Game Preview: Phoenix Suns Start Road Trip at San Antonio Spurs

Phoenix 1 against 4.7, so one euro on the Suns again!

Tonight is the start of a very tough stretch ahead. Even though San Antonio has been playing great, this might be our most winnable game due to some favorable match-ups for the Suns.

We just don’t play well against young, fast, and athletic teams. Luckily, SA is none of the above. Instead, they are a very tough and consistent team with veteran leadership and productive role players. If the Suns are going to get this win, everyone will have to be on their game tonight.

I really do believe we can get this win, and we desperately need it; not only for our standings, but also for our team’s moral and confidence going forward.

Teamwork. Spurs play this way. They don’t have player Kobe or Deron caliber. With the same effort like in game with Jets and focus on D it’s possible to win. Yeah possible.

We are working pretty hard to make other rookies look amazing and screwing Morris.

Nothing cheers me up like beating the Spurs.

Well…maybe beating the Lakers.

Looking at the trip, it’s possible to get victories over the Knicks, even w/o Steve, and the Celts, with Steve. Bulls might be a massacre. I’d love to get revenge on the Mavs though. Let’s do this!

National TV, on the road, on a losing streak. I really hope we don’t get destroyed by SA at home. I do think we have a chance to win but if we keep getting worked on the boards we will not win this game either.

… if Steve and Grant plays, let’s just Michael Redd can stay on the floor for at least 25mins and hope Alvin gives Robin some burn. a 2nd unit of Hill, Brown, Redd, Morris and Lopez.

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They have Kawhi Leonard starting at SG?

He’s not shooting lights out because he’s on a “hot streak”, he’s shooting lights out cause he’s as good as ever on pick and roll (number one in the league at 1.37 points per possession shooting a ridiculous 69,6%), however he’s also a LOT better in the post (19th at 0,88 points per possesion in the post and he’s converting on 55% of those).

Offensively he’s ranked 11th among ALL players in offensive efficiency, so clearly, he needs more shots. We have our first option right there just waiting to be utilized. Shooting 63% means he needs, that’s right, NEEDS more shots, he needs not 10, but 14, 15, 16 FGA a game. Every game, not just every third or fourth game. EVERY SINGLE GAME.

He can be the first option, not one that will create for himself much, but he can work down on the block now, especially with confidence sky high in his shot as it is right now. Gentry needs to stop trying to get Brown going and just give Gortat more looks. He’ll make them and that will open up the floor for everyone else.

On O, he’s at that bump where he can go from borderline to All-Star, to legitimate All-Star caliber player. We need that, cause hell, we ain’t got anything else going for us. And he’s not going to polish off his post game just by getting the ball there twice a game, really. He’s been getting better and better at it every single game, but he just needs more looks.

As I said after our last loss, the Suns just need to play better and execute within their capabilites. I don’t expect this tem to be a juggernaut, but I do want them to play up to their capabilites. I know in my heart this team was better than the Cavs team they lost to at home.

Someone said that maybe this Suns team need a long road tour to gel together..Maybe we should expect the unexpected and this Suns team comes back from this trip 4-1. Yeah I know…That’s some serious positivity right there, but what else can we do??? Right now my unwavering faith in this team is all I can do because they haven’t show much that I can consistently count on.

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