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Game 12: Phoenix Suns (7-4) @ Memphis Grizzlies (6-6) l Monday l 3:00pm l TNT

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Was the one week off beneficial for our team?

Yes ( gives the starting unit extra time to practice & gel together)
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48%
No ( still same team, nothing much has changed)
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Who cares ( I'd trade Ayton for a bag of peanuts ATM)
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Game 12: Phoenix Suns (7-4) @ Memphis Grizzlies (6-6) l Monday l 3:00pm l TNT 

Post#1 » by SunsRback4Good » Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:57 am

Who: Phoenix Suns @ Memphis Grizzlies

When: Monday, January 18th @ 3:00pm (5:00ET), TNT, FSNAZ

Where: FedExForum, Memphis, TN

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Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

C- Ayton
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F- Crowder
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F- Bridges
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G- Booker
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G- CP3
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Reserves: Cam/Payne/Saric/Carter/Kaminsky


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Memphis Grizzlies starting lineup:


C- Valanciunas
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F- Clarke
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F- Anderson
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G- Brooks
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G- Morant
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Reserves: Tillman/Allen/Bane/Jones/Melton


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Post#3 » by SunsRback4Good » Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:21 am

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Now I have no reason but to change my poll. Oh well, I'll keep it up for a bit longer. But seriously no more tweets Saberestar. :x
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Post#5 » by bwgood77 » Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:06 pm

They haven't been able to practice this past week if they are under covid protocol. The last thing you want if you are worried about a positive test among your players is for them to be around each other.

I seriously doubt the team practiced together either...if they did last night at 9pm as Flex says that seems odd, because it would have been 5 days and you'd think they want about 7 to make sure none are positive. If you have contracted COVID, you would typically show a positive test after about 5 days, but given they had two more days until the game, and will need negative tests Monday, I am not sure why they'd risk a practice.

If one guy is positive, that puts our whole team on protocol for another week.

Them still saying today "they are hopeful it's a go" is a very odd thing to say if they are together practicing.
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Post#7 » by cberry78 » Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:03 pm

Even if they weren't able to do in-person group activities, there's a lot of things that can still be done remotely in small-to-large groups like watching film and going over the playbook. Granted, it's not the same as doing the full-court team activities, but it's better than nothing.
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Post#8 » by bwgood77 » Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:19 pm

The main good thing to come out of this is that hopefully Cam Payne has been able to get healthy which will help us a lot whenever we play those postponed games.
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Post#9 » by Revived » Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:43 pm

bwgood77 wrote:The main good thing to come out of this is that hopefully Cam Payne has been able to get healthy which will help us a lot whenever we play those postponed games.

Jalen Smith as well. I think he’s a better matchup against bigger Cs than Saric who’s been getting abused a lot lately.

Probably will struggle some at first but I think he’ll figure it out soon enough and can be at least a rotation player for us this season.
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Post#11 » by Mulhollanddrive » Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:10 pm

These are the games where I hope adding leadership pays off.

Able to pick up all the good things from our early season form plus an evolved starting offense strategy.

If we don't we could be down big again.
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This is the Wizards thing happening all over again.

Oh ****, I can not believe it.
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Post#15 » by Saberestar » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:47 pm

Well, it seems that we will not play tomorrow, but Saric, Jones and Jalen Smith would be out because of health/covid/whatever.

Soooo...probably another full week out. Hopefully not. We will heard about it soon.
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Post#16 » by Revived » Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:55 pm

Wow so Frank is our only backup big man?
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Post#18 » by Mulhollanddrive » Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:05 am

All our bigs out due to contact except Ayton lol.

In all seriousness we're walking straight into another mess if this game goes ahead.
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Post#19 » by lilfishi22 » Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:11 am

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Gonna be a constant theme this season until the vaccine is more widely available. Makes the every game matters mantra even more important
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Post#20 » by Flying Colors » Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:41 am

Ahhh, so now this game might be in danger
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