Suns @ Kings Saturday game thread 12-26-2020

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On Saturday the Suns visit the Kings at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento for the first of back-to-back games. They will play the Kings again on Sunday.

Kings are (1-0) after starting the season with an impressive 124-122 overtime win over the Nuggets in Denver.

Suns are also (1-0) after beating the Mavericks in their home opener 106-102.

The game will be televised on FSAZ.

Game time is listed at 8 p.m. Arizona time.
 
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The Suns upcoming schedule will be a tough one as they play five games in seven days. Four of the games will on the road.

Saturday @ Sacramento, 8 pm.

Sunday @ Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Tuesday vs. New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Thursday (New Year's Eve) @ Utah, 7 p.m.

Friday (New Year's Day) @ Denver, 7 p.m.
 
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Of note, the Pelicans game will be nationally televised on TNT.

The Jazz game will be televised on FSAZ and NBATV.
 

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Of note, the Pelicans game will be nationally televised on TNT.

The Jazz game will be televised on FSAZ and NBATV.
So the that’s the next game I’ll watch I guess, thanks a lot sinclair
 
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Dario Saric and Abdel Nader are out tonight.

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Go suns wishing to see ayton Booker paul continue to gel together

Also see if bench continues solid play
 

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The Suns upcoming schedule will be a tough one as they play five games in seven days. Four of the games will on the road.

Saturday @ Sacramento, 8 pm.

Sunday @ Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Tuesday vs. New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Thursday (New Year's Eve) @ Utah, 7 p.m.

Friday (New Year's Day) @ Denver, 7 p.m.
Sign of the COVID times.

Two games in two days vs. the same team, but both at their arena.

I don't think we've ever seen that before. Even in the playoffs.
 
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Sign of the COVID times.

Two games in two days vs. the same team, but both at their arena.

I don't think we've ever seen that before. Even in the playoffs.

Maybe it's happened but I can't remember when. It's not a terrible idea to minimize traveling. However, five games in seven days is brutal. I haven't looked at other teams scheduling but I hope it's not just the Suns.
 

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Sign of the COVID times.

Two games in two days vs. the same team, but both at their arena.

I don't think we've ever seen that before. Even in the playoffs.
Definitely doesn't balance out. Our back to back home games are against the Nuggets. These are our only two games against the Kings this season.
 

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Sac should be an improved team. Kinda expecting a loss tonight.

Not really seeing much improvement, really. Fox and Bagley should be better, but most of the rest of their roster are established known commodities: Barnes/Holmes/Buddy. They lost Bogi.
 

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Suns were better last year and have added value to an even younger team.
 
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Monty is more concerned about winning than managing minutes on back-to-back games.

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Luke Walton says it was tough to let Frank Kaminsky go. I haven't heard anything about Frank playing tonight.

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Again Dario Saric and Abdel Nader are out tonight.
 
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Ugh suns need saric he is a valuable player any news on timeline return

Maybe next week sometime. I don't expect Saric back for tomorrow's game.

Tuesday or Thursday would be a guess.
 

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On b2b’s without travel there shouldn’t be concerns. Further down the road I’d give CP3 a day off in the right situation.
 

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FYI, crackedstreams is down. You can get the Sacramento feed at Jefans.com
 
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Here are the starting lineups.

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Jerami Grant with 28 points and 10 rebounds in Pistons loss to Cavaliers.
 
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