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Who: Phoenix Suns @ Golden State Warriors

Where: ORACLE Arena, Oakland, CA



When: Mon, Oct 22nd, 10:30 PM ET, (7:30pm PT)


Why: Because there could only be one winner!







Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

C- Ayton
F- Anderson
F- Ariza
G- Booker
G- Canaan














Golden State Warriors starting lineup:

C- Jones
F- Green
F- Durant
G- Thompson
G- Curry














Good luck charm!!!




GO SUNS

Who the hell is Jones?

I have no idea I just make the game threads

Actually its Damian Jones looks like he started all 3 of their games so far.

RaisingArizona wrote:Who the hell is Jones?

Damian Jones..doesn't play much...just until they go small ball at the beginning, and maybe sparingly after that.

Why do these games have to start so late? Over here in East Coast these games aren't ending until 1:30-2:00 in the morning

rcc8884 wrote:Why do these games have to start so late? Over here in East Coast these games aren't ending until 1:30-2:00 in the morning

Yeah, so much dead time for me too after work. I hate the 9:30 starts which I guess is 10:30 for you. At least when DST switches we get it an hour earlier, so that is less than two weeks.

Easy game, suns by 20

Hoping for more of the first game and less of the 2nd.

Warriors game plan is gonna be to get Anderson switched onto Durant or Curry.

Anderson being unplayable vs the Warriors was one of the many reasons Houston dealt him.

I'm really uncomfortable starting Canaan against this Warriors team. Dude's gonna get torched.

I'm really surprised the Warriors are only favored by 12.5 or 13. Denver was favored by 10. Maybe it's because they are playing the second of a b2b, but I think they will be hungry for a win.

Are they resting anyone? This is the type of game we should just play Ariza and Bridges as much as possible for D just like Houston played Ariza and Tucker...and Bridges can shoot.

ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:I'm really uncomfortable starting Canaan against this Warriors team. Dude's gonna get torched.

Who doesn't Curry torch? Of course Shaq would have been more of the ideal guy to put on him but Curry is going to get open and hit shots almost regardless. Only a few guys can come close to checking him, like Chris Paul.

bwgood77 wrote:

ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:I'm really uncomfortable starting Canaan against this Warriors team. Dude's gonna get torched.

Who doesn't Curry torch? Of course Shaq would have been more of the ideal guy to put on him but Curry is going to get open and hit shots almost regardless. Only a few guys can come close to checking him, like Chris Paul.

Shaq did a pretty good job keeping the ball out of his hands in preseason. Shaq and Jackson may not be great, but defensively, they're vastly superior to Canaan/Booker.

ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:

ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:I'm really uncomfortable starting Canaan against this Warriors team. Dude's gonna get torched.

Who doesn't Curry torch? Of course Shaq would have been more of the ideal guy to put on him but Curry is going to get open and hit shots almost regardless. Only a few guys can come close to checking him, like Chris Paul.

Shaq did a pretty good job keeping the ball out of his hands in preseason. Shaq and Jackson may not be great, but defensively, they're vastly superior to Canaan/Booker.

Yeah, Shaq was excellent defensively. I think Bridges would probably do fairly well against him.

bwgood77 wrote:

rcc8884 wrote:Why do these games have to start so late? Over here in East Coast these games aren't ending until 1:30-2:00 in the morning

Yeah, so much dead time for me too after work. I hate the 9:30 starts which I guess is 10:30 for you. At least when DST switches we get it an hour earlier, so that is less than two weeks.

For me, it forces me to push my lunch time to like 1:45pm

bwgood77 wrote:

ImNotMcDiSwear wrote:I'm really uncomfortable starting Canaan against this Warriors team. Dude's gonna get torched.

Who doesn't Curry torch? Of course Shaq would have been more of the ideal guy to put on him but Curry is going to get open and hit shots almost regardless. Only a few guys can come close to checking him, like Chris Paul.

Yeah when you're playing against a championship calibre team, I don't think it really think match ups matter since they are so much more talented in at least 3 positions. You just play your best line up (with Canaan in the line up) and just play our game.

lilfishi22 wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:

rcc8884 wrote:Why do these games have to start so late? Over here in East Coast these games aren't ending until 1:30-2:00 in the morning

Yeah, so much dead time for me too after work. I hate the 9:30 starts which I guess is 10:30 for you. At least when DST switches we get it an hour earlier, so that is less than two weeks.

For me, it forces me to push my lunch time to like 1:45pm

How much of the games are you actually able to watch? Do you watch replays usually or just catch as much as you can live?

If we have ANY shot against GSW, it's tonight.

They played LATE last night in Denver and barley lost. High climate + late night + tough game = tired legs.

LukasBMW wrote:If we have ANY shot against GSW, it's tonight.

They played LATE last night in Denver and barley lost. High climate + late night + tough game = tired legs.

I hope we play some good teams tough. You see Orlando beating Boston, the Kings beat OKC (with Westbrook back), the Hawks won by like 20 (though against not a great team, so similar to our win against the Mavs), Knicks hanging with Milwaukee for now...kind of.