Game 28: Phoenix Suns vs San Antonio Spurs (12/25/2008)

[SunsDynasty]

When: 12:30 PM (Arizona time)

Channel: ABC

Where: US Airways Center



Suns
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C-Shaq



PF-Amare Stoudemire



SF-Grant Hill



SG-Jason Richardson



PG-Steve Nash



bench: Leandro Barbosa, Matt Barnes, Robin Lopez, etc

Spurs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C-Matt Bonner



PF-Tim Duncan



SF-Michael Finley



SG-Roger Mason



PG-Tony Parker



bench: Manu Ginobili, George Hill, Kurt Thomas

Go Suns!

[DaDragicShow]

Nothing better on Christmas day then A suns victory. Lets go Phx beat the dirty Spurs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TASTIC]

They'll murder us I think. Healthy Manu + Parker, Bowen off the bench, that Duncan guy, and a bench who can contribute (Hill, Manu/Mason, KT, Bonner etc)

109
99

To SA...prove me wrong boys

[BurningHeart]

Since our family only does presents for the little ones...there would be nothing greater than a Suns victory on Christmas Day. At the very least, a Lakers loss.

[suns12345]

suns dynasty.... dont forget about our new vet backup pg on the bench...lol... Kerr " were really high on this guy weve hade our eye on him for a while" i hope ur right steve!!!!!!!!

[Mr2400]

Richardon is going to rip finley up, i'd say. he an ginobili will more or less offset each other by the end of the night. it's all about parker for us. if he scores at will like usual, we'll be in for a long 48 minutes. if we can somehow slow him down, we'll win the game.

[Purple Palace]

Watch out for Matt Bonner. Supposedly the guy is playing out of his mind and the stats don't lie. 49% from 3 and 52% from the field. Hopefully Amare will step out and put a hand in his face forcing him to drive it in because I'm sure he can't take it to the rim to save his life.

Parker, Manu and Duncan will get their usual, I'm sure. Also, I really hope J-Rich can do something to Finley. Finley usually torches us.

We need to feed it inside to Amare if Matt Bonner is going to defend him.

[Phx4Life08]

suns dynasty.... dont forget about our new vet backup pg on the bench...lol... Kerr " were really high on this guy weve hade our eye on him for a while" i hope ur right steve!!!!!!!!

Oh I have no doubt he's high on something...

[PHXTERROR1987]

With the new suns and shaq playing well. Which I find really weird hes steppin up his game. I think its goin to be a close game but we are goin to come on top. I say mason is goin to have a great game.

[TASTIC]

Parker for 30, Duncan and Manu 25. And yeah, Bonner something ridiculous like 12rebounds, 5 offensive

Mason/Hill/Bonner/Finley/Bowen all 2x 3s each

[PHXTERROR1987]

haha i was goin to say the same thing about bonner lmao

[DaDragicShow]

Somebody unexpected always has a good game against the Suns. So I can see Bonner going off against us.

[BurningHeart]

Bonner's punk ass kicked butt the first game we played too, so it's not all that surprising.

[b-ball forever]

I never thought there'd be a time when peeps would actually be scared of Bonner, but that's where it's at

For a good reason too since Bonner's been putting up impressive numbers lately, kinda weird that the Spurs' starting center camps out on the perimeter nowdays...

This game should be winnable, the Spurs haven't been playing better then us post Richardson trade.
Don't think we'd beat em in a playoff series with Porter coaching, but for this game it's def possible.

[pidi]

i also think that we shouldn´t be too much afraid of san antonio. of course they are one team to beat.
but why are we afraid of bonner??? this red haired pf?? c´mon guys. we got big daddy - so we don´t need to be afraid. shaq will put a double double on duncan... j-rich with 21 / 5 rebounds
amare with 26 / 12 and nash with something like 13 assists will do it...

[tsherkin]

This isn't going to be pleasant, I don't think. Richardson will do well because Finley couldn't defend a pop can at this stage of his career, but Manu, Parker and Duncan are going to do unsightly, ghastly things to Phoenix's defense.

And Matt Bonner will do what he's always done, even since Toronto drafted him; rebound a little and stick anything resembling a partially open jumper. He's a great set shooter, which is why he's the "center" for the Spurs. This is a pleasant fiction, he's their 4 and he's spacing the floor for their low post center, Duncan.

Still, the Suns seem to have their offense back and Shaq has been playing well, so maybe he'll limit Duncan with fouls. Richardson may match Manu's scoring through 3, 3.5 quarters and then if Nash and Hill can match Parker, it'll be on Amare's shoulders to bring us home. He should love that, he usually scores with impunity against San Antonio.

[GaliSun]

I'm optimistic about this game. Parker might torch us as usual, but Bowen seems to be feeling his age lately so Nash should be able to shine.

I think Spurs victory depends on Mason and Hill contributions and ours depends on Amare performance and Shaq staying in the court the most time possible .


Shall we see Hack-a-Shaq?

[pidi]

even if we see hack-a-shaq, he´s hitting his free throws lately. if he can give duncan and bonner some early foul trouble we should be anle to get away with a win...

man, we´re the phoenix suns, we´re one of the most amazing teams, we don´t have to be afraid of any other team.

[nashill]

a win means nothing while a loss means something... go suns!

[nashill]

even if we see hack-a-shaq, he´s hitting his free throws lately. if he can give duncan and bonner some early foul trouble we should be anle to get away with a win...

man, we´re the phoenix suns, we´re one of the most amazing teams, we don´t have to be afraid of any other team.

im just afraid of amare . maybe he'll pick up 3 fouls in the 1st half...