{"id":647975,"date":"2026-03-09T01:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/647975\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:06:31","slug":"game-thread-phoenix-suns-36-27-vs-charlotte-hornets-32-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/647975\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Thread: Phoenix Suns (36\u201327) vs. Charlotte Hornets (32\u201332)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Suns\u2013Hornets matchup pits two very different dynamics against each other: Phoenix, inconsistent, low on energy and health but fresh off a win against the Pelicans, is looking to regain consistency and confidence, while Charlotte is in top form, with five wins in their last six games and a young, explosive, versatile, and highly efficient offensive squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Suns will need to contain Moussa Diabate\u2019s physical impact, limit turnovers, and dominate the boards to have a chance at winning. Rasheer Fleming and Khaman Maluach are two key players who can bring energy and freshness throughout this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Suns\u2013Hornets matchup pits two very different dynamics against each other: Phoenix, inconsistent, low on energy and health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,64352,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-647975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-phoenix","11":"tag-phoenix-suns","12":"tag-phoenix-suns-discussion","13":"tag-phoenixsuns","14":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116196540189825663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}