Detroit Pistons @ Phoenix Suns [Game 56]

Black Jesus 1 · Post #1 » by **Black Jesus 1** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:18 am

WHEN: Sunday, February 24th, 2008
WHERE: US Airways Center; Phoenix, Arizona
TIME: 12:35 PM AZ
TV:

Starting 5:

Bench:

G:Leandro Barbosa
F:Boris Diaw
C:Brian Skinner
G:DJ Strawberry

Starting 5:

Bench:

F:Jason Maxiell
G:Rodney Stuckey
F:Amir Johnson
F:Jarvis Hayes

bstein14 · Post #2 » by **bstein14** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:36 am

Should be a great game. Another national TV game for the Suns... Seems like every game they play is on national TV.

Pistons 98
Suns 94

Post #3 » by **rsavaj** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:46 am

I have a feeling this is going to be a carbon copy of the BOS game, except Detroit's offense won't completely suck, so this will be a tough, tough game.

Mr. Sun · Post #4 » by **Mr. Sun** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:51 am

bstein14 wrote:Pistons 98
Suns 94

Red Monkey · Post #5 » by **Red Monkey** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:16 am

Congratulations on your win against the Celtics. Hopefully you guys can continue to triumph over the East's best teams. I'm looking at a monster game from Amare. A 34/14 type game. I believe the Suns are the 2nd best team in the West. You guys are so under the radar for having great seasons but slowing down in the playoffs. With Shaq, maybe things can change. I notice the new Suns attitude against the Celtics. No more soft stuff. Good luck Suns. Hope you continue on your success.

ilikepistonslol · Post #6 » by **ilikepistonslol** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:27 am

Mr. Sun wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

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KPCB34 · Post #7 » by **KPCB34** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:38 am

98-94 is a realistic result, why r you laughing?

i hope we win but pistons are a strong team but for you to laugh at a result like that without np9sting a reason is ignorant? whyas that funny

fagetaboutitaye

Go suns! hope they win!

hunterxaz · Post #8 » by **hunterxaz** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:21 am

Tough game. I can't wait for it though.

myron · Post #9 » by **myron** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:21 am

If Sheed plays well, Detroit will win. Amare can't guard jump shooters yet

Itmotep · Post #10 » by **Itmotep** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:44 am

Going to be close, neither team will get 100.

Mr. Sun · Post #11 » by **Mr. Sun** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:13 am

Why is everyone folding on the SUNS and giving the game to Detroit?

Historically sheed has been a non-factor against the SUNS AND they have no beef to put on Shaq.

dantian · Post #12 » by **dantian** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:39 pm

myron wrote:If Sheed plays well, Detroit will win. Amare can't guard jump shooters yet

Not true anymore. Amare has become a quite good man-defender, jump shooter or not. His straight up shot blocking is intimidating nowadays. His main defensive shortcoming is still off ball positioning. But with Shaq behind him, it's not too costly of mistakes now.

Nash 2x MVP · Post #13 » by **Nash 2x MVP** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:59 pm

myron wrote:If Sheed plays well, Detroit will win. Amare can't guard jump shooters yet

The bigger questions is can Sheed guard AMARE both inside and out?

myron · Post #14 » by **myron** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:40 pm

dantian wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

But with Shaq behind him, it's not too costly of mistakes now.

his off the ball defense on gasol was certainly costly.

Hey, i'd love to see Amare play good one on one with sheed and dirk, but it's not happening yet. His post one on one has improved 10 fold since the start of the season though.

And sheed ain't stopping amare, not with the tear he's been on. I'm giving Shaq 15 and 11, Amare 32 and 8, Suns for the win by 8-12. Look for a big game by Billups!

Post #15 » by **rsavaj** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:17 pm

Who's going to guard Chauncey? I imagine Raja will be on Rip, so does Hill guard Chauncey? If so, then that's a huge mismatch with Nash on Prince.

bstein14 · Post #16 » by **bstein14** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:55 pm

Historically Billups has done very very well against Nash.

I would say its a safe bet that Billups has had more 30+ pt games against Nash the last 5 seasons than any other PG.

dantian · Post #17 » by **dantian** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:58 pm

myron wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

his off the ball defense on gasol was certainly costly.

Hey, i'd love to see Amare play good one on one with sheed and dirk, but it's not happening yet. His post one on one has improved 10 fold since the start of the season though.

And sheed ain't stopping amare, not with the tear he's been on. I'm giving Shaq 15 and 11, Amare 32 and 8, Suns for the win by 8-12. Look for a big game by Billups!

With the big fella in the middle no perimeter player not named Kobe or LeBron is likely to have big games as they hardly could get their complete game going by scoring big in the paint. The big 2 of Celtics, Pierce and Allen, certainly were ineffective last game.

Lakers had plays to set offball screen for Gasol and Amare was not alert enough for that. However, this will change in the playoffs. The coaches certianly will correct this mistake by then.

PraiseAdonai · Post #18 » by **PraiseAdonai** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:59 pm

If Sheed guards Amare then that leaves McDyess on Shaq and that's a huge mismatch. I would think Sheed guards Shaq. I hope they will start working a few called plays in for Shaq here and there. Especially late when they want to get the other team in the penalty. We saw what happened last night when Shaq had Perkins pinned in the paint. Perk was fouling for dear life.

bstein14 · Post #19 » by **bstein14** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:00 pm

Shaq doesn't do much defensively against the Pistons.

The Pistons get beat on points in the paint almost every game.

They shoot a high volume of jump shots.

They'll go to Sheed, Billups, or Prince in the post for certain mismatches but they're not a team that lives off penetration to the paint.

The only guy who really penetrates a lot is Stuckey.

Post #20 » by **rsavaj** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:11 pm

bstein14 wrote:Historically Billups has done very very well against Nash.

I would say its a safe bet that Billups has had more 30+ pt games against Nash the last 5 seasons than any other PG.

Agreed, Nash just can't defend Chauncey at all, but I don't know who else he could match up with.