Game 64: Utah(38-22) @ Phoenix(39-24)

[DaDragicShow]

Who: Utah Jazz @ Phoenix Suns

When: 8:30pm




Where: U.S Airways Center, Phx, Arizona






Utah Jazz starting lineup:

C- Kirilenko
Pf- Boozer
Sf- Okur
Sg- Matthews
Pg- Williams

Reserves: Millsap/Miles/Price/Korver



Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

C- Lopez
Pf- Amare
Sf- Hill
Sg- Richardson
Pg- Nash

Reseves: Dragic/Louu/Dudley/Clark

[DaDragicShow]

Huge game for us tonight. Lets not blow it and then regret later like we did last year against the Jazz.

By the way, I'll be at the game tonight.

[rsavaj]

Dragic is out(probably) so I think we're kind of screwed.

[Black Jesus]

How are they kind of screwed? They're at home and they can beat Utah. They're feeling good, Nash has had some rest, let him and amare play 35+min tonight. This is a playoff atmosphere game you know.

[lilfishi22]

Why is Dragic out?

[Flying Colors]

time to see it the tnt curse is really dead, get that 4th seed suns!

[impulsenine]

Going for us:
- At home
- Nash & Amare rested
- Team generally playing well

Going against us:
- B2B
- Utah is tough
- Missing Dragic
- Missing LB
- Nash in a shooting funk
- TNT

Neither here nor there:
- Both teams expected to fight hard to keep/gain playoff seed ground


I frankly don't see us winning this game. I think it'll be close, but the fact that 3 of 4 guards is out or injured doesn't fill me with confidence.

[Qwigglez]

Wow. Why is Dragic out?
This is a huge game. We need to win.

[ls2ws6]

The only thing that worries me is TNT. Other than that I think we got this

[Qwigglez]

Didn't we break our losing streak on TNT? Maybe we'll start a winning streak now

[ls2ws6]

Wow. Why is Dragic out?
This is a huge game. We need to win.

I hope that his ankle is ok. It looks like he might have rolled it last night when we were like 25 points ahead

[blackjays1]

Urgh no backup guards means major minutes for Nash and Hill then.....what would JRich be like playing PG lol.

[lilfishi22]

Urgh no backup guards means major minutes for Nash and Hill then.....what would JRich be like playing PG lol.

I try not to imagine.

[Qwigglez]

Urgh no backup guards means major minutes for Nash and Hill then.....what would JRich be like playing PG lol.

It means we'll see some Earl Clark at PG. Lol. This is why the Suns need to pursue a free agent like Michael Finley, Von Wafer, Larry Hughes, or just get someone from the D-League for ten days.
The Jazz don't really have a legit SG though, so I think J-Rich might be able to score 20-25 without having to worry about a real defensive assignment.

[WTFsunsFTW]

I wouldnt be surprised to see Deron Williams guard JRich and them putting some of their pesky SGs on Nash. If not, JRich is going to post up every play and abuse them.

Hill needs to make sure Kirilenko doesnt roam on defense to plug up the paint. Lopez will prob be guarding Boozer since amare will have an easier time with Okur.

[MathiasPW]

Nash will be able to play long minutes, but not sure how effectively. His lower % of shooting lately has been due to his light-injuries, and apparently he still has them. Last night he not only shot poorly, but also shot little.

Knowing how smart he is, I assume his thinking was "I'm hurt and it's affecting me, I better just pass the ball and let my teammates score"....which is what he did....and we won.

So we'll depend a lot on our forwards and bench, imo.

[DaDragicShow]

I can't wait for the game tonight. I should bring a poster saying " Please J-Rich not another blown dunk"

[TXSun]

i smell a little playoff atmosphere for this one. this one has a little buzz to it.

[Jimmy76]

Going for us:
- At home
- Nash & Amare rested
- Team generally playing well

Going against us:
- B2B
- Utah is tough
- Missing Dragic
- Missing LB
- Nash in a shooting funk
- TNT

Neither here nor there:
- Both teams expected to fight hard to keep/gain playoff seed ground


I frankly don't see us winning this game. I think it'll be close, but the fact that 3 of 4 guards is out or injured doesn't fill me with confidence.

this is probably the most important factor

im not optimistic...

[cold5]

Sucks that I can't watch most of this ballgame because of stupid TNT pushing back games. But I think we can definitely win this as we are at home. Won't we be tied with Jazz if we win?