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ducler wrote:

The Suns have secured two consecutive wins in thrilling fashion and will be going for their third straight versus the Lakers! Let's hope Booker will put on another hot shooting display and Warren can continue his fantastic start to the season. Go Suns!

My prediction: Suns 111 Lakers 104

Good luck charm!

Please don't lose

saw the Lakers vs Warriors game... Lakers are balling. Very energetic and uptempo.


D'Angelo Russell has been as impressive as Booker if not more impressive... The dude looks like a combo of Curry and Harden against the Warriors... Silky smooth handle, good 3pt shot and vision.

OK. No more close games. Its time for a (Suns) blow out.

Larry Nance Jr is a very good energy guy for them, specially grabbing rebounds, an area in which we are dominating. He may create problems in this department, which is also key for our pace.

This game is very unpredictable.

DAR is unbelievable. Made a terrible mistake on his rookie year but now he looks fine.

Booker - Russell
Bender - Ingram
Chriss - Randle

Suns and Lakers may be fun rivalry in the next years.
Make it 3 W in a row!

I think the Suns will win; the Lakers are much-improved from last year and a lot of has to do with Luke Walton.

He is the real deal as a Head-Coach and he has immediately improved the chemistry of that team after the Byron Scott fiasco.

It's similar to how the chemistry of the Suns improved once Porter was shown the door and Gentry took over.

Walton and Gentry are players coaches while Scott/Porter had old-school mentalities and it alienated their players.

That approach doesn't work anymore.

Someone mentioned it in the previous game thread but I think we need to insert PJ Tucker back in the starting lineup. For Dudley not Warren. Having Dudley play off the bench with Knight should spread the floor better than with Tucker out there. Knight needs an outlet pass when he runs into trouble, Tucker doesn't have the same mentality as Dudley and I think Dudley knows how to rotate better.

Qwigglez wrote:Someone mentioned it in the previous game thread but I think we need to insert PJ Tucker back in the starting lineup. For Dudley not Warren. Having Dudley play off the bench with Knight should spread the floor better than with Tucker out there. Knight needs an outlet pass when he runs into trouble, Tucker doesn't have the same mentality as Dudley and I think Dudley knows how to rotate better.

Excuse me Sir, Knight doesn't pass the ball even when he's triple teamed,all he does is look for his shot

Another tough game tomorrow...We were better than them in preseason, but it is a road game and they are gonna be confident after that win against GSW.

Saberestar wrote:Another tough game tomorrow...We were better than them in preseason, but it is a road game and they are gonna be confident after that win against GSW.

We won a close game against them but I believe they had the better preseason record, for whatever that's worth. I guess neither fact means much today. I agree, they'll be justifiably sky-high after their win against GS, but that could work for them or against them.

I hate that the Lakers are on the same trajectory as us. When it's time for us to be good again it looks like they will be too. I hope we crush them tomorrow. Get it into their psyche now that Phoenix will be dominating them for the next decade or so.

Jarlaxle0204 wrote:I hate that the Lakers are on the same trajectory as us. When it's time for us to be good again it looks like they will be too. I hope we crush them tomorrow. Get it into their psyche now that Phoenix will be dominating them for the next decade or so.

Lakers may become contenders before any rebuilding team DESPITE not signing any marquee FAs in the off seasons.

Gotta give props to Jim Buss, Luke Walton and Co...their righting the ship in LaLa land.

Don't forget, daylight saving time happened today, game is 7:30 phoenix time.

Really looking forward to this game!

I for one would like the Lakers to play as well as possible this season. That way they (1) lose their pick to 76ers, but (2) that pick doesn't make my stomach churn because it should have been ours, and (3) they also lose their 2019 pick to Orlando as a result.

GO LAKERS!

OnceUponADime wrote:

Jarlaxle0204 wrote:I hate that the Lakers are on the same trajectory as us. When it's time for us to be good again it looks like they will be too. I hope we crush them tomorrow. Get it into their psyche now that Phoenix will be dominating them for the next decade or so.

Lakers may become contenders before any rebuilding team DESPITE not signing any marquee FAs in the off seasons.

Gotta give props to Jim Buss, Luke Walton and Co...their righting the ship in LaLa land.

Don't you think that you are being a bit premature?

cosmofizzo wrote:I for one would like the Lakers to play as well as possible this season. That way they (1) lose their pick to 76ers, but (2) that pick doesn't make my stomach churn because it should have been ours, and (3) they also lose their 2019 pick to Orlando as a result.

GO LAKERS!

You evil genius!