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Who: Dallas Mavericks @ Phoenix Suns

When: Sunday, August 2nd @ 6:00pm, FSNAZ

Where: Visa Athletic Center, Reunion, FL





Mavs starting lineup:

C- Porzingis

F- Hardaway Jr

F- Finney-Smith

G- Curry

G- Doncic



Reserves: Kleber/Burke/Wright/Jackson/Marjanovic




Suns starting lineup:

C- Ayton

F- Bridges

F- Cam

G- Booker

G- Rubio



Reserves: Saric/Carter/Payne/Kaminsky

Whose bubble will Suns burst next? Stay tuned to find out.

Those pesky baby cows are about to become the latest victim of the playoff bound Suns.

Mr Puddles wrote:Those pesky baby cows are about to become the latest victim of the playoff bound Suns.

I agree, the mavs have bo clue how much Phoenix has improved over the 4 month period. Are you going to the game?

SunsRback4Good wrote:

Mr Puddles wrote:Those pesky baby cows are about to become the latest victim of the playoff bound Suns.

I agree, the mavs have bo clue how much Phoenix has improved over the 4 month period. Are you going to the game?

I was thinking of going but unfortunately wasn't able to sneak into the bubble. Security is killer, that mouse runs a tight ship.

Anyone signed up to be a virtual fan?

It would be amazing to win this one. The Mavs shot the three ball amazingly well against the rockets. Hopefully they cool down a bit against us.

Luka played fairly average (for Luka) against them, so I'd expect he'll be looking to dominate today. For a second year player who has won nothing, he sure complains after every single play.

I also wonder what Booker's assist numbers would look like with the shooters around him like Luka has.

I'm sure Ayton and Booker are pumped up about this matchup.

Keep Doncic from driving inside and Porzingis from shooting open outside jumpers and you have a great chance to win the game. After all last game was a blowout in Suns favor.

EDIT : LOL, the opening post on this thread is so much better than the Mavs one.

Also you remember all the Luka is the most clutch player in the universe from last season ? Now all the talk of their 5-10 posters is about what a choke team they are. (Thread named NBA restart | Chokers (40-28) vs Phoenix | Sun 9 pm ET)

I appreciate the return of the Opening post tradition as well.

I love Openings.
And Endings.
Well, I mostly like any good anime OST, to be honest.

I've been indeed reading about how weak are Dallas supposed to be in the clutch time.
I agree.

So:

Under no circumstance we can afford a tied game. By no means we must allow them get it to the clutch.
Or else we're done.

I'm being deadly serious here.

Yeah, I know that's a contradiction.
As I said, I love Openings.

Blazers just lost and Spurs on the verge of beating Grizzlies.

Cam’s gonna be in foul trouble again if he’s the primary defender on Doncic. Cam isn’t a good enough defender for this yet, it should be Bridges every minute Doncic is on the court. Cam should be the backup option if Bridges gets in foul trouble or something imo. Hopefully that’s the plan.

I kinda wish Dallas beat the Rockets. They're gonna be taking their anger out on us

This will be a tough game....Dallas was beating the Rockets badly most of the other night and completely blew it. Yes, I hope Bridges is the primary guy on Doncic...since Monty just said Cam will spend "some" time hopefully that just means on occasion.

I look forward to the win against the Mavs tonight.

I just hope Book isnt trying to match Luka in stats. Dont put the ego over the team.

Dallas is a very good team with great talent and very well coached. I hope to see a competitive game and we can live with the results.

This will be our real challenge to gauge whether or not we should really belong here! And also, How improved we really are?

LOVE Mikal on Luka. Nice to see Rubio and Cam J knocking down shots early.

MIKAL's DEFENSE!

a Mikal postup? never seen that

Cam is such a good fit with the starters. Can't leave him.