Game 28: Phoenix Suns (17-10) @ New Orleans Pelicans (12-16) l Friday l 6:00pm l FSNAZ

SunsRback4Good · Post #1 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:02 am

Who: Phoenix Suns @ New Orleans Pelicans

When: Friday, February 19th @ 6:00pm (8:00 ET), FSNAZ

Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA

Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

C- Ayton

F- Kaminsky

F- Bridges

G- Booker

G- CP3

Reserves: Crowder/Cam/Payne/Saric/Carter

New Orleans starting lineup:

C- Adams

F- Ingram

F- Zion

G- Bledsoe

G- Ball

Reserves: Hart/Hernangomez/Reddick/Hayes

One Mission
One Goal
This Is What We Play For

m1chal · Post #2 » by **m1chal** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:18 am

No pressure, eh? Isn't it a bit too early for setting such ambitious goals? Or is this a new approach to GL charms?

Saberestar · Post #3 » by **Saberestar** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:01 am

Read on Twitter

Steven Adams probably out for this game.

Post #4 » by **bwgood77** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:19 pm

Saberestar wrote:

Read on Twitter

Steven Adams probably out for this game.

I would rather he be healthy. The sooner they realize they should play Zion at the 5 in a 5 out offense, the worse it will be for the rest of the NBA.

suns12345 · Post #5 » by **suns12345** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:30 pm

bwgood77 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:

Read on Twitter

Steven Adams probably out for this game.

I would rather he be healthy. The sooner they realize they should play Zion at the 5 in a 5 out offense, the worse it will be for the rest of the NBA.

Its so strange they went down the Steven Adams path... so strange

Jdiddy701 · Post #6 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:23 am

suns12345 wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:

Read on Twitter

Steven Adams probably out for this game.

I would rather he be healthy. The sooner they realize they should play Zion at the 5 in a 5 out offense, the worse it will be for the rest of the NBA.

Its so strange they went down the Steven Adams path... so strange

Spacing is terrible with Adams+Zion. Is Crowder defending Zion tomorrow?

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Post #7 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:43 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:
suns12345 wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
I would rather he be healthy. The sooner they realize they should play Zion at the 5 in a 5 out offense, the worse it will be for the rest of the NBA.

Its so strange they went down the Steven Adams path... so strange

Spacing is terrible with Adams+Zion. Is Crowder defending Zion tomorrow?

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Well, Zion can hit 3s..he's actually at 37.5% which is better than any of our starters except Bridges, but he could be devastating driving inside without a big in there clogging it with another defender....so yeah, if I was a fan of them, I'd rather have 5 guys who could hit the 3.

I hope Crowder guards him, but it will probably depend on the lineup they start.

spanishninja · Post #8 » by **spanishninja** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:53 am

please don't lose either of these games this weekend. I cannot kill myself until after Apr 16 what with the Mortal Kombat movie coming out.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #9 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:28 am

Crowder on Williamson for sure, he didn't play last time.

Jarlaxle0204 · Post #10 » by **Jarlaxle0204** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:18 pm

This game worries me. They destroyed us on the glass and inside the paint last time.

Preacherpj · Post #11 » by **Preacherpj** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:37 pm

bwgood77 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:

Read on Twitter

Steven Adams probably out for this game.

I would rather he be healthy. The sooner they realize they should play Zion at the 5 in a 5 out offense, the worse it will be for the rest of the NBA.

I hear you with some spacing issues, but I'm TOTALLY OK with Adams being out. They killed us on the inside last game against them, Adams had 8 ORBDS! We couldn't deal with their size.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #12 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:48 pm

I know we say this most games but Ayton should dominate his opponent, Hernangomez is basically a G-Leaguer.

He takes the 10th most shots per minute on our roster so upside is still there.

Post #13 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:14 pm

I noticed in that Willy Hernangomez was killing it when looking at some numbers lately. He had 17 rebounds against Portland, including 7 offensive boards.

The Pelicans outrebounded Portland by 20, but of course Portland still beat them by 2.

Zion is so good at boxing out with his size and strength.

ducler · Post #14 » by **ducler** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:16 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #15 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:16 pm

Read on Twitter

Keith_myath · Post #16 » by **Keith_myath** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:09 pm

Zion scoring doesn't really hurt us. Kind of like Vucevic (sp?) scoring wouldn't have hurt us. Zion has only scored by scrapping baskets against us.

We'll need to stop the likes of Ingram and Bledsoe from scoring and our job will be significantly easier.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #17 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:29 pm

N.O opponents have averaged 126 points in the last 6 games.

But they're 1st in O-Rebs, 7th at FTAs, 8th at 2P%.

SuperSunsFan · Post #18 » by **SuperSunsFan** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:43 pm

suns please win tonight so i can get a good night of sleep

grumpysaddle · Post #19 » by **grumpysaddle** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:57 pm

That Brooklyn loss really sucked all the excitement I had from the winning streak out.

Barkley6 · Post #20 » by **Barkley6** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:14 am

grumpysaddle wrote:That Brooklyn loss really sucked all the excitement I had from the winning streak out.

I know what you mean, but this is a good game to bounce back. We're fully healthy, have had a few days rest, and are coming up against a team that isn't very good. Hopefully we come out and put this one away early.