Suns at Grizzlies 11-8-2010

[FArting]

Game is at 6pm.

 

[SactownSunsFan]

If the Suns can win tonight, I would consider a 4-3 record to be quite successful considering the strength of schedule to begin the season, and with the team still searching to find it's identity.

 

[elindholm]

If the Suns can win tonight, I would consider a 4-3 record to be quite successful considering the strength of schedule to begin the season, and with the team still searching to find it's identity.

Definitely. The Grizzlies should feel like the last game was morally theirs, so I'd expect them to be especially fired up. This would be a big win for the Suns.

 

[SactownSunsFan]

3rd game in 4 days, the tail end of a back-2-back with the Friday game having gone into double OT... hopefully the Suns won't be too fatigued against the Grizz who had yesterday off.

 

[Budden]

The Grizzlies basically beat the Suns a few nights ago, so I don't expect the Suns to lose two in a row to Memphis. And even though this is the Suns' 3rd game in 4 nights, a lot of key players didn't get consistent minutes - Dragic, Lopez, Childress, Warrick, and Dudley all played less than 20 minutes in at least 1 of the last 2 games.

This is actually pretty amazing (at least to me), but in yesterday's game vs. the Hawks, Grant Hill played just 22 minutes and Dudley played just over 20! Looking back, these two guys had a constant, overwhelmingly positive effect on the game pretty much at all times, and yet neither one of them played more even half the game.

The Suns are a strange bunch. At nearly every position, they have two players who can interchange with the other - a la Grant Hill and JYD; Nash and Dragic; Frye, Hedo and Warrick (you can probably count on at least 1 of these guys having a good game if the other 1 or 2 struggle); J. Rich and Childress - and there really isn't a dropoff in talent or performance. It isn't that the first team is particularly bad or that the second team is particularly great, but there is a consistency of a hair above average play from everyone that, after 48 minutes, should give this team a fighting chance on most nights.

It's like this team is one big Boris Diaw, but with Steve Nash's eating habits (think more mono and polyunsaturated fats and a whey protein smoothie instead of tubs of lard, a supersized vanilla shake with a side of McBaconator).

 

[AzStevenCal]

The Grizzlies basically beat the Suns a few nights ago, so I don't expect the Suns to lose two in a row to Memphis.

I'm not saying you're wrong but that's some crazy logic there.

Steve

 

[AfroSuns]

Randolp with the "hand of Duncan" on hedo

 

[Proteus]

Suns down 55-52 after the 2nd quarter. Suns shooting 49% with 4/15 3 pointers, Grizzlies 43% with 1/6 3 pointers.

Suns have committed 12 turnovers (Hill with 3), Grizzlies 7.

Suns have 6 offensive rebounds, Grizzlies 11.

Suns have hit 10/14 free throws, Grizzlies have hit 14/17 free throws.

What the heck has happened to Frye's shot this season?

Too many turnovers by the Suns and too many second chance points given up.

 

[Ronin]

cmon hedo make three

 

[AfroSuns]

Lopez=Useless

 

[Ronin]

unk the ball!

 

[desertdawg]

hedo and lopez lick my dogs butt.

 

[Ronin]

well at least Robin is getting a good exercise running up and down the basketball court.

 

[Proteus]

Way to use your head Lopez.

 

[Ronin]

good grief...just crank that shot hedo.

 

[desertdawg]

lmfao, Nash beaned him on purpose, next one is off hedos

 

[desertdawg]

As soon as lopez and hedo get off the court, we start cutting down the lead.

 

[Proteus]

Wow. What a shot by Nash.

 

[Ronin]

nice shot

 

[Ronin]

Channing Frye fueling a four point surge for the grizzles.

 

[Mainstreet]

Dragic must have the same problem as Lopez.

 

[AfroSuns]

Suns really showing signs of fatigue, Hedo can barely lift himself to shoot

 

[Ronin]

We gave up 43 points in that quarter?

 

[Proteus]

Suns down 88-73 after the 3rd quarter. Suns shooting 51% with 5/21 3 pointers, Grizzlies 49% with 2/8 3 pointers.

Suns have committed 17 turnovers (Hill with 4), Grizzlies 9.

Suns with 6 offensive rebounds, Grizzlies 13.

Suns have hit 12/17 free throws, Grizzlies have hit 20/24 free throws.

 

[Proteus]

We gave up 43 points in that quarter?

33 actually.

When the Suns aren't giving up offensive rebounds, they're playing poor defense.