Phoenix Suns vs Memphis Grizzlies [Game 64]

[nanoclarkology]

I like LJ and GG on our team. More so that Diaw and Barbosa personally.

[rsavaj]

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i disagree with this. its the players' job to play the right way and earn the coaches respect and playing time, not the other way around. the bench validated their lack of playing time with their 4th qtr effort tonight. they lost the quarter.

I'm not disagreeing with anything you guys are saying, the effort should be there even if the restuls are not.

And lol@Shaq saying we played "unbelievable defense", they gave up 70 in the 2nd half, 38 in the 3rd quarter.

[nanoclarkology]

Nash played 25 minutes and Shaq played 17 minutes. That is pretty special. Bell, Stoudemire, and Giricek are the only ones who broke the 30 minute plateau. That was a really fun game minus the last few eye gouging minutes.

[The Nash Era]

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I'm not disagreeing with anything you guys are saying, the effort should be there even if the restuls are not.

And lol@Shaq saying we played "unbelievable defense", they gave up 70 in the 2nd half, 38 in the 3rd quarter.

In meaningful game time we did so. (First half) Grizzlies were at around 35% at half.

Anything after that, who cares? I figured they'd come out with little intensity given the fact we were watching a gang bang on live television.

[mkot]

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i disagree with this. its the players' job to play the right way and earn the coaches respect and playing time, not the other way around. the bench validated their lack of playing time with their 4th qtr effort tonight. they lost the quarter.

Disagreed. It's called developing your bench. Early in the year the Spurs lost some games too because their bench players weren't performing well... but Pop kept going to them and now they are performing and routinely winning playing bench to give their guns rest in the regular season. Look at the Lakers bench, they had Sasha Vujacic contributing, enough said.

I don't disagree with Mike's 7-8 men rotation. He likes shorter rotation and he'll want to really try and trim the rotation and get that steady sub pattern going each game so guys really find that rhythm down the stretch. But I think he had learned that he needs insurance especially in the playoffs. Keep DJ in the rotation, I'm not talking about 15-20 minutes, maybe just 5-8 minutes.

In 04-05 LB's minutes were shaky, he was out of the rotation in the playoffs and when JoeJ went down and JJax had to start, he was out of the mix completely and we were left with nothing off the bench. Same thing in 05-06 when Raja went down and House was out of the mix. Same thing last year when Boris and Amare were out and we had no real depth to rely on. Banks was in the doghouse, as was Jumaine Jones and Rose, so we had to only go with the guys we knew about and trusted.

In the end, you're going to live and die by your rotation guys. But you still need to have confidence in your bench guys that they can step up and not fold under the pressure or just to be good enough to step up and contribute if needed.

[Mr. Sun]

2-0!!!!!!
We might have finally found our rhythm!!

Relax, this is the Griz.

[JohnVancouver]

Don't have league pass so depending on you guys to fill in what's going on - sounds like we looked more than decent up til garbage time.

I was watchgnthe Raprs-Lakers and T.O. came very colsoe to beating them, which would have been nice. But i';ll take this.

Now i can start worrying about GSW.

[-SDU-]

for perspective though, remember this is the same memphis team that we only led by 1 point at 3/4 time last time we played them before finally blowing them out in the fourth

and that team didnt have mike miller

gay also scored 36

so since then, they have added miller and we were far more comprehensive in our win whilst adjusting and defending Gay better

all we could ask for out of this game really

[SD2042]

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He is getting paid $6 million for that cruelty.

Unfortunately Cardinal is getting paid for nothing. A stockbroker on Wall Street would call this wasted money on a born to lose deal.

[sunsfan13az]

Good game by suns it was great to see shaq play another good game, very nice to see girieck and bell play good also . I hope we can come out with same energy vs the warriors and get another win GOOD GAME SUNS

[donMartini123]

Nice, I wake up just to see another W. It makes me happy for the day to come, even though I didn't sleep all that much

[b-ball forever]

Well they're prolly the worse team in the NBA, but still always good 2 see us anihilate somebody.

Shaq's passing game from the low post gets underated these days, good 2 see DA keepin him in the spot where he's more comfortable, and much more effective.