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Suns @ Jazz, 10/28, TNT, 8:30PM

The Thriller said:
I just have 1 thing to say about this game...

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for big al's home debut, look at his eyes
 
Should'nt be fooled by home wins feeding off of the crowd. Its nice and all that, but this team will come of age when they start putting good teams away on the road. That's where the so-called improvement on defense should come into play. If they win the next one against Thunder, that would be more promising. But we'll have to give it a month for the gelling process.
 
vj_74 said:
Should'nt be fooled by home wins feeding off of the crowd. Its nice and all that, but this team will come of age when they start putting good teams away on the road. That's where the so-called improvement on defense should come into play. If they win the next one against Thunder, that would be more promising. But we'll have to give it a month for the gelling process.
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That. Except for the part about a month. In the tight West, if they take that long to gel, they'll be buried and any shot of a high seed will be in serious jeopardy. They need to gel POSTHASTE.
 
We better hope Phoenix has an off night from 3 point land or we are in trouble. We always get killed by the deep ball.
 
I watched Suns against Blazers and can say that Suns will have a real difficult time rebounding the ball. Hedo is a versatile player, and he can make contributions to this Suns team in many aspects of the game, however there are two things that he is not used to: defending the 4, boxing out bigger guys or let say particularly focusing on putting big effort on defensive rebs. He has had Duncan, Dwight, Divac, Bosh playing upfront in the other teams he played for. More importantly he has generally played as a SF more than PG or PF. Robin Lopez and Hedo duo just will not possess a reliable inside scoring threat. Lopez's efficiency and impact on offense is directly proportional to the easy finishes he will get thanks to Nash's great passing ability + his ability to run the floor very quick for a big man. The keys to the success against Suns will be dominating rebounds, getting the ball inside and focusing on production from painted area, transition defense. Suns have a deep and versatile backcourt. They will try to use their ability to execute at a high pace against a Jazz team that still struggles to find a rhythm because of the ongoing adaptation process of newcomers.
 
NUMBERICA said:
If the Jazz score 117 points I will **** somebody else's pants.
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You do realize we are playing the Suns right, but yeah 117 is probably a stretch right now. I still think we get 106 and win by 8. Jefferson will come back with a solid game as will AK.
 
Jefferson obviously struggled at pretty much everything besides sitting on the bench, but other than the 4 missed FT's I thought Fesenko played well at the offensive end. He was one of the few bigs who actually set good screens and he made a several nice passes (one to Hayward out of the low-post when he was doubled that Jefferson needs to take note of) that I didn't know he could make. Struggled a little defensively but so did everyone.

This is the type of team and game that Kirilenko should have a great impact. Melo got him in foul trouble but the way Phoenix plays will allow AK to get into the flow of the game and make plays. No excuses for AK tonight.
 
This being a back to back has me worried but it being a home opener may help.

Both terms coming off of road blow outs as well as adjusting to roster change.

In the schedule thread months back I did say this is a pick'em and if they lose it the Jazz may only have 1-2 wins for the season after the south east road trip
 
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