Here's a summary of the Santa Cruz Warriors' season opener against the Valley Suns on November 9, 2024:
The Santa Cruz Warriors defeated the Valley Suns 133-118 in their NBA G League season opener at Kaiser Permanente Arena[1][3].
Key performances for Santa Cruz:
- Quinten Post (7-foot center, two-way player): 28 points, 15 rebounds (game-highs in both categories)[3]
- Kevin Knox II: 24 points, 6 rebounds
- Reece Beekman (two-way guard): 20 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists
- Jackson Rowe: 18 points, 8 rebounds
- Javan Johnson: 16 points
Santa Cruz dominated inside, outscoring Valley 56-26 in the paint and outrebounding them 53-29[3].
For the Valley Suns:
- Jalen Bridges: 26 points (5 three-pointers)
- Jaden Shackelford: 23 points (5 three-pointers)
- TyTy Washington Jr.: 21 points
- Moses Wood: 18 points (5 three-pointers)
The Suns hit 22 three-pointers in the game[3].
This was the first of back-to-back games between these teams to open the season, with the rematch scheduled for November 10 at 7 PM in Santa Cruz.
5 comments
Good to see Post doing his thing, don’t know if it happens in the near future, but I want to see him make the lineup
Love that Post set himself the goal to crack the rotation. This is an excellent way to get started!
Post didn’t look close to ready in preseason, good to see him doing well in SC. His 3 seemed legit but nothing else did, I hope he keeps putting in the work
Good decision for the team to put him in Santa Cruz it will help him to be ready like Poole and JK. If he improves he would be a great fit to the Warriors line up since they lack height.
Hope post turns up being good. The way to success in this new cba era is to draft nba level guys so they’re on cheap rookie contracts.