Game 2: Utah Jazz @ PHOENIX SUNS

Post #1 » by **Miklo** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 5:49 pm

Utah Jazz (0-1) @ Phoenix Suns (1-0)

When: Friday, November 1st @ 10PM ET
Where: US Airways Center
Television: NBA League Pass (FREE through Nov 5)

Starting Lineups

Suns
Eric Bledsoe
Goran Dragic
PJ Tucker
Markieff Morris
Miles Plumlee

Jazz
John Lucas III
Gordan Hayward
Richard Jefferson
Derrick Favors
Enes Kanter

E-Buck · Post #2 » by **E-Buck** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 5:50 pm

Bledsoe starts at point and Dragic at the 2.

Post #3 » by **Miklo** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 5:51 pm

E-Buck wrote:Bledsoe starts at point and Dragic at the 2.

Switched, I was going off of the suns.com game notes and got them mixed up.

Post #4 » by **Miklo** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 5:53 pm

Hornacek goes up against his long-time organization

Hayward & Bledsoe extension talks just broke down

NaturalBuns · Post #5 » by **NaturalBuns** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 5:54 pm

Frye should be a starter over Markieff IMO.

ShawnBronald · Post #6 » by **ShawnBronald** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 6:00 pm

So now that Markieff is back, what are the rotations and who doesn't play?

RunDogGun · Post #7 » by **RunDogGun** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 6:33 pm

Miklo wrote:
E-Buck wrote:Bledsoe starts at point and Dragic at the 2.

Switched, I was going off of the suns.com game notes and got them mixed up.

In our system it doesn't matter. They are both just starting guards. No need to switch anything.

Revived · Post #8 » by **Revived** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 7:34 pm

ShawnBronald wrote:So now that Markieff is back, what are the rotations and who doesn't play?

Marcus Morris.

Twuan89 · Post #9 » by **Twuan89** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 7:36 pm

Go Suns!!!

phrazbit · Post #10 » by **phrazbit** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 7:39 pm

7 players accounted for 224 of the 240 minutes our guys played the other night. I doubt anyone is getting bumped from the rotation, probably just a few less minutes for the guys who played 25-40 during the opener.

BurningHeart · Post #11 » by **BurningHeart** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 7:51 pm

Run and gun and everything'll be fine.

ShawnBronald · Post #12 » by **ShawnBronald** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 8:01 pm

SF88 wrote:
ShawnBronald wrote:So now that Markieff is back, what are the rotations and who doesn't play?

Marcus Morris.

Yeah, that was my guess, too.

phrazbit wrote:7 players accounted for 224 of the 240 minutes our guys played the other night. I doubt anyone is getting bumped from the rotation, probably just a few less minutes for the guys who played 25-40 during the opener.

I didn't realize only 9 players got minutes the other night (sure felt like more). Even so, it's hard to imagine Hornacek consistently playing a 10 man rotation. In this league, it's tough to find 10 guys minutes on a nightly basis. Guess we'll see, though.

Jdiddy701 · Post #13 » by **Jdiddy701** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 8:47 pm

Thank God Gentry is no longer running this team. I hated the whole idea of a whole 2nd unit. Stupidest thing ever.

8-9 man rotation is amazing.
Horny > "okay"

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Safety Pickle · Post #14 » by **Safety Pickle** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 8:59 pm

Jdiddy701 wrote:Thank God Gentry is no longer running this team. I hated the whole idea of a whole 2nd unit. Stupidest thing ever.

8-9 man rotation is amazing.
Horny > "okay"

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Our 5 man bench mob from our last playoff run played amazingly well, didn't they? Pretty sure they won us a ton of games when our starters weren't playing well.

SUN · Post #15 » by **SUN** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 9:02 pm

Utah looks horrible on paper.

ShawnBronald · Post #16 » by **ShawnBronald** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 9:05 pm

Safety Pickle wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Thank God Gentry is no longer running this team. I hated the whole idea of a whole 2nd unit. Stupidest thing ever.

8-9 man rotation is amazing.
Horny > "okay"

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Our 5 man bench mob from our last playoff run played amazingly well, didn't they? Pretty sure they won us a ton of games when our starters weren't playing well.

It's nice to have a deep bench, but to play a 10 man rotation consistently is unrealistic. I can't name many playoff teams that have done that and been successful (see: won it all). Most successful teams have 8 strong players and 2 that can fill in when needed. The back end of the bench should only see garbage minutes.

RunDogGun · Post #17 » by **RunDogGun** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 9:11 pm

The two unit thing worked once, and it did so because almost all of our players played for each other, and happy when the team won.

We don't have the need for two units since we always have a starting guard on the floor.

Sundreamer · Post #18 » by **Sundreamer** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 9:38 pm

This is a very winnable game.

Jazz 91
Suns 98

LukasBMW · Post #19 » by **LukasBMW** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 10:29 pm

I'd agree that Frye may be a better fit in the starting lineup then Morris.

Having two 7 footers (one in the paint who can run the pick and roll and one on the perimeter who can knock down a 3) could be really disruptive.

I'd also agree that our rotation probably won't change. As mentioned Dragic, Plumlee, and Bledsoe logged 40 minutes. That's got to change. I'd like to see each get 5-6 minutes less and the majority of that can be picked up by Keiff. Also wouldn't mind to see Goodwin and Len get some more time.

Post #20 » by **ATTL** » Fri Nov 1, 2013 10:37 pm

With utah's terrible guards this will probably be a suns win.