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Injury report:

Suns:
Allen- GTD- Hamstring
Beal- GTD- Calf
KD- Out - Calf

Kings:
Monk- OUT- ankle
Robinson- OUT- Knee
Carter- OUT- Shoulder

Predicting 53-29 record as a third seed out west.

Was hoping we can steal the home game with KD out. The Kings will be motivated after losing to Spurs and have confidence from winning in Phx, so will need for Booker to continue his play from Q4 last night and have another big game. Have missed Monk got injured against us. His absence is important as he's the soul of this team. Put Dunn on whoever from Fox/DDR gets hot in 4th.

Let's see what the coaching staff comes up with to deal with Derozan and Fox. We had no answer for them 2 days ago. I have faith in Bud. We win.

I got the Suns getting 56 wins for the season. Which would be good enough for 3rd place based on last season standings. 57 wins is what Thunder and Nuggets had as the top two seeds last season. I would probably put the Suns at 58 wins, but I think the injury bug may take affect later in the season.

*actually voted for 57-59 wins though.

DroughtsOverPHX wrote:Let's see what the coaching staff comes up with to deal with Derozan and Fox. We had no answer for them 2 days ago. I have faith in Bud. We win.

I didn't get to watch that game besides the last 6 minutes or so of the 4th plus OT. I saw a lot of Royce on DD, was there a reason Dunn wasn't guarding him specifically, or was it just Bud playing his more experienced players in the end game?
Royce was also 3-14 that game, -16 for the game, likely due to Suns losing by 9 in OT, while Dunn was +1. I see Okogie did play 16 minutes and was a -6. Unsure if the Suns have anyone to stop DD, so they might have to just throw a double at him.

My league pass annual price went from $20/year to $150/year so if anybody knows an alternative, please PM

Calvin Klein wrote:My league pass annual price went from $20/year to $150/year so if anybody knows an alternative, please PM

I watch the ESPN and TNT games on methstreams. They have pretty solid streams.

bwgood77 wrote:

Calvin Klein wrote:My league pass annual price went from $20/year to $150/year so if anybody knows an alternative, please PM

I watch the ESPN and TNT games on methstreams. They have pretty solid streams.

You watch them on meth? How do you stay focused?

wheezy wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:

Calvin Klein wrote:My league pass annual price went from $20/year to $150/year so if anybody knows an alternative, please PM

I watch the ESPN and TNT games on methstreams. They have pretty solid streams.

You watch them on meth? How do you stay focused?

BW needs to get his fix that’s why he’s so knowledgeable when it comes to basketball discussions.

Went with 54-56.

Assuming we're about the same as last season (top 10 in offense, middle of the pack defense) but we execute in the clutch, that 20-21 record in the clutch last season should improve and that alone should get us in the 50's. I just don't know how much I trust the sustainability of being great in the clutch yet.

Qwigglez wrote:

DroughtsOverPHX wrote:Let's see what the coaching staff comes up with to deal with Derozan and Fox. We had no answer for them 2 days ago. I have faith in Bud. We win.

I didn't get to watch that game besides the last 6 minutes or so of the 4th plus OT. I saw a lot of Royce on DD, was there a reason Dunn wasn't guarding him specifically, or was it just Bud playing his more experienced players in the end game?
Royce was also 3-14 that game, -16 for the game, likely due to Suns losing by 9 in OT, while Dunn was +1. I see Okogie did play 16 minutes and was a -6. Unsure if the Suns have anyone to stop DD, so they might have to just throw a double at him.

Dunn got in with ~4mins to go, overhelped off a corner shooter and gave up a 3. He immediately got put back on the bench after that one play and never came back in lol.

https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=604&GameID=0022400209&Season=2024-25&flag=1&title=Murray%203PT%20Jump%20Shot%20(12%20PTS)%20(Fox%208%20AST)

Breaking news: Beal is officially out for tonight’s game. I repeat Beal is out for tonight’s game.

Should I still watch the game? I absolutely have no idea.

Budenholzer gonna play Booker 45 mins tonight probably and then Booker will come up gimpy at the end of game too.

Yikes

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Calling a 50pt game by Book!!!

Nurk is back but Beal is out. That's an awful trade out.

Gonna be a long game for Booker as they are doubling him early on.

LAZY ball handling by Booker and it just gets snatched from him. If this is the tone of the game, we're going to get cooked and will be down by 20+ at the half.

Book it.

Yooo this guy won a Toyota Tacoma! Good stuff Kings fan!