Three Burning Questions For Phoenix Suns Against The Sacramento Kings
By Omar Soussi
The Phoenix Suns will face the Kings this Friday at 7 pm in Sacramento. This game features a Suns team that’s won four straight and looks to make it five straight. The Kings are streaking in the opposite direction having lost six of their last seven games and need to gets some check marks in the win column.
Here are three burning questions for the Pheonix Suns in this game.
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Will Bledsoe repeat his triple double performance?
On Tuesday against the Mavs, guard Eric Bledsoe put up 16 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds giving the fifth year pro his second triple-double of his career and this season. We know that the next game he played after his first triple double of the season was mediocre at best, putting up five rebounds, eight assists and only four points in a losing effort against the Heat.
We know Bledsoe can be a baller and at times be a dangerous shooter and I expect him to play great against the 22nd ranked defensive team in the league in terms of efficiency.
Will the Suns be able to stop DeMarcus Cousins?
Last time Cousins played against the Suns, he put up 25 points and 18 boards in a narrow point win over the Suns on Nov. 7. Cousins has been dealing with Viral Meningitis since the Kings lost to the Rockets and has missed 11 games because of to it. In the last three games he’s played since he’s returned, Cousins has put up 26 points and 11 rebounds per game.
Phoenix has got to figure out a way to stop Cousins if they want to win.
Will the Suns be able to keep finishing strong in the end of games?
Over the last four games, we’ve seen a Suns team that has played fantastic in the fourth quarter instead of falling on their faces, outscoring their opponents in their four-game winning streak in the fourth quarter.
When they went on their six-game losing streak, they only outscored their opponents three times in the fourth quarter and one of those times it was by one point. They need to keep finishing games strong and not letting the opponent come back in the fourth quarter.
I am really excited for this game and I can’t wait to see how it’s going to play out.