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Open Gameday Thread - Suns vs Grizzlies

Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies, Dec 30, 2008 6:00 PM MST



Phoenix Suns



vs.

Memphis Grizzlies
17-12 10-22
6:00PM Mountain / 8:00 PM Eastern
TV: My45 HD
Probable starters:
Leandro Barbosa PG Kyle Mike Lowry Conley
Jasun Richardsun SG OJOMG Mayo
Grant Hill
SF Rudy Gay
Am'are Sto'ude'mir'e
PF Darrell Arthur
The Big Tweet C Marc Gasol

Official Suns Game Notes

Let's see how similar this game is to last night's win over the Thunder:

  • Bottom feeding western conference opponent. Check
  • No Nash. Check
  • Amazingly talented rookie guard that can have (another) career night against the Suns back court. Check
  • Must Not Lose Game. Check

and the differences...

  • A large diesel that played 31 minutes last night and may or may not be able to deliver a decent performance tonight
  • Amare who only played 23 minutes last night should (must) show up and dominate
  • JRich is young and motivated enough to give another great performance (with hopefully a high FG%)
  • LB normally does well in starts and has been playing solid of late (except for the Spurs game). Let's see his D show up again tonight
  • Barnes tweaked his ankle in last nights game. Hopefully he's G2G (as the kids say) because Grant also doesn't do well in B2B games

as for the Grizz...

  • Darko is out for weeks w/ a broken knuckle
  • Stevie Franchise and Darius Miles have been signed to right the ship in Memphis
  • OJ Mayo and Rudy Gay are both capable of winning the game single handedly
  • Marc Gasol has no help behind him and must not get into foul trouble against Shaq (look for the Suns to feed Shaq early)
  • Darrell Arthur is in for a long (or short) night against Amare

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Dudley

Jared Dudley looked good last night on the boards and had some good energy. He earned some more minutes. I thought Barbosa looked pretty good at the point, His shooting wasn’t that great last night, but his D was awesome. 6 steals wow. 5 ast.
When is Alando Tucker going to play?

by cabezonication on Dec 30, 2008 3:31 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Kerr is a mother tucker.

He and mgmnt sent tucker packing to Iowa where he logged 13 pts and 6 boards in his “energy” debut.

by STUCK IN LA on Dec 30, 2008 3:48 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

It is a short rehab assignment

to get him some floor time and knock the rust off. He plays again Wednesday and then will likely come back and Dragic will go to Iowa.

by Phoenix Stan on Dec 30, 2008 4:38 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s gonna be hard getting Tucker time at either the 2 or 3 position given our depth there….

by ArizonaCactus on Dec 30, 2008 5:17 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

both teams look tired

memphis did play an OT game last night…

by ArizonaCactus on Dec 30, 2008 6:33 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

yep, that explains it

they all look really sluggish and some sometimes out of focus

by KnowGood on Dec 30, 2008 6:35 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Amundson

he may have just become my favorite player on the team besides nash. 4pts and 6boards in 5 min of the 1st quarter? WOW.

by brian13 on Dec 30, 2008 6:51 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

STAT!

shut up and play!

by STUCK IN LA on Dec 30, 2008 7:05 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

What happened to Amare?

"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"

by PanamaSun on Dec 30, 2008 7:14 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

he complained about a call

got T’d up at which he already had 3 fouls. He proceeded to bitch and they ejected da man.

by STUCK IN LA on Dec 30, 2008 7:16 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

he needs to get his mouth washed out wit soap

he said a little somethin to a ref, got Td, and then said it again

by KnowGood on Dec 30, 2008 7:17 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Crap..

thx guys

"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"

by PanamaSun on Dec 30, 2008 7:18 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

What is it with him and the refs?

it has always seemed to me that he is an easy target for bogus calls..

"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"

by PanamaSun on Dec 30, 2008 7:22 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm glad

…in a way. He needs to step up as a overall player if he wants to be this “man”. Maybe this kind of stuff will light a fire under his ass. Or pony boy could lend some of his. STAT is so frustrating!

by STUCK IN LA on Dec 30, 2008 7:22 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Hill guilty of theft!

5 steals in the first half!

by STUCK IN LA on Dec 30, 2008 7:31 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Arg

How many friggen games have we been shorthanded this season?!!?!??!

Nash and now STAT. Not cool, not cool at all.

"Yeah I could have been king, but maybe I already am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Dec 30, 2008 8:07 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Good Job

a much needed win without our biggest players. Kudos to the bench and to the starters that gave it 110%. Especially Hill, LB, and Shaq.

by KnowGood on Dec 30, 2008 8:43 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

cool, we're doing something right

didnt catch the game but saw the box score.

held mayo to 12 points. whether that’s a product of memphis’ OT back to back or suns defense, i’ll take it.

by phxsun on Dec 30, 2008 8:45 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Nice

I really thought we were going ot give this one up tonight.

Luckily the team screwed their heads on right and got the W.

"Yeah I could have been king, but maybe I already am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Dec 30, 2008 8:48 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Well...

were he to do that he would become a god amongst basketball players.

"Yeah I could have been king, but maybe I already am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Dec 30, 2008 9:15 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

What a baby

Amare says he felt disrespected by the ref like Tupac was disrespected by the cops. Please, Amare, just shut up and play.

by TwinnerA on Dec 30, 2008 11:17 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

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