#Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers
Acrisure Arena- Palm Desert, CA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401591931)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/17bysqt/game_thread_phoenix_suns_00_at_los_angeles_lakers/k5ml0ew/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|PHX |24|30|35|34|123|
|LAL |20|38|15|27|100|
###Player Stats
**Phoenix Suns**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Okogie|22:41|6|2-4|0-0|2-3|1|4|5|2|2|0|1|4|1
|K. Durant|17:08|21|8-14|2-3|3-4|0|4|4|2|0|0|4|0|-5
|J. Nurkic|19:31|3|1-11|0-2|1-1|3|5|8|0|0|0|2|5|-8
|G. Allen|26:31|6|3-12|0-5|0-0|2|2|4|3|2|0|5|1|3
|E. Gordon|17:41|10|3-8|1-3|3-4|1|1|2|2|0|0|1|2|-9
|J. Goodwin|13:45|7|3-5|1-3|0-0|2|2|4|3|0|0|2|4|16
|D. Eubanks|16:03|7|3-4|0-0|1-2|2|7|9|6|2|1|1|0|25
|Y. Watanabe|15:58|12|4-8|2-4|2-4|2|1|3|1|0|0|0|1|22
|N. Little|20:43|11|5-7|1-2|0-0|1|3|4|1|0|0|0|4|17
|K. Johnson|15:40|3|1-4|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|2|1|1|0|1|-1
|S. Lee|15:32|17|4-5|1-1|8-8|1|1|2|4|0|0|1|2|19
|C. Metu|9:15|9|3-6|3-5|0-0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|12
|K. Bates-Diop|14:32|5|2-2|0-0|1-2|0|2|2|1|3|0|0|0|17
|B. Bol|9:42|6|2-3|1-2|1-2|0|1|1|0|0|1|1|2|1
|U. Azubuike|5:17|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|5
**Los Angeles Lakers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|T. Prince|16:57|3|1-2|0-1|1-2|0|1|1|1|3|0|0|4|15
|L. James|22:03|19|6-12|3-5|4-5|0|6|6|3|0|0|1|2|2
|A. Davis|22:31|15|5-10|1-3|4-7|0|2|2|0|0|6|2|3|2
|A. Reaves|23:38|14|4-8|3-4|3-4|0|4|4|3|2|2|2|0|-3
|D. Russell|21:30|8|3-8|0-4|2-2|0|3|3|6|2|1|3|1|5
|C. Reddish|21:48|2|1-4|0-2|0-0|0|2|2|0|1|0|4|5|-28
|R. Hachimura|19:11|3|1-5|0-1|1-1|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|1|-30
|C. Wood|15:20|2|1-4|0-0|0-0|1|5|6|0|0|1|1|0|-35
|M. Christie|21:23|10|4-8|2-3|0-0|0|2|2|1|1|1|1|4|-15
|J. Hayes|13:24|7|3-3|0-0|1-2|2|1|3|0|1|1|3|1|-18
|M. Lewis|12:00|5|1-2|1-1|2-2|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|2|-7
|C. Castleton|10:05|9|4-5|0-0|1-2|2|1|3|3|0|1|3|1|-1
|A. Fudge|10:05|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|-1
|D. Hodge|10:05|3|1-5|1-5|0-0|0|2|2|0|1|0|1|2|-1
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|PHX|44-93|13-33|22-30|27|27|12|18|3|15|35|63|
|LAL|35-76|11-29|19-27|19|27|11|22|13|6|30|43|
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26 comments
I’m tryna figure out what cam reddish is good at
My biggest concern for the regular season is rebounding. It’s been a consistent issue in every pre-season game and we have the personnel to do it
Laid an egg in this one. But had enough of pre season anyway.
123 to 100. wtf is that? Didn’t watch the game but don’t care if it’s just preseason that’s a wack af score to end it.
Well the good thing is we’ll never have to see that god-awful lineup ever again.
Stinky bench game & rebounding needs work
I just want to see the lakers use Max in off-ball actions. Like please, Max is not a creator and his play-style just screams off-ball shooter.
Play Castleton and Hayes. Bench Woods and cut Cam.
Christian Wood is pretty garbage.
There’s a reason why the bum’s been on 8 teams in 8 years.
He’s a absolute iso black hole on offense.
Yea, he’s going to have some games where he’s just “on.”
But make no mistake, he’s not a winning basketball player.
Probably Rui’s worst game as a Laker. Looked lethargic and lost out there, hope he’s good. Overall preseason had some really great moments and also some meh ones.
Still a bit worried about what our bench offense will look like so I wonder if Bron or Reaves gets used as a playmaker more out of the starting lineup.
What I’ve come to realize is that Darvin Ham is a great coach but takes forever to figure out good lineups with new guys. What I’ve also come to realize is that Cam Reddish is absolute garbage.
Love how we have no depth now cause a all bench unit with no Pg/Playmaker got outscored in 1 qtr.
I dont think I’ve ever seen a -35 before
Just a little trivia:
Manny Harris has the lowest plus-minus in a game, at -57 versus the Lakers on January 11, 2011.
Overall terrible game. No way Cam is still in the rotation come next week. Wood also sucks. Prince looked alright, I liked his defense on KD. Rui looked off all game, but his teammates did an awful job of getting him looks. He’ll be fine. Bad games happen, and it’s good we got this one out the way in pre season. Honestly think the bench should be limited to Rui, Gabe, Vando, Hayes, and Christie
Hopefully Ham learns to never leave the team without a playmaker on the floor.
Kinda like having 5 fingers but no thumb
Final preseason thoughts:
I’m excited from what we saw from the core rotation players, all positive imo. All of the rooks need more time in the oven, but I think they all have potential. Off season pickups were great in Prince, Vincent and Hayes – Cam leaves a lot to be desired, Wood is 50/50. Christie’s development getting skewed by his role changing game to game, I think he’ll shine the most coming off the bench focused on 3 & D and not being asked to handle and initiate (could grow into that role later I think).
Glad it’s over, ready for the regular season to start!
AD had twice as many blocks as the entire Suns team
The body language of Rui was not good tonight.
I hope this is the last appearance of Pockets the Clown.
Wood is pretty bad, Reddish is terrible.
Reaves is also getting clowned on Twitter which is funny
Im not kidding when I say I felt more safe when Castleton ran the offence instead of Reddish oml he’s a 2 pack of ass
Nothing new the Suns been owning the lakers the last 3 seasons😂 no book or beal, Suns 2024🏆 loading
This better be the last time I see Max, Cam, Rui, Wood, Hayes lines up.
Guys were over preseason its fine they were all thinking about denver
Preseason doesnt matter… until the Lakers lose acording to the main sub
First half we had the motors running with AD and Bron shining. Our defense was strong but KD was being KD and kept them in the game. We played with no urgency which is obvious given this is a preseason game (no motivation from some core players –> Rui standing out the most) but I’m sure he’ll flip the switch when it starts to matter since he can excel in pressure moments from what we’ve seen in his playoff tenure.
Ham started to experiment with lineups in the third, running an offense with very little ball handling and a true PG running point and playmaking. We got outscored to hell at that point and became the nexus to the sub pointing fingers at individual players for being the reason we are losing. I think that lineup, Max, Rui, Reddish, Hayes, and Wood , should not be used again. But that’s the beauty of it, barring injuries*, Ham has a lot of combination options from the depth we have, we just need bro not to fuck it up lol.