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Examining a Suns 3-on-3 team vs NBA lottery teams

By Assane Drame

Mar 5, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas (4) attempts to shoot the ball under pressure from Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) and Devin Booker (1) at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Suns defeated the Celtics 109-106. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 5, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas (4) attempts to shoot the ball under pressure from Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) and Devin Booker (1) at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Suns defeated the Celtics 109-106. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Buddy Hield, Skal Labissiere, Willie Cauley-Stein, & Arron Afflalo

Mar 31, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield (24) reacts after a three point basket against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second quarter of a game at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 31, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield (24) reacts after a three point basket against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second quarter of a game at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

Sacramento has a good combination of perimeter presence and inside presence.

Skal knows all about the Suns. He ate them up for 32 and 11 in their next to last meeting of the regular season and was a delight to watch down the stretch for the Kings. It is therefore a necessity that the Suns keep an eye on him when he’s on the floor.

Hield and Afflalo would heat up from the outside which puts more focus on what Bledsoe and Booker would do on the perimeter.

Like the Lakers matchup, this sounds like a back and forth affair with a whole lot of threes being launched. Hield and Afflalo shot 39% and 41% from three this past year respectively. The bigs in this scenario would clean up the misses and finish.

It would be an interesting one, but the Suns should be able to pull this off. Stopping the Kings two primary scorers would take some work, but would the Kings be able to hold off the Bledsoe/Booker backcourt?

Chances are they would hold their own early on but ultimately, they would be too much for them to handle.

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