GAME 34 - New York Knicks @ Phoenix Suns

[Calvin Klein]

10:30 PM ET, January 7, 2011
US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

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Phoenix Suns (14-19)

Starters:


G Steve Nash


G Vince Carter


F Mickael Pietrus


F Grant Hill


C Robin Lopez

Bench: Goran Dragic, Channing Frye, Marcin Gortat, Jared Dudley, Josh Childress, Hakim Warrick



New York Knicks (20-14)

Starters:


G Raymond Felton


G Landry Fields


F Wilson Chandler


F Amare Stoudemire


C Ronny Turiaf

Bench: Toney Douglas... huh ....Chris Dudley, Xavier McDaniel, Charles Smith, Charlie Ward, Hubert Davis, Anthony Mason.


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[Blackification]

This game is going to be a tough one to watch especially if the suns don't show up.

[swe_suns]

This game is going to be a tough one to watch especially if amare shows up and the suns don't.

fyp

[Blackification]

I'd rather watch amare show up so sarver can see what a power forward is and stop bringing in centers and small forwards, and if amare shows up we at least get to watch a show he is still one of my favorite players. If they both fail it'll just be a sad day.

[Calvin Klein]

BTW that starting line up is just something to put up there. Who the **** knows what we'll look out there tonight...

Hopefully we put Gortat on Amare and see what he can do.

[nevetsov]

Love the knicks bench

[YFZblu]

If you guys haven't had the chance to watch Landry Fields play this season, you're in for a treat tonight...One of my favorite players.

[BurningHeart]

Though I'm rooting for the Knicks in the East.....I want to stomp 'em tonight.

Let's go boys, get off the skid please. We cant afford losses.

[morol]

BTW that starting line up is just something to put up there. Who the **** knows what we'll look out there tonight...

Hopefully we put Gortat on Amare and see what he can do.

Oh come on, I love Gortat but Amare would F him in the A with his quickness, explosiveness and overall athleticism. U cannot put an archetypical C like Gortat against such a beast of a forward, it's a guaranteed foul-out before halftime.

There's no-one on this team to stop Amare, period. It's better to make sure that his supporting cast doesn't do too much damage. With Gallo out, it's a matter of not allowing Felton his dribble penetrations.

[RocPHX]

Its my bday, hope we can get a win.

[sunskerr]

Without gallinari, perhaps a quick double on Amare is possible. And oh my god we are starting pietrus and hill...

[YFZblu]

Without gallinari, perhaps a quick double on Amare is possible. And oh my god we are starting pietrus and hill...

Well IMO you always double Amar'e because he's a turnover machine, although he has improved his passing a tad this season. I'm sure the Suns will throw everything at him...Zone, man, double, not double...Obviously the goal is to get back on defense in transition and keep him shooting jumpers as much as possible. On offense, the Suns need to attack him as much as possible.

[Wannabe MEP]

On offense, the Suns need to attack him as much as possible.

The only thing better than Amare running the PnR is running the PnR against Amare.

[sunskerr]

No kidding, Amare's turnovers have me at last place in turnovers(fantasy). This game gives us a ton of problems mismatch wise, since Felton looks like he'll run over Nash on the offensive end. Against a team like new york, this could end up bad really quickly if we don't bring the D, especially the picknroll defense. Ironic.

It's been tough to watch the Suns this year, but maybe, just maybe we can pull something of a Miami and turn it around from this point.

And happy birthday RocPHX!

[Miklo]

Didn't sticky this til now because I missed it this morning. Looking forward to ESPN hopefully not starting this game an hour late like the Lakers game.

[YFZblu]

On offense, the Suns need to attack him as much as possible.

The only thing better than Amare running the PnR is running the PnR against Amare.

I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited to see Nash vs. Stoudemire when STAT gets switched on the pick-and-roll...Nash could have a field day.

Regarding Felton: IMO Nash gets fire in his eyes when one of four things happen:

1. Teams go under the screen on the PNR.
2. Nash goes up against an elite-level PG
4. The opposition tries to rough him up
3. Nash feels that he has something to prove against a certain team (Dallas 2005 playoffs), and maybe even New York this season considering he may want to prove that it takes more than a coach and a system to make an effective PG.

I feel like Nash's competitive instincts could come out, and even if he does in fact get "run over" by Felton, let's keep in mind here that the PG position in the NBA has evolved so that's not unexpected...Felton has run over quite a few people this year. I always expect Nash to return the favor offensively.

[Perdido/BR]

Just kidding. Should be a good game. Gallo is out, but Chandler has been playing out of his mind lately. I like a lot of players on your team. All the luck.

[jwilb49]

I want the SUNS to win... but I want AMARE to drop 40 pts and 14 rebounds and 5 blocks.......

especially if the SUNS have Lopez, or Warrick on Amare!!!

I say

120-115 SUNS

[jwilb49]

too be honest ... I call

FELTON scoring 28 tonight and DOUGLAS coming off the bench with 14

[alldayeveryday]

Lopez gets youtubed tonight by STAT. I hope one of the knicks players try's to get a loose ball and they end up chasing it right into $arver.

Suns 105
Knicks 117