Phoenix March 24 7:30PM - Detroit Pistons Fan Community

max · #1 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 01:45 AM

Phoenix March 24 7:30PM

tv: tv20

Injuries.
Detroit - None
Phoenix - Gordan Giricek, Raja Bell - both day to day

Last 10 games.
Detroit - 6-4
Phoenix - 8-2

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The Suns look to match a season high with their eighth straight win when they open a daunting four-game road trip against the Central Division-leading Detroit Pistons on Monday.

Phoenix (47-22) has only two road victories -- at Portland and Seattle -- during its seven-game streak, and it will see much tougher competition over the next week. After Detroit (49-20), the Suns visit league-leading Boston on Wednesday, red-hot Philadelphia on Friday and New Jersey Saturday.

The Pistons, who have the second-best defense in the league (90.8), have won three straight home games, and 13 of their last 15 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Detroit won at Phoenix 116-86 on Feb. 24, but the Suns were still adjusting to the addition of Shaquille O'Neal at that time.

Phoenix has had no trouble with O'Neal in the lineup lately.

read more at .. ESPN - Phoenix vs. Detroit - Preview - March 24, 2008

adonis · #2 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 04:51 AM

let us see... if we lose the game... it is not a statement game... but if we win it, then it is an important game that we had to win. What is common in both cases? Rip will play 42 minutes and AA will have the honor of DNP.

Nemo · #3 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 08:22 AM

Phoenix will measure their progress against us this game. We beat them by 30 points last time out and they will guage their progress since adding the Big Cactus. They'll expect our "A" game since we're at home and the playoffs are near. Flip will keep his word and nobody plays for more than 31 minutes except for Max. However, Sheed is not into the game as he is more focused on how Syesha does on American Idol. Look for the Pistons to wait another game to crack 50 wins.

lpgrl26 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 09:10 AM

Let's see if Flip remembers how we won the 1st game or Amir gets 6 min and AA a DNP and we play Theo/Dyess extensively.

Which one is the likely scenario?

It boggles the mind how a coach can be so clueless about his OWN team. Seriously after awhile you would think he would get that 2 + 2 = 4.

raxrets · #5 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by lpgrl26

Let's see if Flip remembers how we won the 1st game or Amir gets 6 min and AA a DNP and we play Theo/Dyess extensively.

Which one is the likely scenario?

It boggles the mind how a coach can be so clueless about his OWN team. Seriously after awhile you would think he would get that 2 + 2 = 4.

Seriously, coach knows with his staff his team more than all those fanforums altogether...You're posting here just your wishful thinkings, nothing more, (me too). It is basically desire vs reality. Ok, I'd like to see AA/AJ more but if coach do not play them according to my wishful thinkings, I do no label coach as "clueless" or whatever.

And I'm not beliving in those theoris like "all of our PO success depends on pair of rookies". Last year and year before at ECF only Rip played from starters as supposed to play, Dice Sheed, Billups and Tay were bad or horrible.

Lee356 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by raxrets

Seriously, coach knows with his staff his team more than all those fanforums altogether...You're posting here just your wishful thinkings, nothing more, (me too). It is basically desire vs reality. Ok, I'd like to see AA/AJ more but if coach do not play them according to my wishful thinkings, I do no label coach as "clueless" or whatever.

And I'm not beliving in those theoris like "all of our PO success depends on pair of rookies". Last year and year before at ECF only Rip played from starters as supposed to play, Dice Sheed, Billups and Tay were bad or horrible.

Be careful. Just because you feel you know so little, does not mean the next guy is so void of knowledge.

OLD SKOOL HQ · #7 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 04:58 PM

YES Grasshopper, but he who carrys a big wallet is also endowed with small change!

Dlev59 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 05:08 PM

This will be pick n roll city in this game.

Last night the pick n roll for Detroit was terrible. When Shaq is in the game I would run that play to death, find the open man quickly - 2 points!!

Shaq is very slow at recovering on a pick n roll and other than Amare the Suns defense is not very good.

CloudWalker · #9 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by raxrets

Seriously, coach knows with his staff his team more than all those fanforums altogether...You're posting here just your wishful thinkings, nothing more, (me too). It is basically desire vs reality. Ok, I'd like to see AA/AJ more but if coach do not play them according to my wishful thinkings, I do no label coach as "clueless" or whatever.

And I'm not beliving in those theoris like "all of our PO success depends on pair of rookies". Last year and year before at ECF only Rip played from starters as supposed to play, Dice Sheed, Billups and Tay were bad or horrible.

Its not so much the "pair of rookies" as it is the reduced workload on the starters that playing the "pair of rookies" provides.

But hey, perhaps Flip does know more than us.....and Joe D. Seeing as how PT seems to be something Joe isn't always happy with Flip about either, perhaps some of us may be on to something.

raxrets · #10 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CloudWalker

Its not so much the "pair of rookies" as it is the reduced workload on the starters that playing the "pair of rookies" provides.

But hey, perhaps Flip does know more than us.....and Joe D. Seeing as how PT seems to be something Joe isn't always happy with Flip about either, perhaps some of us may be on to something.

I just wanted to point out that based of our small knowledge (e.g. desperately try to find "hidden messages" from PR messages) we use very harsh words or labelings, that's all. Ok that's fanforum but some perspective is still needed.