Game Day: Kings (11-11) @ Suns (4-19), Tues 12/4/18

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Game Day: Kings (11-11) @ Suns (4-19), Tues 12/4/18

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Time: 7:00 pm AZ (6:00 pm PT/9:00 pm ET)
Place: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: FSAZ, NBALP

The upstart Kings come to town. Unfortunately, no Booker or Warren for us. Let's hope we at least show some fight.

Go Suns!!!

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Ayton gonna need to step up bigly.


Interested to see how he handles Willie Trill running up and down the court like a deer all night

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TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:06 am
Ayton gonna need to step up bigly.


Interested to see how he handles Willie Trill running up and down the court like a deer all night
I'm really ready for a game where the opponent is the one that learns the lesson from Ayton. I didn't need Ayton to learn a lesson from Javale McGee last game.

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The Kings have surprised a lot of people, but ultimately I don't think they are a playoff team. They are beatable. But without Booker we aren't going to win very many games at all. I am just hoping this one doesn't get ugly and that the guys play hard.

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Feed Ayton early and often, hopefully a more aggressive Ayton.
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Very winnable game alert.
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surround him with shooters. igor needs to go old school with the big man.

starting five

craw mikal ariza ryno ayton.

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I'd rather play Bender at this point then Anderson.
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we need a paradigm shift. a center centric old school offense. point ayton in the post.

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FYI, Suns haven't won a game without Booker this season.

I think we'd all love to see this aggressive Ayton we imagine. Somebody needs to prick the lion's paw for us to see this. Maybe if Bagley plays, it will give him a little inspiration.
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Superbone wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:09 am
Maybe if Bagley plays, it will give him a little inspiration.
It seems that every time he faces an opponent who should be particularly inspiring (Embiid, Adams, Jokic, Vucevic), he gets owned.

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Ayton seems to inspire opponents to go hard at him, not the other way around. He's like the 2018-19 equivalent of Shawn Bradley.

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Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:12 am
Ayton seems to inspire opponents to go hard at him, not the other way around. He's like the 2018-19 equivalent of Shawn Bradley.
Seriously.

Has someone sat him down and gave him some variation of this speech? DeAndre - it's simple. There are a lot of good centers in the NBA. Some are really big, some are really strong, some are really skilled, some play really hard. Some are more than one of those things. You're big, strong and skilled. Just f'ing play hard all game at both ends!

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https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1070034153704316928

Book & Buckets are out tonight.
Go Suns!

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Starting lineup:

Okobo
Bridges
JJ
Ariza
Ayton

I read somewhere that the Suns are 8-50 in their last 58 games. Absolutely brutal.

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Without Booker, Warren and a real PG, I expect them to lose every game. Hopefully the Suns won’t just bow down to them.

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Nodack wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:07 pm
Without Booker, Warren and a real PG, I expect them to lose every game. Hopefully the Suns won’t just bow down to them.
It might be more honorable.
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It's pretty embarrassing how we are the only bad team in the Western Conference.
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JeremyG wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:15 pm
It's pretty embarrassing how we are the only bad team in the Western Conference.
Bring back the coin flip!!!

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JeremyG wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:15 pm
It's pretty embarrassing how we are the only bad team in the Western Conference.
On the bright side, we are only slightly behind the 2018 Eastern Conference Champions.
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