[MJG]

<center><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td></td><td width=20><center>@</center></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3></td></tr><tr><td><center>13 - 8</center></td><td width=20></td><td><center>20 - 3</center></td></tr></table>

9:00 PM on WB

Season series tied 0 - 0


<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td></td><td><center>- Key Match: PG -<br><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font><br><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font></center><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=34><p align="right">22.4</p></td><td width=50><center>PPG</center></td><td width=34>15.8</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font></td></tr><tr><td width=34><p align="right">3.8</p></td><td width=50><center>RPG</center></td><td width=34>3.4</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font></td></tr><tr><td width=34><p align="right">5.6</p></td><td width=50><center>APG</center></td><td width=34>11.0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font></td></tr><tr><td width=34><p align="right">1.8</p></td><td width=50><center>SPG</center></td><td width=34>1.0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font></td></tr><tr><td width=34><p align="right">0.1</p></td><td width=50><center>BPG</center></td><td width=34>0.0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font></td></tr><tr><td width=34><p align="right">39.7</p></td><td width=50><center>MPG</center></td><td width=34>34.1</td></tr><tr><td colspan=3><font color=#DFDFDF>|</font></td></tr></table></td><td></td></tr></table></center>

[jazzy1]

I really think the Key to this game is our big guys. We gotta keep Amare from getting 25. We gotta keep Marion off the offensive glass.

And our perimeter guys gotta stay on their men from deep and can't get sucked in on penetration.

NOW what I expect to happen. I expect Brendan and kwame to keep Amare under control like they did last season.

And I expect the Suns to hit 10+ 3's. Our perimeter defense guarding the 3pt line is a complete joke.

While winning with Arenas and Hughes combining for 70 thats very unlikely to happen again this season.

Kwame was scoring inside in his limited touches, and we need to get Brendan the ball.

One day this season EJ is gonna start kwame and brendan together.

I can't wait for Etan to comeback so Kwame can move back to his natural postion of pf .

Because it seems like until then he's gonna back up brendan.

Kwame needs minutes and touches he can score inside.

And its frustrating to watch him not get the damn ball.

[BCH]

I smell a big letdown this game.

[hobojoe]

Suns come out smoking!

5-6 from long range to start the game including 3-4 from Quentin Richardson.

[MJG]

Originally posted by <b>BCH</b>!
I smell a big letdown this game.

Heh really taking a big risk with that one, eh?

Not too bad being down by 6 after their red hot firing from behind the arc in the opening 7 minutes.

[Amareca]

Too bad the Wizards are shooting almost as well so far.

[MJG]

It's tough to describe the position we've been in for most of the game. Generally, we're down around 10 points, which is a decent lead but nothing that can't be chipped away. However, I've just had the feeling throughout that there'd be no way we could possibly come back to make it a really close game. Our offense has not looked very good at all, especially in the third -- nothing more than a bunch of isolations.

[f22egl]

Wizards lose... not much of surprise. All of the big three had to have monster games and really only Jamison came through. Hopefully, the Wizards can rebound against Golden State who are not that good. They just lost to the Hornets.

[jazzy1]

We just aren't a smart team. We handled Amare with brendan and kwame which I expected but our guards aren't very smart at all.

We just aren't commoited to throwing the ball inside. kwame was getting excellent postion inside but the guards forced shot. Brendan got postion but the guards forced shots.

I really expected a loss but we didn't really compete because we didn;t play smart. The Suns were doubling all of our post guys and most every time we went inside we got an open shot outside.

But we don't play smart at all.

Gilbert, Larry and Jamison are convinced they are the team and everyone else is along for the ride.

We won't beat quality teams unless Kwame starts getting the ball and gets his starting spot back.