Royce O’Neale (right foot soreness) is questionable for tomorrow’s Suns game against the Hornets, while Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture), Jordan Goodwin (left calf strain) and Mark Williams (left foot third metatarsal stress reaction) remain out

The Suns list Royce O'Neale (right foot soreness) as questionable for tonight against the Pelicans. Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture), Mark Williams (left foot third metatarsal stress reaction) and Jordan Goodwin (left calf strain) remain out

Dillon Brooks' DUI is incredibly disappointing, not just because he's led the Suns' culture reset, but it's 2026. Ride shares are more available than ever, and you're a millionaire with team contacts who could easily coordinate a ride. That's just reckless, poor decision-making

I didn’t! I’m honestly kicking myself for not getting the 7/8/9 pack on the Switch 2 when I pre-ordered. May have to buy them separately digitally after the fact, if I make it through 9 without a heart attack lol

Definitely didn’t help, but he only played 12 minutes. Problems extended a lot further, especially on the perimeter. Weird malaise until the final 3-4 minutes, which you can’t do in this league

Final: CHI 105, PHX 103
Booker: 27 Pts, 6 Reb, 9-21 FG
Allen: 21 Pts, 8 Ast, 6-19 FG, 5-16 3P
Green: 12 Pts, 5-20 FG, 1-8 3P
Sexton: 30 Pts, 11-19 FG

Suns can't get the rebound off Nick Richards' final missed FT and the clock expires. Bad loss

Hell yes Ali

SOMETHING IS BREWING IN PHOENIX. IT’S CRUNCH-TIME COFFEY

I did. And had major reservations about his fit here, and still do. I’m also not going to dismiss a 24-year-old based on like 15 games lol

It was always gonna take Jalen Green time to adjust to a new role, on a new team, coming off injuries that held him out most of the season. It's just unfortunate this stretch of getting acclimated and shaking off rust coincides with the Suns desperately needing some O from him

Suns just getting outplayed by a hungrier Bulls team. Can't keep anyone in front of them, can't hit a 3 to save their lives (9-for-34), getting outran in transition at a critical juncture of the game...weird off night that's lasted since the 1st quarter

End of 3Q: CHI 83, PHX 77
Booker: 22 Pts, 2 Stl, 7-16 FG
Allen: 18 Pts, 6 Ast, 4-10 3P
Ighodaro: 10 Pts, 7 Reb, 3 Ast, 5-5 FG
Sexton: 24 Pts, 10-16 FG

Bulls have scored 58 of their 83 points in the paint

Everyone’s focusing on Mark Williams’ absence with the points in the paint given up, and it’s definitely relevant, but the absence of Dillon Brooks and Jordan Goodwin illuminates how often their perimeter D is getting broken down, and how the effort/tenacity just kinda fell off

Bulls points in the paint: 32
Suns total points: 29

End of 1Q: CHI 24, PHX 20
Booker: 6 Pts, 2-5 FG
Dunn: 4 Pts, 5 Reb, 2-2 FG
Fleming: 3 Pts, 1-1 3P
Sexton: 8 Pts, 4-6 FG

Bulls had as many points in the paint (20) as the Suns had total

"Just one of those starts" has bled into one of the rare games where the Suns' opponent looks like the harder-working group. Still plenty of time to course-correct, but Devin Booker's frustrated body language after that last blow-by and layup said it all about the effort so far

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The Suns announced Mark Williams has a stress fracture in his left foot and will be re-evaluated in 2-3 weeks

Let’s hope Amy feels similarly when I ask her to do the same at age 34 😂

Resident Evil Requiem really is “pause every 30 seconds and collect yourself” levels of scary as a video game experience. I’m not built for this anymore lol