Game 31: Los Angeles Lakers (13-16) @ Phoenix Suns (18-12) l Monday l 7:00pm l NBATV l BSAZ

SunsRback4Good · Post #1 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:20 am

Who: Los Angeles Lakers @ Phoenix Suns

When: Monday, December 19th @ 7:00pm (9:00ET) l NBATV l BSAZ

Where: Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ

SunsRback4Good · Post #2 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:23 am

Any chance we can beat the hot, streaking Lakers tomorrow night? This might be tougher then the pelicans game. Booker might need to put up 65 this time for us to secure another victory.

Post #3 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:03 pm

SunsRback4Good wrote:Any chance we can beat the hot, streaking Lakers tomorrow night? This might be tougher then the pelicans game. Booker might need to put up 65 this time for us to secure another victory.

Yes, since AD is out.

Saberestar · Post #4 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:13 pm

SunsRback4Good wrote:Any chance we can beat the hot, streaking Lakers tomorrow night? This might be tougher then the pelicans game. Booker might need to put up 65 this time for us to secure another victory.

Booker is questionable for this game.

Post #5 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:06 pm

Saberestar wrote:
SunsRback4Good wrote:Any chance we can beat the hot, streaking Lakers tomorrow night? This might be tougher then the pelicans game. Booker might need to put up 65 this time for us to secure another victory.

Booker is questionable for this game.

Did he tweak his injury or did they just leave his status the same? What about Ayton? We can probably beat them without Ayton with AD out. I just want to make sure he is fully healed. His ankle roll looked pretty bad to me.

I wonder when Cam will be back. It was supposed to be 1-2 months and it's been over 5 weeks.

Saberestar · Post #6 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:42 pm

bwgood77 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:
SunsRback4Good wrote:Any chance we can beat the hot, streaking Lakers tomorrow night? This might be tougher then the pelicans game. Booker might need to put up 65 this time for us to secure another victory.

Booker is questionable for this game.

Did he tweak his injury or did they just leave his status the same? What about Ayton? We can probably beat them without Ayton with AD out. I just want to make sure he is fully healed. His ankle roll looked pretty bad to me.

I wonder when Cam will be back. It was supposed to be 1-2 months and it's been over 5 weeks.

Groin soreness. He is out for tonight's game.

bwoolf2 · Post #7 » by **bwoolf2** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:52 pm

Saberestar wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:Booker is questionable for this game.

Did he tweak his injury or did they just leave his status the same? What about Ayton? We can probably beat them without Ayton with AD out. I just want to make sure he is fully healed. His ankle roll looked pretty bad to me.

I wonder when Cam will be back. It was supposed to be 1-2 months and it's been over 5 weeks.

Groin soreness. He is out for tonight's game.

Maybe why you shouldn't be playing him 45 minutes a night to win a game that doesn't really matter

Ghost of Kleine · Post #8 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:00 pm

For sure we're catching some breaks in games here with Davis out as well as key players being out or sitting out in past games despite our own litany of injuries. What I'm really concerned about throughout this season is honestly Books durability playing this many minutes to cover Paul's progressive decline!

And even moreso once Paul leaves if we employ a "Point Book" premise as our post Paul solution, How would playing such heavy minutes affect his injury issues and possibly his long term durability as these injuries accumulate??

spanishninja · Post #9 » by **spanishninja** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:31 pm

Looks like Lebron is out as well. I don't think this game will be very watchable.

Sunlight · Post #10 » by **Sunlight** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:35 pm

What is going on with those fake injuries? How long Silver let this continue? Some years ago Pop was the bad guy when rest starters back to back games. Now its normal.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #11 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:08 pm

Sunlight wrote:What is going on with those fake injuries? How long Silver let this continue? Some years ago Pop was the bad guy when rest starters back to back games. Now its normal.

Fake injuries. ****, LeBron is like 100 years old, Davis is made of glass and Booker just carried an entire team on his back, of course he's sore

looks legit to me

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Ghost of Kleine · Post #12 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:12 pm

Read on Twitter

Don't know if this has been posted yet?

NapoleonII · Post #13 » by **NapoleonII** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:38 pm

bwoolf2 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Did he tweak his injury or did they just leave his status the same? What about Ayton? We can probably beat them without Ayton with AD out. I just want to make sure he is fully healed. His ankle roll looked pretty bad to me.

I wonder when Cam will be back. It was supposed to be 1-2 months and it's been over 5 weeks.

Groin soreness. He is out for tonight's game.

Maybe why you shouldn't be playing him 45 minutes a night to win a game that doesn't really matter

I think that game mattered more than your average regular season game.

Losing to the same team 3 times in 10 days, in your conference....good teams do not let that happen.

Sunlight · Post #14 » by **Sunlight** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:45 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:
Sunlight wrote:What is going on with those fake injuries? How long Silver let this continue? Some years ago Pop was the bad guy when rest starters back to back games. Now its normal.
Fake injuries. ****, LeBron is like 100 years old, Davis is made of glass and Booker just carried an entire team on his back, of course he's sore looks legit to me

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Upcoming schedule is really tough so i take all helps what opponents give to us. Early Christmas presents by Clippers and Lakers came both in handy.

SunsRback4Good · Post #15 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:50 pm

Sunlight wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:
Sunlight wrote:What is going on with those fake injuries? How long Silver let this continue? Some years ago Pop was the bad guy when rest starters back to back games. Now its normal.
Fake injuries. ****, LeBron is like 100 years old, Davis is made of glass and Booker just carried an entire team on his back, of course he's sore looks legit to me

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Upcoming schedule is really tough so i take all helps what opponents give to us. Early Christmas presents by Clippers and Lakers came both in handy.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #16 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:06 pm

NapoleonII wrote:
bwoolf2 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:Groin soreness. He is out for tonight's game.

Maybe why you shouldn't be playing him 45 minutes a night to win a game that doesn't really matter

I think that game mattered more than your average regular season game.

Losing to the same team 3 times in 10 days, in your conference....good teams do not let that happen.

I'm normally in the don't burn guys out in the regular season camp. But Booker was having an out of body experience/game of his life second half, I completely understand not taking him out.

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Saberestar · Post #17 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:08 pm

Sunlight wrote:What is going on with those fake injuries? How long Silver let this continue? Some years ago Pop was the bad guy when rest starters back to back games. Now its normal.

LeBron is 38 years old, so makes sense to rest him a game here and there.

Anthony Davis is out for a month, so it’s not a fake injury.

Booker is out because he is dealing with groin soreness. Everyone knows that Booker would never sit a game being healthy, he is old school... so it’s for real. Hopefully with a bit of rest he will be OK for tomorrow.

Saberestar · Post #18 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:11 pm

This would be a good game for Ayton to coming back and take lots of shots.

spanishninja · Post #19 » by **spanishninja** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:22 pm

Saberestar wrote:This would be a good game for Ayton to coming back and take lots of shots.

plus if he sits, he could easily be called out for ducking Patbev lol

Post #20 » by **lilfishi22** » Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:44 pm

bwoolf2 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Did he tweak his injury or did they just leave his status the same? What about Ayton? We can probably beat them without Ayton with AD out. I just want to make sure he is fully healed. His ankle roll looked pretty bad to me.

I wonder when Cam will be back. It was supposed to be 1-2 months and it's been over 5 weeks.

Groin soreness. He is out for tonight's game.

Maybe why you shouldn't be playing him 45 minutes a night to win a game that doesn't really matter

Good luck trying to get a guy to sit when he's on track for a 50burger in a game where were making a massive comeback from 24 down against the best team in the west. Grand scheme, maybe it doesn't really matter but this is far from a meaningless game.