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10:30 PM ET, January 5, 2011

US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

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PHOENIX SUNS (14-18)
Starters

G Steve Nash
G Vince Carter
F Grant Hill
F Marcin Gortat
C Robin Lopez

Bench: Channing Frye, Goran Dragic, Josh Childress, Jared Dudley, Mickael Pietrus, Hakim Warrick, Gani Lawal

LOS ANGELES LAKERS (24-11)
Starters

G Derek Fisher
G Kobe Bryant
F Ron Artest
F Pau Gasol
C Andrew Bynum

Bench: Lamar Odom, Shannon Brown, Matt Barnes, Steve Blake, Joe Smith, random scrub1, random scrub2









Some nice videos to get pumped up

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_wykgldWLU[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8ZukXsWmk&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyzptZmvVGk[/youtube]

Lopez @ PF and Gortat @ C. Then Frye comes in when Odom comes in.

Book it.

PHXfan85 wrote:Lopez @ PF and Gortat @ C. Then Frye comes in when Odom comes in.

Book it.

can't see any reason to delay the inevitable now. gotta start gortat, gotta bring frye off the bench.. so i like yer plan

i like to have gortat and lopez together, but lopez won´t see more than 10 minuts of play before fouled out..

I have a feeling I won't have to say "Lopez sucks" after this game, because he always manages to come out and play vs the champs. Let's do it baby!!!

the suns were on raw last night, we bulking up for the lakers....

If we run the 4 guard lineup against LA I'm not watching it.

I want to see one of the following rotations:

Nash/Drag
Vince/Dud
Hill/Pete
Gort/Hak
Lopz/Frye

---or---

Nash/Drag
Vince/Dud
Hill/Pete
Hak/Frye
Gort/Lopz

RocPHX wrote:If we run the 4 guard lineup against LA I'm not watching it.

If they run 4-guard lineup again against ANY nba team then fans should throw soda and beer on the floor aimed towards gentry..............kinda like Palace of Auburn Hills incident with Ron Artest.

Suns will be getting beat so hard that Nash will be traded at halftime.

Qwigglez wrote:Suns will be getting beat so hard that Nash will be traded at halftime.

They'll make a halftime trade with the Lakers.

Nash for Fisher, Odom and a first round pick.

When players come out - D-Fish and Lamar will be in Suns jersey and Nash will be Lakers starting PG.

It wouldn't surprise me.

But really, I bet the Suns will come out focused, and probably make a good game out of it. Maybe they'll win. It'll be ironic, losing to the worst team in the league, and then turning around beating the two time defending world champs.

Beat their **** ass. Take advantage of their slump. Beat em' down. Beat 'em good.

Qwigglez wrote:It wouldn't surprise me.

But really, I bet the Suns will come out focused, and probably make a good game out of it. Maybe they'll win. It'll be ironic, losing to the worst team in the league, and then turning around beating the two time defending world champs.

That would be awesome. It would boost the confidence to the team as well.

PHXfan85 wrote:Lopez @ PF and Gortat @ C. Then Frye comes in when Odom comes in.

Book it.

To guard Odom, you need:
1) to box out
2) to not be stupid
3) somebody willing to rough him up a little bit

I say put Dudley on him. Start Frye and Gorpez. Bring in Dudley and the other Gorpez when Odom comes in.

Los Soles wrote:

PHXfan85 wrote:Lopez @ PF and Gortat @ C. Then Frye comes in when Odom comes in.

Book it.

To guard Odom, you need:
1) to box out
2) to not be stupid
3) somebody willing to rough him up a little bit

I say put Dudley on him. Start Frye and Gorpez. Bring in Dudley and the other Gorpez when Odom comes in.

hmm...Gorpez or Frotat?

This is a message to the one poster that keeps betting on us against weak teams in the NBA.

STOP BETTING. Never been a gambler and you sir have lost about $3000 in just a week?? Both losses, not a good sign.

(Only half-joking)

Los Soles wrote:

PHXfan85 wrote:Lopez @ PF and Gortat @ C. Then Frye comes in when Odom comes in.

Book it.

To guard Odom, you need:
1) to box out
2) to not be stupid
3) somebody willing to rough him up a little bit

I say put Dudley on him. Start Frye and Gorpez. Bring in Dudley and the other Gorpez when Odom comes in.

Yea, I can see Dudley doing just as good a job on Odom as Frye, if not better. He would also bring some of the same stuff on the offensive end if he commits to the offensive glass and is hitting his 3's.

I was thinking along the lines of matching up to their size when I made that post, honestly. We actually have three ~7ft-ers to match-up with the Lakers. Whether we choose to rotate them wisely or not is still to be seen.

RvM wrote:This is a message to the one poster that keeps betting on us against weak teams in the NBA.

STOP BETTING. Never been a gambler and you sir have lost about $3000 in just a week?? Both losses, not a good sign.

(Only half-joking)

Don't worry, I'm done betting on the Suns for a while. But I still don't regret the bet. The reason I bet is because I believe that they undervalued the probability of Suns beating the opposing team (i.e. I believe that the Suns are much better than what their record shows). Plus I believe that I have much more knowledge about the team than the odds makers do.

Btw you should know that I play poker for a living so I didn't lose $3k that week...

PHXfan85 wrote: Yea, I can see Dudley doing just as good a job on Odom

no way IMHO. Odom will hit Dudley's head with the ball after all dunks he'll make on him...