GAME 35: Pacers @ Suns 07.01.2009 9pm

[Gremz]

Pacers Vs Suns
@ US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ



Starting Lineup

......PG........SG.........SF............PF............C.....

..Marquis....Jarrett.....Danny........Troy.......Roy
..Daniels.......Jack......Granger....Murphy...Hibbert
...15.3ppg...10.9ppg....25.5ppg....11.6ppg....5.8ppg
....2.3apg.....3.8apg.....5.1rpg.....11.8rpg.....2.8rpg
....5.0rpg.....3.1rpg......3.4apg.....2.6apg.....1.0bpg
....1.1spg.....1.0spg.....1.39bpg.. .432 FG%....0.7apg
.. .462 FG%. .436 FG%.. .455 FG%.. .382 3PT.. .503 FG%
.. .768 FT%.. .397 3PT.. .382 3PT.. .722 FT%.. .591 FT%

Bench Players

....Ford........Rush......Graham......Foster..Nesterovic..Diener...McRoberts
..13.8ppg......7.4ppg....4.5ppg.....7.3ppg.....9.4ppg......4.1ppg.....2.3ppg
..5.2apg.......1.0spg.....1.5rpg.....7.0rpg......4.5rpg......1.6apg......2.3rpg


Starting Lineup

......PG........SG.........SF............PF............C.....

....Steve......Jason......Grant.......Amare...Shaquille
....Nash....Richardson....Hill.....Stoudemire...O'Neal
...14.6ppg....17.6ppg....9.9ppg....21.8ppg.....17.2ppg
....8.4apg....2.5apg.....4.4rpg.....8.5rpg.....8.9rpg
....2.9rpg....4.3rpg.....1.8apg.....2.2apg.....1.8apg
. .481 FG%.. .441 FG%.. .513 FG%....1.1bpg.....1.5bpg
. .427 3PT.. .485 3PT.. .325 3PT.. .555 FG%.. .591 FG%
. .939 FT%.. .743 FT%.. .785 FT%.. .826 FT%.. .604 FT%


Bench Players

...Dragic....Barbosa.....Barnes...Amundson....Lopez....Dudley.....Tucker
...2.7ppg....11.9ppg....11.8ppg.....2.9ppg.....3.0ppg.....4.7ppg....3.7ppg
...1.6apg.....1.8apg......5.6rbg......2.1apg.....1.7rpg......2.7rpg....1.3rpg

Injury Reports

Pacers
Mike Dunleavy- Knee- DTD
TJ Ford- Back- DTD
Suns
N/A

Key's to the game
1. Total perimeter defense.
2. Be wary of Shaq, has been playing effective ball lately.
3. Try to intercept the passing lanes, and give Nash no room to work his magic.
4. SOMEONE STOP AMARE THIS TIME PLEASE!!!!

Tradition
As per request, direct from Australia.....










I beleive once again we will be holding an AIM chat room for the game. All Pacers fans are welcome!! Add either xGranger33x or myself for details
Gremz AIM: Elfgremlin2
DGrangeRx33 AIM: xgranger33x

Let's Go Pacers!!!!!

[JarrettJackSG]

Awesome gamethread. I'm dying of happiness.

If Dunleavy is back we might have a chance. Still it's gonna be tough either way.

[Gremz]

^Thanks man, you should get AIM and join us for the game chat, was pretty fun last time.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Now if I could only hear their accents. :-\

[Grang33r]

Awesome game thread once again! I will see you guys in the chat room tonight.

[JarrettJackSG]

I can't wait to see Dunleavy back. (who imagined we'd say that when we made the trade)

[Grang33r]

I can't wait to see Dunleavy back. (who imagined we'd say that when we made the trade)

Yeah seriously, Larry Bird took some heat at the time for the deal and i remember many people who tried to give credit to Bird for the deal were saying he got a stud in Ike Diogu. Murphy and Dunleavy have been great though. I hope when the time comes to trade one or even both of them, we can get a good return as well, but time will only tell. But i am very excited to see Mike Dunleavy make his return tonight.

[TJFordisGod]

Gremz you are the king of awesome! Man I hope Dunleavy and TJ are in tonight, Suns are not playing the greatest ball this year and it would be great to steal one on the road from them.

[Grang33r]

I'm hoping we can somehow contain Amare tonight. Last time we played him, he scored 49 points on us. And last season he had a 42 point game on us. The dude is scary good when he plays us.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Apparently Dunleavy will start tonight. -_-

[TJFordisGod]

Apparently Dunleavy will start tonight. -_-

What? LOL! Quis got the boot already? Poor guy

[MillerTime101]

Apparently Dunleavy will start tonight. -_-

What? LOL! Quis got the boot already? Poor guy

No, Quis is day to day with a Quad injury.

[TJFordisGod]

Apparently Dunleavy will start tonight. -_-

What? LOL! Quis got the boot already? Poor guy

No, Quis is day to day with a Quad injury.

O yeah i forgot. Too many injuries too keep up with on this team

[cdash]

While we are in the desert, it might be wise to bribe the Suns' trainers to switch sides. They have a knack for rejuvenating older guys with injury histories. Perhaps they could keep our habitually injured team healthy for a change.

[MillerTime101]

Yeah TJ Ford could use that, the guy is out every other game

[Dunthreevy]

I would love to see Mike start if he's actually healthy enough to contribute. I'm loving that he's coming back, but I'm gonna try to not get my hopes up for him to be a major factor until after this road trip. It's gonna take a few games for him to get back into game shape most likely.

On another note, not to bad mouth you guys who do the AIM chat or anything, but doesn't that sorta eliminate the need for a game thread?

[cdash]

Absolutely, but it has the advantage of having quicker response time and being non-filtered, which means ornery individuals such as myself can say obscene things about whatever they choose without having their entries edited out with a highlighted message warning me of my evil ways and their consequences. Besides, most of us in the chat actually do post messages on the game thread simultaneously. It's true, I currently have no life.

[JarrettJackSG]

Hey look graham is starting.

[notque]

Game's blacked out for me. I should go to a sports bar.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Granger has developed a superstars shot. He is making shots only superstars make every game now. Already two tonight.