<div align="center"> @ </div> <div align="center">Phoenix Suns (31-5) @ Indiana Pacers (17-16) </div> <div align="center">_______________________________</div> <u><div align="center">Suns Starting Lineup</div></u> <div align="center"></div> <font color="Orange"><div align="center">(Mike D'Antoni)</div></font> Mike D'Antoni along with the Phoenix Suns got handed their 5th L of the season, against the Jazz. Expect the Suns to rebound greatly, for they CRUSHED the Pacers in their last meeting. <div align="center">_______________________</div> <div align="center"></div> <div align="center"><font color="Orange">(Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, Quentin Richardson, Shawn Marion, Amare Stoudemire)</font></div> I think we can all say, what a lineup! No player in this starting lineup is averaging less then 15 points per game! Led by Amare Stoudemire and Steve Nash the Suns organization has put together the best lineup in the league. They have a very unique style of running the fast break and shooting the three ball. If we were in the 80's people would have thought we were crazy to be winning with this kind of uptempo style. After every bucket by the other team it seems like the inbound goes to Nash and they just push it upcourt everytime. It's not all offence that has us with a 31-5 record. Shawn Marion, with 2.14 steals per game is ranked #5 in the NBA. Not too far behind him at #14 is Quentin Richardson, who hasn't been known for his defence in prior years. Steven Hunter, our bench center is leading the entire NBA in blocks per 48 minutes with 4.63. <div align="center">___________________________</div> <u><div align="center">Pacers Starting Lineup</div></u> <div align="center"> (Rick Carlisle)</div> <div align="center">Rick Carlisle and the Pacers have got off to a very slow start because of the big brawl that we have all heard about. Artest gone for the season, O'Neal 10 games, and Stepen Jackson 30 games, basicly their key players all suspended. </div> <div align="center">________________________</div> <div align="center"></div> <div align="center">(Jamaal Tinsley, Reggie Miller, James Jones, Jermaine O'Neal, Jeff Foster)</div> The Pacers are a team trying to stay at the .500 mark as they try to battle through numorous injury's and suspensions. One guy who is hot though is Jermaine O'Neal, who has been putting up 33.5 points per game in his last six games. A player who has stepped up his performance from last year is Fred Jones. The former slam dunk champ is putting up just over 11 points per game and 3 boards. Another player that has steped it up is Reggie Miller, who has put his average from 10 points per game in a bench role to 14 points per game in a starting role. <div align="center">__________________________</div> <u><div align="center">Player of the Game (both teams)</div></u> <div align="center"></div> <div align="center"><font color="DarkSlateBlue">Jermaine O'Neal:</font> 36 points, 12 boards, 2 blocks</div> <div align="center"><font color="DarkOrange">Steve Nash:</font> 15 points, 15 assits, 4 boards</div> Career days from both players, Nash putting up another double-double and O'Neal keeps his hot steak going against Amare. <div align="center">__________________________</div> Prediction Time: When do you see a team get blown out twice by the same team in the same month? Well it doesn't happen often but I am going to predict that it will happen tonight. Suns demolished the Pacers on January 9th beating them by 30+ points. I don't think the Suns will beat them by that much tonight but I will predict a double-digit victory. Suns - 118 Pacers - 103
Is Nash injured? Says he has only played 11 minutes, and we are getting the smackdown laid on us. Down 14 at 3/4 time
Nash left the game with a bruised left thigh. That definitly killed them. They mostly played JJ at the Point and Barbosa played limited minutes. Q stunk, Amare was good, but couldnt contain JO when he was guarding him. It's the orange jerseys man...I love them, but they're killing them.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Banks:</div><div class="quote_post">Nash left the game with a bruised left thigh. That definitly killed them. They mostly played JJ at the Point and Barbosa played limited minutes. Q stunk, Amare was good, but couldnt contain JO when he was guarding him. It's the orange jerseys man...I love them, but they're killing them.</div> I know man I thought these jersey's were going to be our "secret weapon" now they are just bad luck. Let's put them away for a while I hope Nash doesn't miss some time. Q had a bad game (0-11 or something like that), Amare played average. JO had a nice game.
Dirty Eastern Basketball. Foul everyone in sight and make it count. Refereeing was almost as bad as the sun's performance. Almost.
SHAT! Suns lose again... Lets hope Nash doesnt miss any games. And whats with the orange jerseys? Did they lose all their games with those jerseys? I think they're the tightest jerseys in the NBA.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting FooDoggg3xB:</div><div class="quote_post">SHAT! Suns lose again... Lets hope Nash doesnt miss any games. And whats with the orange jerseys? Did they lose all their games with those jerseys? I think they're the tightest jerseys in the NBA.</div> The Suns are currently 0-2 with the jersey's compared to a record of 31-4 without. The jersey's are cursed, bottomline . It was just poor shooting by everybody, 39% from the field and it doesn't help when you MVP leaves the game in the first quarter with an injury. Hopefully we can bounce back today against a very tough Washington team, these next 4 games are big, all of them are against playoff bound teams, the Wizards, Pistons, Grizzles, and Spurs.
