Open Gameday Thread - Suns vs Grizzlies
by Seth Pollack on Dec 30, 2008 5:34 PM MST
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PrintPhoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies, Dec 30, 2008 6:00 PM MST
 Phoenix Suns |
 Memphis Grizzlies |
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| 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 |
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?
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.
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.
Blogging Suns Basketball
by Seth Pollack on Dec 30, 2008 4:38 PM MST up reply actions
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
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
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.
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
To be fair, he got jobbed on his 3rd foul and 1st tech
by hcblankscreen on Dec 30, 2008 7:20 PM MST up reply actions
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"
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!
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
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.
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.
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
Luckily the team screwed their heads on right...
All those except for Amare of course
by firetomleander on Dec 30, 2008 9:05 PM MST up reply actions
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
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.
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