Game Thread: Phoenix Suns @ Detroit Pistons

Suns can beat the Pistons.

But we'll have to see if they want to play D tomorrow.

Even if we don't play D we can stay close to them. Just need to play D in key stretches. People can talk about defense all they want, but we still score most of the time and cause other teams with good defenses to allow more.

please please please beat the pistons

TheRoc5 said:

please please please beat the pistons

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lol you want home court haha. I wish we do it. We'll prolly get killed or something.

I dont get off work until after 4 so I wont get to watch this game but Phoenix can definitely beat Detroit.

ok I take everything I said back about Barbosa for the last yr.

He's been consistent lately. Hope he can do it in the playoffs.


Suns are playing well. 39-29 in middle of 2nd qrter,

Bell with an amazing shot at the buzzer. Suns lead 63-49 at the half.



Man, SO FAR defensively, this is one of the best I've seen us play in a LONG TIME. One of the best efforts all yr too. Pistons have also missed some shots too.

We're also shooting 68%. The ball movement has been excellent. Nash hasn't attempted a shot at all this half. He has a Techincal foul FT though which explains the one point.

Pistons some somewhere around 44 or 45%


I haven't been wanting praise Barbosa for awhile but he's been consistent enough and not so frenetic this yr. I've been waiting to say praise him. He needs to do this come playoff time.

Come on, hold 'em off!!

ah ****, I was afraid of this. Pistons have come back within 3. 84-81 after 3 now.

**** **** **** **** **** ****


I HATE GAMES LIKE THIS



****!



as I've said before on national TV, we either blow a team out or lose a close game. It's VERY ANNOYING.

I think we lost.

the suns forgot to come out of the locker room at halftime :sad:

Suns love to do this.

Hammer a team in the first half and then open the door and let them back in.

But not much you can do when the Pistons are so random.

30ft 3-pointers? Only against us.........

SunsFan57 said:

30ft 3-pointers? Only against us.........

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yeah, no ****. lol

Billups hit all these contested shots as well. Some we didn't close out on. That pisses me off too.

D'Antoni lost the game for us this time. Yes, I blame him.

When Billups shot the lights out in 3rd quarter, our bench players got frustrated. Bell looked so confused out there and Diaw became cotton again. We DID NOT make any defense adjustments when Billiups shot so well. We basically lost the game THE SAME WAY twice and thanks to D'Antoni. Our players weren't mentally prepared and besides Marion/Nash who were up the challenge, other guys were scared in the 2nd half because they are not getting their open shots they got in the first half.

We need plan B when the opponent shot down our open shots. Our ball movement got shut down and everybody didn't know what to do besides "I want to pass the ball out!" It's unfortunate that we don't have a healthy Amare who can draw fouls for us but we need plan B to go into the playoffs and D'Antoni has to figure that out.

We've played quite a few games for the past week. Time to rest a bit.

dissonance19 said:

yeah, no ****. lol

Billups hit all these contested shots as well. Some we didn't close out on. That pisses me off too.

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There is NO secret that Pistons rely on Billiups in tight situations. Everybody knows that and D'Antoni made no adjustments. As much I love Nash, Billiups can shoot over him and Barbosa any time he wants. We need a much bigger guy to block his visions = Marion. Those long 3pt gave Pistons the energy to come back and they did.

yeah, we don't play again till Weds against the Clippers on ESPN. Last time we played them we kicked their butts

dissonance19 said:

yeah, we don't play again till Weds against the Clippers on ESPN. Last time we played them we kicked their butts

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Yeah... technically, we need to worry about Spurs first before Pistons! lol

jibikao said:

There is NO secret that Pistons rely on Billiups in tight situations. Everybody knows that and D'Antoni made no adjustments. As much I love Nash, Billiups can shoot over him and Barbosa any time he wants. We need a much bigger guy to block his visions = Marion. Those long 3pt gave Pistons the energy to come back and they did.

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yeah that's definitely true.

we also let Ben get those alley oops and garbage points.



we didn't shoot to well from FT line either. which is unlike us.