Game 1: Dallas Mavericks @ Phoenix Suns l Wednesday l 8:30pm l ESPN

[SunsRback4Good]

Who: Dallas Mavericks @ Phoenix Suns

When: Wed, December 23rd @ 8:30pm (10:30ET), ESPN

Where: Phoenix Arena, Phoenix, AZ






Dallas Mavericks starting lineup:

C- Powell

F- Finney-Smith

F- Hardaway Jr

G- Richardson

G- Doncic





Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

C- Ayton

F- Crowder

F- Bridges

G- Booker

G- CP3


Good luck charm!!!

[Mulhollanddrive]

Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, Ayton
Payne, Carter, Galloway, Johnson, Saric

Good team on paper just have to perform to our strengths and be consistant.

If the game was played with just starters we'd win 65%.

Payne and Saric look vital to our bench impetus and keeping the system running.

[SlovenianDragon]

We beat the mavs by 21 in our last season opener...

Im expecting the same results

[Flying Colors]

Hope to see Saric back, although if I remember correctly, Saric has been known to play relatively poorly in the beginning of the season. I think that could be minimized a bit playing him in his rightful position, but i guess we’ll see.

[Bogyo]

Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, Ayton
Payne, Carter, Galloway, Johnson, Saric

Good team on paper just have to perform to our strengths and be consistant.

If the game was played with just starters we'd win 65%.

Payne and Saric look vital to our bench impetus and keeping the system running.

We also have Moore who should get minutes if someones shot is not falling from our subs, and Stix to clean up some garbage minutes if need be. I'm very optimistic about out bench this year actually. We have 7 guys who are looking like average to solid NBA players. They should win us some games, and allow us keep CP's minutes down a bit, which is good since he will not take games off to rest. Could also be a plus while SheAndre gets his conditioning up to NBA standard.

Serious (albeit a bit off topic) question in our first game thread: when was the last time we had 7 quality looking bench players?

+1 offtopic for our (non-existant?) gambling department: the 2nd quarter results (when usually the subs play the most minutes in most NBA teams) should be good for us if this unit clicks a bit, so I would take the over in points, and Suns winning that quarter by some points.

[Fo-Real]

Prepare for Luka to be the most physical player on the court, running into and over people while also benefiting from touch fouls being called in his favor.

[alamin330]

Why are the women always white. There are beautiful black and Hispanic women as well. Maybe that’s why suns been losing so much the last 10 years. Gotta mix it up

[sunsbg]

Prepare for Luka to be the most physical player on the court, running into and over people while also benefiting from touch fouls being called in his favor.

On top of that amount of touch fouls is double than normal against the Suns. 19 FTA first bubble game and 7 in 13 mins in second game. On top of that he turns into good FT shooter vs Suns with 25/26 in those two games.

[Fo-Real]

Why are the women always white. There are beautiful black and Hispanic women as well. Maybe that’s why suns been losing so much the last 10 years. Gotta mix it up

He posted his taste, this wasn't a group assignment. You post who you like, not force people to show you the things you like.

[alamin330]

Why are the women always white. There are beautiful black and Hispanic women as well. Maybe that’s why suns been losing so much the last 10 years. Gotta mix it up

He posted his taste, this wasn't a group assignment. You post who you like, not force people to show you the things you like.

Oh ok. Cuz those women are hideous. They might be bad luck

[NTB]

Excited!

[spanishninja]

bleh Kristen Stewart. Let's kill those Mavs yo.

[Adrao]

I want Ayton to eat Powell. I consider him our key player for this match.

[Jdiddy701]

Why are the women always white. There are beautiful black and Hispanic women as well. Maybe that’s why suns been losing so much the last 10 years. Gotta mix it up

He posted his taste, this wasn't a group assignment. You post who you like, not force people to show you the things you like.

Oh ok. Cuz those women are hideous. They might be bad luck

Definitely missed an opportunity to include Lindsey Smith.


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[Mulhollanddrive]

Jones is our best PnR finisher, give him specialist time with Paul for 10 minutes and they can get us through that.

For a team that's been lauded for depth one bench player out shouldn't change the result.

[BlueSan]

You have this

[SunsRback4Good]

You have this

No, you have this.

Spoiler:

Jinxer

[NTB]

You have this

Dallas by 40

[Colangelo]

Lets go Suns!! Suns +17

[BlueSan]

You have this

No, you have this.

Spoiler:

Jinxer

I truly mean it. You should win this imo. You have a better team as it is and are playing at home for how little that is worth on top