Game 44: Phoenix Suns (34-9) @ Dallas Mavericks (26-19) l Thursday l 5:30pm l TNT

[SunsRback4Good]

POSSIBLE SEMIFINALS PREVIEW!!!















Who: Phoenix Suns @ Dallas Mavericks

When: Thursday, January 20th @ 5:30pm (7:30ET) l TNT

Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX








Phoenix Suns starting lineup:


C- McGee

F- Crowder

F- Bridges

G- Booker

G- CP3



Reserves: Cam/Payne/Shamet/Biyombo





Dallas Mavericks starting lineup:


C- Porzingis

F- Kleber

F- Finney-Smith

G- Brunson

G- Doncic



Reserves: Hardaway/Powell/Bullock/Green/Ntilikina


Good lick charm!!!

[Saberestar]

Ayton is out.

We have won eight straight over Dallas. Don't stop now.

Doncic played yesterday an amazing game against the Raptors. Ridiculous.

I hope Bridges can contain him, but I think he is gonna try to switch into McGee/Biyombo all the time to take advantage of them. Probably will be better to double him before switching defenders.

[Saberestar]

After a hardship contract they have finally signed Marquese Chriss for the rest of the season.

They don't know what they are doing. Toxic and dumb player to their locker room. Good luck with him.

[SunsRback4Good]

Ayton is out.

We have won eight straight over Dallas. Don't stop now.

Doncic played yesterday an amazing game against the Raptors. Ridiculous.

I hope Bridges can contain him, but I think he is gonna try to switch into McGee/Biyombo all the time to take advantage of them. Probably will be better to double him before switching defenders.

Thanks, I forgot that Ayton missed the last game. I'm not feeling this game to be honest, we have whooped the Mavs the past couple of years and they are playing much better lately on a 5 game winning streak if I recall correctly. Also, their defense under Kidd is much improved sitting at top 6 in the league. Luka is going to get his near triple double just gotta contain everyone else.

[SunsRback4Good]

After a hardship contract they have finally signed Marquese Chriss for the rest of the season.

They don't know what they are doing. Toxic and dumb player to their locker room. Good luck with him.

Oh well, let everyone else deal with ex Suns players but after 10 days are up, he'll be gone from there for good. Better other teams deal with ex Suns players than us hehe.

[Saberestar]

After a hardship contract they have finally signed Marquese Chriss for the rest of the season.

They don't know what they are doing. Toxic and dumb player to their locker room. Good luck with him.

Oh well, let everyone else deal with ex Suns players but after 10 days are up, he'll be gone from there for good. Better other teams deal with ex Suns players than us hehe.

The funny thing is that I have found that his new contract it's a guaranteed two-year deal. Ohhh yeah!

[SunsRback4Good]

Spoiler:

After a hardship contract they have finally signed Marquese Chriss for the rest of the season.

They don't know what they are doing. Toxic and dumb player to their locker room. Good luck with him.

Oh well, let everyone else deal with ex Suns players but after 10 days are up, he'll be gone from there for good. Better other teams deal with ex Suns players than us hehe.

The funny thing is that I have found that his new contract it's a guaranteed two-year deal. Ohhh yeah!

No way? That's pretty hilarious and sad at same time if indeed true. If Luka is already frustrated with Porzingis imagine his level of frustration when dealing with Criss?

[Saberestar]

Spoiler:

Oh well, let everyone else deal with ex Suns players but after 10 days are up, he'll be gone from there for good. Better other teams deal with ex Suns players than us hehe.

The funny thing is that I have found that his new contract it's a guaranteed two-year deal. Ohhh yeah!

No way? That's pretty hilarious and sad at same time if indeed true. If Luka is already frustrated with Porzingis imagine his level of frustration when dealing with Criss?

[SunsRback4Good]

Poll is up fellas.

I'm predicting Suns win between 63-65 games and finish the season 63-19.

[sunsbg]

Our PnR defense will suffer with Ayton out. Mavs are a good test for McGee and Biyombo's usefulness in a playoff game. Luka and KP will force them out of the paint. Tough game, but will be interesting. Porzingis and THJ's 3pt shooting is the X factor.

[Barkley6]

Suns need to take advantage of the fact that we are coming in with 2 days rest and the Mavs are on a SEGABABA. Gotta run and push pace against them early to see if we can get into those tired legs.

Dallas is definitely a better team this year, but I still think we're too much for them. Especially if Book is as hot as he has been of late.

[Barkley6]

Our PnR defense will suffer with Ayton out. Mavs are a good test for McGee and Biyombo's usefulness in a playoff game. Luka and KP will force them out of the paint. Tough game, but will be interesting. Porzingis and THJ's 3pt shooting is the X factor.

Probably worth giving Stix some run as he's more mobile and more comfortable defending outside the paint than the other two.

[Saberestar]

Our PnR defense will suffer with Ayton out. Mavs are a good test for McGee and Biyombo's usefulness in a playoff game. Luka and KP will force them out of the paint. Tough game, but will be interesting. Porzingis and THJ's 3pt shooting is the X factor.

Probably worth giving Stix some run as he's more mobile and more comfortable defending outside the paint than the other two.

Yeah, but too raw and he commits too many fouls. I don't like the idea of Doncic making pump fakes in front of him.

[sunsbg]

Our PnR defense will suffer with Ayton out. Mavs are a good test for McGee and Biyombo's usefulness in a playoff game. Luka and KP will force them out of the paint. Tough game, but will be interesting. Porzingis and THJ's 3pt shooting is the X factor.

Probably worth giving Stix some run as he's more mobile and more comfortable defending outside the paint than the other two.

Yeah, but too raw and he commits too many fouls. I don't like the idea of Doncic making pump fakes in front of him.

He can hang with KP around the 3pt line though. Porzingis is not a threat in the post.

[jcsunsfan]

Suns need to take advantage of the fact that we are coming in with 2 days rest and the Mavs are on a SEGABABA. Gotta run and push pace against them early to see if we can get into those tired legs.

Dallas is definitely a better team this year, but I still think we're too much for them. Especially if Book is as hot as he has been of late.

4th quarter baby! Step on the gas and drive away.

[SkyBill40]

Wow. Thread is up already?

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[Jdiddy701]

Looking forward to watching Porzingis shoot a bunch of head scratching 3’s tonight. It always makes me laugh. Young KP was a beast though.


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[Slim Charless]

Probably worth giving Stix some run as he's more mobile and more comfortable defending outside the paint than the other two.

Yeah, but too raw and he commits too many fouls. I don't like the idea of Doncic making pump fakes in front of him.

He can hang with KP around the 3pt line though. Porzingis is not a threat in the post.

I'd almost be tempted to put Mikal on KP and let CamJo handle Luka. All we really need to do is force Luka into long range shots as he isn't the best at them. Shut down the rest of his teammates and turn them into watching Luka chuck all over the place since we all know that's what he is all about anyways.

Looking forward to this game as Dallas is the hottest team in the league currently and we're playing on the road without our best (2nd?) defender. We clear this and we can rattle off a nice win streak imo.

Hopefully this is a good game and not like our games vs Miami and Boston.

[sunsbg]

I'd almost be tempted to put Mikal on KP and let CamJo handle Luka. All we really need to do is force Luka into long range shots as he isn't the best at them. Shut down the rest of his teammates and turn them into watching Luka chuck all over the place since we all know that's what he is all about anyways.

Looking forward to this game as Dallas is the hottest team in the league currently and we're playing on the road without our best (2nd?) defender. We clear this and we can rattle off a nice win streak imo.

Hopefully this is a good game and not like our games vs Miami and Boston.

Yeah I think this is how you play the Mavs. You don't want KP, THJ or some other wing go crazy from 3. They now start Brunson so not all playmaking duties are on Luka alone, but it's still more or less him. We have some size so hopefully they keep him from going inside which is his strength, not the 3pt shooting. I think Suns used Mikal on KP in previous games so won't be surprised to see it again.

[ducler]

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