PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns stay on the highway for what is certain to be a rubber match towards the Miami Warmth tonight at Kaseya Middle.
Phoenix is coming off a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, whereas the Warmth beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 41 factors only a few days in the past.
The Warmth have been a really deliberate and well-coached crew yearly, however the make-up of this specific model is a bit completely different.
Three keys for the Suns to safe a season sweep towards the Warmth:
The Warmth are twenty sixth within the NBA in tempo, averaging 97.34 possessions per recreation. Additionally they common practically 40 three-point makes an attempt per evening. If Phoenix is in a position to dictate the tempo behind the regular hand of Tyus Jones and observe the standard weight-reduction plan of three-point seems, they need to look golden regardless of being backside 5 in offensive rebound proportion.
Be careful for Royce O’Neale – who went 5 of 8 from behind the arc on Thursday with Grayson Allen of their respective roles tonight.
Tyler Herro has distinguished himself as a authentic All-Star degree participant this season – averaging 24.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG and 4.9 RPG whereas capturing 42% from three on over 10 makes an attempt per evening.
Ryan Dunn (if he is ready to play) and Josh Okogie will likely be tasked with containing Herro – who can also be hitting the highs of a 31-point efficiency towards the Lakers. This will likely be a novel matchup for each side, however Phoenix wants to emphasise slowing down Herro – in all probability much more so than Jimmy Butler.
Lastly, the Warmth take unbelievable care of the ball, rating fourth within the league in turnover proportion at 13%. The Suns aren’t making a ton of pressured turnovers, however Dunn/O’Neale/Okogie have to make game-changing performs after they get the possibility – particularly in a recreation that is positive to be hotly contested for a lot of it of the way in which by means of.
Suns-Warmth ought to tip off shortly after 6 p.m. Arizona time this night.
