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Post#1 » by Jimmy76 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:13 am

Ive seen this for a long time but couldnt think of a nice way to sum it up and read this on Hoopsworld (yes i know theyre questionable but this is right just look at the damn schedule)

"Interestingly the schedule doesn't really ease up for the Suns. They get just one game at home before a short trip to Houston and New Orleans. After a quick pit stop in Phoenix for two more they have six of the next seven on the road. That's a lot to ask - but if they can play as well as they did this past two weeks, Phoenix may very well establish themselves as a playoff team in the West"

The first half of the season is a living hell but it all has to balance out which means more home games/easier teams in the second half of the schedule

If we can come out of the first half of the season in decent shape (in the beginning of the season i was hoping for just .500 in the first half but hoping for a little better than that now) we should be able to crawl our way back up the second half

Just sayin be ready for the Suns to come crashing back down then come back
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Post#2 » by Spartan13 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:48 pm

Nash has shown that if you give him the reigns, he can take just about any group of guys and get 50+ wins. Like past years, the Suns will struggle against the superstar teams and good defensive teams with an interior post presence, but should very, very, very consistently beat the bad to mediocre teams or good teams with no post presence. The main problem last year was all those distractions, injuries and conflicting styles of play made us lose a good 5-6 games against bad teams that in previous years we just would have simply outrun.

This year I don't see that being a problem, so while we obviously wont be able to keep the current win percentage going, I don't see us having a huge crash then comeback, and I definitely think that barring injury, the Suns will be above 500 after the first half, possibly even still maintaining a home court seed.
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Post#3 » by Mr. Sun » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:21 pm

We have a 7 game home stand I think in March? The NBA Gods were not good to the suns this year.
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Post#4 » by justinb80 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:44 pm

Better to get the hard part of the schedule done early. We're holding up well so far. Summarizing what Channing Frye said, winning 8 out of every 10 is not bad at all.
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Post#5 » by Phx4Life08 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:01 pm

I for one am not worried. Our next 8 games are all potentially winnable. I can only see us losing maybe one or two (TOR or Houston). No back to backs for the rest of November and plently of rest between games. In my opinion our next big test is Cleveland.

Going into that game I predict us with a record of 16-2(best case scenario), 14-4 (most likely), or 12-6 (worst case scenario). Any of those are respectable records in the west right now. Plus many of the teams that are supposed to be dominant are struggling to start the season as well so it takes some pressure off our backs.

I'm just excited to continue watching fun basketball :).
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Post#6 » by Jimmy76 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:57 pm

Phx4Life08 wrote:I for one am not worried. Our next 8 games are all potentially winnable. I can only see us losing maybe one or two (TOR or Houston). No back to backs for the rest of November and plently of rest between games. In my opinion our next big test is Cleveland.

Going into that game I predict us with a record of 16-2(best case scenario), 14-4 (most likely), or 12-6 (worst case scenario). Any of those are respectable records in the west right now. Plus many of the teams that are supposed to be dominant are struggling to start the season as well so it takes some pressure off our backs.

I'm just excited to continue watching fun basketball :).


yeah i dont think we're in trouble of losing a playoff spot we're just not going to keep tearing it up at the rate we are

and amen brotha :D
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Post#7 » by impulsenine » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:39 pm

Jimmy76, would you be allowed to put the following text just above your new signature?:

"Kobe on Katelyn Faber:"
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Post#8 » by Jimmy76 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:49 am

impulsenine wrote:Jimmy76, would you be allowed to put the following text just above your new signature?:

"Kobe on Katelyn Faber:"
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:rofl:

no idea if within the rules of sig rights but why not

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Post#9 » by LV-Suns » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:52 am

impulsenine wrote:Jimmy76, would you be allowed to put the following text just above your new signature?:

"Kobe on Katelyn Faber:"
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Post#10 » by Jimmy76 » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:11 am

well its apparently against the rules of sig rights

ill put it back up when i get my sig back i like it enough just to make it my permanent one now :wink:
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Post#11 » by Mr. Sun » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:03 pm

Does anyone know how many b2b's we played last season?
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Post#12 » by TXSun » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:47 am

one word that describes our early schedule "brutal"!!! so far so good, with the best record in the league at 9-2.
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Post#13 » by impulsenine » Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:44 am

ESPN's player stats have a row of stats devoted to "3 Days+ Rest".

That row doesn't show up with Suns players.

A look at their calendar shows that the statistic will show up ... on February 10th (at home versus Portland). There are 4 days' rest before that game, and then the All-Star break.

Other games with 3+ days' rest:

March 12 LA @ PHX (5 days' rest! glee! They have 2 days' rest.)
March 26 NY @ PHX (3 days' rest, followed by 3 pairs of back-to-backs, naturally)

Yup. 2. Note that I used a Google calendar to determine this, so it might be wrong. But wow. It looks like half to three quarters of the other teams in the league has already played a game in which they had 3+ days' rest, and a few had two.
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Post#14 » by rsavaj » Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:49 am

impulsenine wrote:ESPN's player stats have a row of stats devoted to "3 Days+ Rest".

That row doesn't show up with Suns players.

A look at their calendar shows that the statistic will show up ... on February 10th (at home versus Portland). There are 4 days' rest before that game, and then the All-Star break.

Other games with 3+ days' rest:

March 12 LA @ PHX (5 days' rest! glee! They have 2 days' rest.)
March 26 NY @ PHX (3 days' rest, followed by 3 pairs of back-to-backs, naturally)

Yup. 2. Note that I used a Google calendar to determine this, so it might be wrong. But wow. It looks like half to three quarters of the other teams in the league has already played a game in which they had 3+ days' rest, and a few had two.


:(

Do we get some rest at the end of the season?
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Post#15 » by impulsenine » Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:51 am

rsavaj wrote:
impulsenine wrote:ESPN's player stats have a row of stats devoted to "3 Days+ Rest".

That row doesn't show up with Suns players.

A look at their calendar shows that the statistic will show up ... on February 10th (at home versus Portland). There are 4 days' rest before that game, and then the All-Star break.

Other games with 3+ days' rest:

March 12 LA @ PHX (5 days' rest! glee! They have 2 days' rest.)
March 26 NY @ PHX (3 days' rest, followed by 3 pairs of back-to-backs, naturally)

Yup. 2. Note that I used a Google calendar to determine this, so it might be wrong. But wow. It looks like half to three quarters of the other teams in the league has already played a game in which they had 3+ days' rest, and a few had two.


:(

Do we get some rest at the end of the season?


Not 'till June, at least 8-)
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Post#16 » by hitachi7 » Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:54 am

Mr. Sun wrote:Does anyone know how many b2b's we played last season?


19 by my count, no idea what the league average is

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