Game 35: Phoenix Suns (27-7) @ Boston Celtics (16-19) l Friday l 11:00am l BSAZ

SunsRback4Good · Post #1 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:00 am

Who: Phoenix Suns @ Boston Celtics

When: Friday, December 31st @ 11:00am (1:00ET) BSAZ

Where: TD Garden, Boston, MA

Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

[color=#400080]C- Smith

F- Cam

F- Bridges

G- Booker

G- CP3

Reserves: Payne/Shamet/Payton/Jackson/Bass

Boston Celtics starting lineup:

C- R. Williams

F- Horford

F- Brown

G- Langford

G- Pritchard

Reserves: Richardson/G.Williams/Thomas/Hauser

Saberestar · Post #2 » by **Saberestar** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:16 am

Justin Jackson and Paris Bass added to the team on 10-day contracts.

Justin Jackson is a veteran SF who played solid basketball early in his career. He probably is better than Hutchison or Wainright.

thamadkant · Post #3 » by **thamadkant** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 8:53 am

Jalen Smith prediction: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 for 2 3pters (I expect him to be inside 90% of the time)

Saberestar · Post #4 » by **Saberestar** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:58 am

thamadkant wrote:Jalen Smith prediction: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 for 2 3pters (I expect him to be inside 90% of the time)

Hopefully he stays out of foul trouble. Him and 6'8/6'9 Emanuel Terry will be our Cs. Oh my...

Wainright is probable for this game, hopefully he can help as a PF/C. Paris Bass is thin but can play some PF.

It is crazy that all our frontcourt is out for this one.

Crowder, Saric, Kaminsky, Ayton and McGee. ****.

And Nader who is capable of playing some minutes at PF is out too.

Calvin Klein · Post #5 » by **Calvin Klein** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:35 pm

We should sign Scola. He deserves to play with a good Suns team.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #6 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:11 pm

Rotation something like: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Johnson, Smith / Payne, Payton, Shamet, Terry

Never thought I'd say "I hope Jalen Smith stays out of foul trouble!"

Also we're still 4 point favourites somehow.

Post #7 » by **Qwigglez** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:44 pm

Could have added Meyers Leonard I believe he’s a free agent, if we wanted some size.

ducler · Post #8 » by **ducler** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:06 pm

Read on Twitter

Mulhollanddrive · Post #9 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:17 pm

This starts in 2 hours must be odd for our guys to play nearly in the morning.

TheLoon · Post #10 » by **TheLoon** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:48 pm

Just relieved Tatum isn't playing but this is one of the games Book may need to get 50 and Paul close to 30...unless Jalen can take a step...but this gonna be a small high scoring game

darealjuice · Post #11 » by **darealjuice** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:15 pm

I'm here for the inevitable Stix 20/10 game

Revived · Post #12 » by **Revived** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:19 pm

The Celtics Time Lord aka Robert Williams is gonna be a handful with a thin front court.

Hopefully Suns 3pt defense holds up…Celtics shot 4 for 42 from 3 in their last game.

spanishninja · Post #13 » by **spanishninja** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:35 pm

Revived wrote:The Celtics Time Lord aka Robert Williams is gonna be a handful with a thin front court.

Hopefully Suns 3pt defense holds up…Celtics shot 4 for 42 from 3 in their last game.

dont forget, Horford can still play and will be hard to guard without Ayton.

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Ghost of Kleine · Post #14 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:36 pm

Revived wrote:The Celtics Time Lord aka Robert Williams is gonna be a handful with a thin front court.

Hopefully Suns 3pt defense holds up…Celtics shot 4 for 42 from 3 in their last game.

This is my concern with the Celtics frontcourt. Smith has been great! And I'm so happy for him. But I'm not too confident in him an Paris Bass ( 6'8) or Emanuel Terry ( 6'9) being able to handle a frontcourt of Al Horford and Robert Williams. And on top of that, ALSO Jaylen Brown. I just feel that to win this game we'll have to beat them from the perimeter primarily. And also will need Paul and Book. But also standout performances by Payne and Shamet.

The backcourt is where we have the advantage! It's going to be a wild game though.

Slim Charless · Post #15 » by **Slim Charless** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:55 pm

JJ needs to be in Stevens ear about a Smart-Cam Payne swap.

I want him on our team when we next play the Dubs. Put him on Steph and Mikal on Klay or vice versa. Such a perfect vet for this team coming off the bench.

Revived · Post #16 » by **Revived** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:58 pm

Read on Twitter

Celtics going massive in the front court lol.

spanishninja · Post #17 » by **spanishninja** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:09 pm

hmm, boston crowd cheers for Booker during his intro. classy move.

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Slim Charless · Post #18 » by **Slim Charless** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:18 pm

Smart showing off in the 1st few minutes. Trying to get JJ to make the move

Slim Charless · Post #19 » by **Slim Charless** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:19 pm

God Celtics announcing crew is so annoying. Is there anything worse than the Boston accent?

spanishninja · Post #20 » by **spanishninja** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:21 pm

Slim Charless wrote:God Celtics announcing crew is so annoying. Is there anything worse than the Boston accent?

eh, better than the warrior announcers. at least Scal is buttering us up so far.

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