Game 24: Orlando(17-5)@Phoenix(13-10)

[PeTBuLL]

GREAT WIN, GREAT GAME, J-RICH is the real deal... Suns look´s like a team again, and only could get better!

[KJ7]

And my feed cuts out on the last play! Mother F...

According to Yahoo we won tho ... good win. Must admit that I was very impressed with some of the Magic's fringe players. Nelson stepped up big in the last qtr.

Nash was gung-ho in the first half and then just look to set everyone up in the 2nd. Would much rather see a more balanced shooting/dishing effort. He just looked cold when shooting it sometimes in the 2nd half.

Good first game from JRich. Barbosa and Barnes were real good tonight. Pretty impressed with Lopez too. Surprised he didn't get more burn in the 2nd half even with Dwight out.

We still have brainlapses on D but I'm not really expecting that to improve. Almost seemed like we gave up when we realised that Dwight wasn't coming back out and we almost paid for it.

[nevetsov]

Wow great win! Seems like the chemistry/ morale of this team is on the up.

[J_Magic]

Good game Phoenix. Sucks playing at your arena...7 straight years...........damn.

Not feeling bitter...my team put up a good effort without Dwight for the majority of 2nd half. Almost snatched it late. Damn Gran Hill screws us like usual.

[Mr. Sun]

Player of the game?

[rsavaj]

A little worried about Amare's ego w/ J-Rich already taking more shots than him

[KJ7]

Good game Phoenix. Sucks playing at your arena...7 straight years...........damn.

Not feeling bitter...my team put up a good effort without Dwight for the majority of 2nd half. Almost snatched it late. Damn Gran Hill screws us like usual.

Gortat looks good for you guys. Moves pretty well for someone so big and from memory has a decent jumper!

Awesome av btw mate! Who is that RVP? Go the Gunners!!!

[TXSun]

1 word to describe this win "HUGE". No Shaq and Nash, Amar'e, & JRich with 21 points each. We have won 3 of the last 4. Wheels starting to turn.

[lilfishi22]

And my feed cuts out on the last play! Mother F...

According to Yahoo we won tho ... good win. Must admit that I was very impressed with some of the Magic's fringe players. Nelson stepped up big in the last qtr.

Nash was gung-ho in the first half and then just look to set everyone up in the 2nd. Would much rather see a more balanced shooting/dishing effort. He just looked cold when shooting it sometimes in the 2nd half.

Good first game from JRich. Barbosa and Barnes were real good tonight. Pretty impressed with Lopez too. Surprised he didn't get more burn in the 2nd half even with Dwight out.

We still have brainlapses on D but I'm not really expecting that to improve. Almost seemed like we gave up when we realised that Dwight wasn't coming back out and we almost paid for it.

Yeah my feed got cut off as well. It was like 2 sec left, more than enough time for Hedo or Shard to chuck a decent shot. So I just checked out ESPN and we won.

Decent game I'd say. Dwight was pretty dominant when he played. Our D at times did like quite good, with nice rotations, but still needs a lot of work. Loved the block from behind by Rich.

[rsavaj]

One thing we still seriously need though: a perimeter defender. We were getting TORCHED in the first half.

[schnakenpopanz]

first post. suns fan for about 18 years. i'm from germany but back to topic:
give amare credit. after all the criticism. he made a huge pass down the stretch. hustled for rebound vs gortat (not the most impressive guy, but it was huge in the game)
if we can tweak a bit with richardson and play more uptempo style. it wil work out.
sign a vet pg and im happy.

[rsavaj]

first post. suns fan for about 18 years. i'm from germany but back to topic:
give amare credit. after all the criticism. he made a huge pass down the stretch. hustled for rebound vs gortat (not the most impressive guy, but it was huge in the game)
if we can tweak a bit with richardson and play more uptempo style. it wil work out.
sign a vet pg and im happy.

Yeah Amare with a great game today, great read at the end.

[eastsidecrossover]

I did not get to watch it or listen, but followed it on gamecast on espn. to me, this was a well rounded win. Close, but good. I was excited to see J-rich get in and do what he does. I think this team will be better with his talent. It was good to see amare go 21-14. If he had some ego problems im not sure he would pass the ball to hill. Nice to see nash get his shooting touch back and get some dimes.

This is what we need from our stars. I think you will see a more uptempo style. That is their strength. And if you can't run, then dump in down to the big man, run some pnr's.

[J_Magic]

Good game Phoenix. Sucks playing at your arena...7 straight years...........damn.

Not feeling bitter...my team put up a good effort without Dwight for the majority of 2nd half. Almost snatched it late. Damn Gran Hill screws us like usual.

Gortat looks good for you guys. Moves pretty well for someone so big and from memory has a decent jumper!

Awesome av btw mate! Who is that RVP? Go the Gunners!!!

My avatar has Jose Antonio Reyes (I have yet to change it as he doesn't play for my team anymore).

Yeah...I also didn't know Gortat had it in him. Thought he'd always be a scrub, but he's shown he can certainly finish and play some high energy defense for us. I loved listening to the Phoenix commentators when talking about Gortat...they said something like "Superman has changed his disguised (referring to Dwight and Gortat's play).

[pidi]

first post. suns fan for about 18 years. i'm from germany but back to topic:
give amare credit. after all the criticism. he made a huge pass down the stretch. hustled for rebound vs gortat (not the most impressive guy, but it was huge in the game)
if we can tweak a bit with richardson and play more uptempo style. it wil work out.
sign a vet pg and im happy.

Herzlich willkommen und Grüße aus dem Schwabenland, haha.
Nice to see someone else from germany since JustMoe ain´t posting no more...
yah, the veteran pg will hopefully turn out to be marbury and the roster is realy looking fine to me.
maybe we should add some frontcourt depth too. do u think amundson and lopez will be enough up front??

[rsavaj]

Seriously, the dudes who post at azcentral.com are ridiculous. Last night everyone was "TRADE NASH HE'S A WIMP, PORTER'S THE WORST COACH OF ALL TIME, BARBOSA'S SOFT LIKE DORIS MEOW!" and today it's "YEAH WHAT NOW NAYSAYERS WE'RE GONNA WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP BABY BEST TEAM OF ALL TIME PORTER FOR COACH OF THE YEAR KERR IS A GENIUS NASH FOR MV3 I WANT TO SUCK BARBOSA'S ...."

I can't stand them.

[Phx4Life08]

had the pleasure of being at the game. It was a great win. I had butterflies in my stomach before Hill made that layup with 2.7 seconds left. I guess i just have a nack for attending close games. Last year i was at the suns v hornets double overtime thrill. Anyways, i really like what I saw. Everybody came in and did their jobs. If J-Rich can come in and score 21 that easily imagine what it will be like once he gets acclimated with the offense.

[Mr. Sun]

Hey Phx4Life08, take a camera with you? Does anyone take a camera to SUNS games?