Game 33: Philadelphia 76ers (15-17) at Phoenix Suns (11-21)

[grumpysaddle]

Who was it that tried to tell me that Dragic couldn't play 38 minutes a game, again? The Suns are better when Telfair has limited minutes, and Brown/Beasley aren't on the floor.

[sunskerr]

**** yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

in a season where we're not doing so hot, every win is awesome.

[MarcoPolo]

Win

http://www.nba.com/video/games/suns/201 ... -play2.nba

[Dragic13]

All about P.J. Tucker!

Any1 facepalm when Tucker got that amazing rebound, passed it to Brown, and then Brown passed it to the other team....

Please get rid of Brown now!

[grumpysaddle]

Waiting for DirtyDez and whatever stupid comment he will make about the Suns screwing up 'the tank' by winning.

[RunDogGun]

What I hate. Everybody is standing. No movement. No passing. Brown dribbles.. and then takes contested shot..

When I was at the Minny game, that was my biggest complaint. Just crappy offense, well at least on our end. Minny was moving without the ball, hustling, and being in the right spots. Our offense seems to be run to your three point spot, and wait for something. But it's been like that for a while now, and because we are so up and down with the three point shot, it makes our offense look like a third grader came up with it.

This is why I want Hornacek as our assistant coach. He knew how to make those back screens to get that third guy open. A move that Tucker could easily start doing. The dude is so strong, he could take out just about anyone, and it could free up some of our more athletic but mentally challenged players.

[batsmasher]

Lol you may as well rename these game threads to 'Share your hate for Brown' threads. It was a good idea not reading this thread during the game... might have to do it next game as well

[SunsRback4Good]

We need a nice run to make the playoffs. So, I say we play zone defense and puzzle our opponents then attack their weaknesses by running pick and rolls with Gortat and Dudley that should leave Dragic open for open uncontested 3's. It actually worked on my PS3 and if Suns do it perfectly I don't see why it can't work.

[sunsdragic]

Didn't watch the game but glad suns won..

Gortat, Scola and Dragic played well. Thats more like it.

Dragic played 41 lol. Damn.. I think that is a good thing.
He needs more playing time.
How did he get 3 block shots?

Scola is playing some good basketball

Gortat is getting there

Hope Tucker becomes our starter for this season.
And brown 6th

Don't care about the rest..

[MathiasPW]

We need a nice run to make the playoffs. So, I say we play zone defense and puzzle our opponents then attack their weaknesses by running pick and rolls with Gortat and Dudley that should leave Dragic open for open uncontested 3's. It actually worked on my PS3 and if Suns do it perfectly I don't see why it can't work.

Make games work in real life!

I suppose you meant Dragic/Gortat running Pick N Rolls and Dudley with the uncontested 3's tough. Dragic has better ball handling and speed, and Duds is a better 3 pt shooter.

[MathiasPW]

I saw the score and I was



cause I was so afraid Dragic would get smashed by Holiday.

But then I saw Jrue Holiday had a triple double and I was



But then Dragic also had good stats, and then I saw 3 BLOCKS (!!!) on his stat line and I was

[GrantHill]

We need a nice run to make the playoffs.

The train to contention has already left the station. Glad these guys ended the losing streak but I can't say that I feel any different about this team than two days ago. The last thing we need is a draft pick in the 10's.

[grumpysaddle]

Didn't watch the game but glad suns won..

Gortat, Scola and Dragic played well. Thats more like it.

Dragic played 41 lol. Damn.. I think that is a good thing.
He needs more playing time.
How did he get 3 block shots?

Scola is playing some good basketball

Gortat is getting there

Hope Tucker becomes our starter for this season.
And brown 6th

Don't care about the rest..

Only reason the Suns won was because Brown didn't start and Telfail got injured, so Dragic had to play the entire second half. Dragic should be playing 36-40 minutes a night anyway... he's young enough.

[mybloodisorange]

Don't worry Grant the schedules next couple months arent very win friendly so my 6-8 prediction still stands. I'm just as fascinated with watching to see what the Lakers do; dont forget if their pick isnt in the bottom half of the draft we get it as well next year. I didnt think it was possible before the season but then they fell apart so now even though its still unlikely you never know in this league!

Heres to Laker fail!

That would give us both high (6-8) and midish (prob 13-14) firsts next draft which would absolutely rock. Thats not even mentioning all the other picks...I love having a ton of mystery assets the draft is gonna be fun as hell.

[RunDogGun]

We don't get the LAL pick next year if it isn't a lotto this year. We get the worse pick of either theirs or the Miami pick. If the Lakers make the playoffs (which I think they will because Stern knows it screws us, and placates millions of NBA fans), we will get the Miami pick.