Game 29: Phoenix Suns @ Oklahoma City "Sonics" 12/29/08

Post #1 » by **Miklo** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:08 am

Making this so early cause I want my first game thread SO bad

Home: Oklahoma City Thunder

Team Record:
Overall 3-29, Home 2-13

Projected Starting Lineup:

PG: Russell Westbrook
SG: Desmond Mason
SF: Kevin Durant
PF: Jeff Green
C: Joe Smith

Away: Phoenix Suns

Team Record:
Overall 16-12, Away 7-6

Projected Starting Lineup:

PG: Steve Nash
SG: Jason Richardson
SF: Grant Hill
PF: Amar'e Stoudemire
C: Shaquille O'Neal

Keys to the Game:

-OKC is the worst team in the league, and just lost to the Wiz, the 2nd worst team who basically admitted they plan on tanking their season. Pretty sad for the Thundie.
-The Durant-Green tandem has been on fire lately. We need to defend both of them all over the court.
-JRich needs to stay on his man in key possessions. :-?

Post #2 » by **TASTIC** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:46 am

These guys could cause us some issues if we let them run. Pound it down low early and get Wilcox and Collison in foul trouble, those guys always seem to kill us.

Durant's be on FIRE lately...scored 20pts + for like 10 games in a row...I think Barnes is the best matchup against him

harshey1388 · Post #3 » by **harshey1388** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:12 am

the spurs loss was a another heartbreak but i am just glad that we have a game in less than 2 days... too many days off recently haha but yeah i agree with TASTIC, pound it in, get them in foul trouble and we should be fine... hopefully shaq starts off this game like he did against the spurs.. the first 7 to 8 mins of shaq in that game was amazing!

GO SUNS!!!

and yo miklo nice game thread bro! haha i think props are in order since you did this so early just to get your first one in!

chrice · Post #4 » by **chrice** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:23 am

Are they really going to start Joe Smith at center? Shaq literally has 125-140lbs on him (8 to 9 weight classes).

DaDragicShow · Post #5 » by **DaDragicShow** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:54 am

This looks like a very winnable game.

Post #6 » by **lilfishi22** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:46 am

We should pound it inside. They have a front court of Durant, Green and Smith, them adding their weight together might make one Shaq. If Shaq has a good game against them, we should do OK. Gotta make sure we lock-down Durant because he's the only one who can really carry a scoring load.

garrick · Post #7 » by **garrick** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:52 am

It would make more sense if they started Wilcox on Shaq instead of Smith.

nba_addict · Post #8 » by **nba_addict** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:50 am

I would like to see RoLo, Amundson and Trajic burning 20+ minutes in this game and still win. :-?

pidi · Post #9 » by **pidi** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:30 am

a must win. without a doubt - get on a freakin´10 game winning streak...

Post #10 » by **rsavaj** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:58 pm

Durant for 50...he's unstoppable against competent defenders, and since we have zero....

Phoenix Suns · Post #11 » by **Phoenix Suns** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:56 am

Predicition

Suns 108

Thunder 97

pidi · Post #12 » by **pidi** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:22 am

rsavaj wrote:Durant for 50...he's unstoppable against competent defenders, and since we have zero....

would like to see jared competing against him. just to see if he can defend.

SunsWinSunsWin · Post #13 » by **SunsWinSunsWin** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:57 pm

I have a bad feeling this could be the 4th win for OKC.

I have no faith in Porter. I want this team to go below 500 so Porter can be canned and we can start anew.

Also, Dudley needs some playing time. As much as I like Amudson's energy, Dudley should be getting the time over him. He shoots better, has a better BB IQ, and almost as much energy and can defend as well. MAKE IT HAPPEN PORTER!

DaDragicShow · Post #14 » by **DaDragicShow** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:08 pm

I dont see us losing to the Oklahoma City. This game should be different then the first time we faced them. We beat some good quality teams over the past 2 weeks( Magic, Jazz and Nuggets). This team is finally coming around and looking much better. So, just because we lost by a point to the Spurs doesnt mean the sky is falling again. We are finally going to have an soft schedule for a bit and we should win plenty of those games.

-SDU- · Post #15 » by **-SDU-** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:03 am

ive got big $$ on suns -9.5 - so we better blow them out

Mr. Sun · Post #16 » by **Mr. Sun** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:18 am

That was a classical ticky-tack foul called on Shaq. Sheeeeesh.

Phx4Life08 · Post #17 » by **Phx4Life08** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:18 am

Oh no, we suck again!

pidi · Post #18 » by **pidi** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:24 am

who was talking bout defense?? anybody mentioned durant will put up 50 against us??
forgot bout westbrook?? oh god, this sucks...

Mr. Sun · Post #19 » by **Mr. Sun** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:24 am

Get Shaq out of there and put in Lopez.

ray ray · Post #20 » by **ray ray** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:26 am

sick put back by Jason Ricardson!!! Thats what I'm talking about!!