Game Day: Pelicans (18-10) @ Suns (17-12), Sat 12/17/22

[Superbone]

Time: 7:00 pm AZ (6:00 pm PT/9:00 pm ET)
Place: Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ
TV: BSAZ, NBATV

We play the Pelicans for the third time in a little over a week. The short handed Suns finally broke their losing streak against an ever shorter handed Clippers team. The Pelican are coming off two losses to the Jazz after beating us the two games before. Ayton and Payne are still out for this one.

‪https://www.nba.com/gamenotes/suns.pdf
‪https://www.nba.com/gamenotes/pelicans.pdf

Go Suns!!!

Dis • cuss

[carey]

Ayton’s ankle is becoming as much of a problem area as Book’s hamstring. Hope he’s not out long.

[Mori Chu]

It'll be impossible to match their size with Ayton out. Maybe we should just embrace that and go small, run lineups with 5 shooters / scorers and live with the fact that the Pels will have a size advantage on us. But that would require us to push the pace, no walking the ball up the court. I'm talking to you, 38-year-old CP3.

[Split T]

Probably gonna need a 3pt variance game…we should take 40+ 3s

[Superbone]

It'll be impossible to match their size with Ayton out. Maybe we should just embrace that and go small, run lineups with 5 shooters / scorers and live with the fact that the Pels will have a size advantage on us. But that would require us to push the pace, no walking the ball up the court. I'm talking to you, 38-year-old CP3.

Hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves. (Says the guy who turns 60 in less than 3 weeks.)

[JeremyG]

Al McCoy holding a “Shazam” sign as the Grand Marshal in the Fiesta Bowl Parade this morning:

[Superbone]

Al McCoy holding a “Shazam” sign as the Grand Marshal in the Fiesta Bowl Parade this morning:

The sign on the car scared me for a second. I thought it said "We are Satan" at first glance.

[Wally_West]

We gonna lose this game

[Split T]

Probably gonna need a 3pt variance game…we should take 40+ 3s

Good start, we are letting them fly

[INFORMER]

Bridges got away with a pretty blatant foul on Zion. And I thought for sur Zion was going to get hurt on that play; looked like he took out CP3 too on that fall.

[Split T]

Bridges got away with a pretty blatant foul on Zion. And I thought for sur Zion was going to get hurt on that play; looked like he took out CP3 too on that fall.

He got the ball clean, they let a lot of contact go if you get the ball clean

[Split T]

But pretty blatant foul that didn’t get called for Booker too, so it evens out

[Split T]

Lol at that shot

[INFORMER]

Why is Tim Duncan playing for the Pelicans, wearing #17?

[INFORMER]

But pretty blatant foul that didn’t get called for Booker too, so it evens out

Eh. EJ was right. It wasn't a foul, but they gave that call to a lot of scorers. Booker ran into the defender; the defender didn't run into him. Harden does that a lot and gets the call, so Book wants it too.

[JeremyG]

We really need a backup center. A 6-8 Biyombo is not cutting it against guys like Valanciunas.

[Split T]

But pretty blatant foul that didn’t get called for Booker too, so it evens out

Eh. EJ was right. It wasn't a foul, but they gave that call to a lot of scorers. Booker ran into the defender; the defender didn't run into him. Harden does that a lot and gets the call, so Book wants it too.

Most offensive players get that call

[Split T]

CJ deciding not to miss tonight after being a pretty bad shooter this year.

[JeremyG]

The Pelicans really do have our number.

[Split T]

How is that a shooting foul for Graham? Was hardly a foul