Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Discussion of the league and of our favorite team.
Post Reply
User avatar
Superbone
Posts: 33490
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:44 am
Location: San Diego, CA (Phoenix Native)

Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Superbone »

Time: 8:30 pm AZ (7:30 pm PT/10:30 pm ET)
Place: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: TNT

This one could get out of hand in a hurry. It'll be interesting to see how the Suns defense does in this one. The Suns also are reportedly having some illness issues, Booker included. I thought I heard McD say on AZ radio that Monroe may be in uniform tonight.

Go Suns!!!

Dis • cuss
"Be Legendary."

User avatar
Mori Chu
Posts: 20875
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:05 am

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Mori Chu »

If Booker doesn't play, or plays in a diminished state, this could get really, really ugly. I wonder what kind of reception Mike D will get from the Suns fans tonight.

User avatar
Cap
Posts: 8553
Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:08 pm

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Cap »

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I wonder what kind of reception Mike D will get from the Suns fans tonight.
It will be difficult to tell, considering that TSRA usually has more fans of the visiting team.

User avatar
carey
Posts: 12052
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:06 pm
Contact:

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by carey »

Snus lose by 19.
Go Suns!

Og Snus!

Bucktastic365
Posts: 325
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:35 am

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Bucktastic365 »

Make Harden go off for 50, but don’t let him get any assists. Exactly the way teams played us with Nash. DONT LET THEM HAVE 3’S!!
Last edited by Bucktastic365 on Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

Bucktastic365
Posts: 325
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:35 am

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Bucktastic365 »

lets hope our team (other than the usuals) can hit the broad side of a barn this game. And I’m not sure if I’m in the minority, but I’m excited to see what Monroe can do, if indeed he does play. It would be great for him to force Capela into hard guards in the paint.

User avatar
Cap
Posts: 8553
Joined: Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:08 pm

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Cap »

Bucktastic365 wrote:lets hope our team (other than the usuals) can hit the broad side of a barn this game. And I’m not sure if I’m in the minority, but I’m excited to see what Monroe can do, if indeed he does play. It would be great for him to force Capela into hard guards in the paint.
This team has never really played with a post presence before. Won't surprise me if it takes a while to figure out how to use him.

User avatar
In2ition
Posts: 11385
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:35 pm

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by In2ition »

Cap wrote:
Bucktastic365 wrote:lets hope our team (other than the usuals) can hit the broad side of a barn this game. And I’m not sure if I’m in the minority, but I’m excited to see what Monroe can do, if indeed he does play. It would be great for him to force Capela into hard guards in the paint.
This team has never really played with a post presence before. Won't surprise me if it takes a while to figure out how to use him.
Agreed. As long was he is fairly quick and decisive when he get's it in the post, I think that would help with the transition. Our other bigs are a mess when they post up. Our best post up player is Booker. It's almost automatic when he's matched up on a guard in the post.
"When we all think alike, nobody is thinking" - Walter Lippmann
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." ~ Frederick Douglass

User avatar
O_Gardino
Posts: 6620
Joined: Fri May 20, 2016 12:47 pm
Location: Shreveport, LA

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by O_Gardino »

Cap wrote:
Bucktastic365 wrote:lets hope our team (other than the usuals) can hit the broad side of a barn this game. And I’m not sure if I’m in the minority, but I’m excited to see what Monroe can do, if indeed he does play. It would be great for him to force Capela into hard guards in the paint.
This team has never really played with a post presence before. Won't surprise me if it takes a while to figure out how to use him.
We throw the ball to Len in the post all the time. Just do that, but with Monroe.

Like Shelc said somewhere else, we could give Bender some post ups, too.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The league needs heroes, villains... and clowns. -- Aztec Sunsfan

User avatar
Superbone
Posts: 33490
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:44 am
Location: San Diego, CA (Phoenix Native)

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Superbone »

Bucktastic365 wrote:lets hope our team (other than the usuals) can hit the broad side of a barn this game. And I’m not sure if I’m in the minority, but I’m excited to see what Monroe can do, if indeed he does play. It would be great for him to force Capela into hard guards in the paint.
Yes, really hope to see Monroe tonight!
"Be Legendary."

User avatar
Wally_West
Posts: 9401
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:12 pm

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Wally_West »

https://twitter.com/sbordow/status/931236292637073409


User avatar
Wally_West
Posts: 9401
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:12 pm

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Wally_West »

https://twitter.com/sbordow/status/931236673714663424


User avatar
Nodack
Posts: 8517
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:50 pm

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Nodack »

Probably tired too. Tired always follows sick.

Bucktastic365
Posts: 325
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:35 am

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Bucktastic365 »

Let’s all pray Booker’s sickness helps him play as well as his idols did when they played sick.

User avatar
Flagrant Fowl
Posts: 13786
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:04 am
Location: Haeundae, Busan, South Korea

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Flagrant Fowl »

We have no business winning this game. Just try to not get embarrassed on national TV.
Send me a PM if you're interested in joining the phx-suns.net fantasy basketball league.

Bucktastic365
Posts: 325
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:35 am

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by Bucktastic365 »

Flagrant Fowl wrote:We have no business winning this game. Just try to not get embarrassed on national TV.
+1. Though we can use this as a training tool on how to (try to) win against the elite teams.
Strategy is key.
This game will determine, FOR ME, in limited fashion of coarse, Triano’s future for this team.

Can he make the strategic moves to get his team to succeed.

User avatar
carey
Posts: 12052
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:06 pm
Contact:

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by carey »

Bucktastic365 wrote: This game will determine, FOR ME, in limited fashion of coarse, Triano’s future for this team.

Can he make the strategic moves to get his team to succeed.
I'm not ready to decide anything and likely won't be for a while. Triano has barely had time to practice with them. I believe this week were the first full home practices with the team since the switch.
Go Suns!

Og Snus!

User avatar
ShelC
Posts: 12253
Joined: Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:00 am

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by ShelC »

Flagrant Fowl wrote:We have no business winning this game. Just try to not get embarrassed on national TV.
It'd be great if that was Triano's pre-game pep talk.

User avatar
In2ition
Posts: 11385
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:35 pm

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by In2ition »

carey wrote:
Bucktastic365 wrote: This game will determine, FOR ME, in limited fashion of coarse, Triano’s future for this team.

Can he make the strategic moves to get his team to succeed.
I'm not ready to decide anything and likely won't be for a while. Triano has barely had time to practice with them. I believe this week were the first full home practices with the team since the switch.
And even then, they weren't 100%, with reports of illness abound.
"When we all think alike, nobody is thinking" - Walter Lippmann
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." ~ Frederick Douglass

User avatar
bajanguy008
Posts: 7192
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:28 pm
Location: Barbados, Caribbean

Re: Game Day: Rockets (11-4) @ Suns (5-10), Thurs 11/16

Post by bajanguy008 »

https://twitter.com/GeraldBourguet/status/931337588392079360

SUNS Fan from the Land of Sun, Sea and Sand ;)

Post Reply