The Phoenix Suns took down the Toronto Raptors in their final bubble scrimmage game by a score of 117-106. There were many good things to take away.
If it were humanly possible to only play six or seven players for 82 games, this Phoenix Suns team would sail to a record above .500.
I’m convinced.
When this team is on point, they are a very solid basketball squad, and in their third scrimmage game against the defending NBA Champion Toronto Raptors (sans Kawhi Leonard of course), they showed they can play with anyone in the league.
And to think, they played this well with two starters sidelined as Oubre is still rehabbing form knee injury and Dario Saric sat out for precautionary reasons after stepping on Frank Kaminsky’s foot Sunday against the Celtics.
It is amazing to watch the rust melt away from this team. It is like slowing pouring phosphoric acid over a cruddy old nail and admiring the original metal’s shine come through.
I know. I know. This is only a scrimmage game and the Raptors didn’t exactly play with the same motivation they did against the Warriors in the Finals last season, but there were so many positive signs displayed, Suns fans can’t help but get a little excited going into the games that actually count.
Here are five takeaways: