Suns @ Rockets Wednesday game thread 1-20-21

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Suns finish their two game road trip at the Rockets on Wednesday.

Rockets are 4-8 on the season having lost their last two games at San Antonio and Chicago.

Suns are now 7-5 after their loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

After Wednesday's game the Suns come home for four games facing Denver twice, OKC and Golden State.

The game will be televised on FSAZ.

Start time is 7:30 p.m. Arizona time.
 
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Here is the Suns injury report. Damian Jones, Dario Saric and Jalen Smith are OUT.

Cam Payne is QUESTIONABLE.

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John Wall is reported out for Houston.
 
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Jalen Smith has been out for 14 days. Hopefully he will be available this weekend.

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So did Jalen Smith get covid?

They can't say whether he had it or not, just that he came in contact with someone who had it. After missing 14 days though I think its fair to assume he had it because the league doesn't require that long of a quarantine if you just came in contact with it.
 
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Someone significant is wearing purple today. Hopefully a it's a good sign for the Suns. :cool:
 

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So Rockets then back to back with Denver this could be real bad if we don’t win tonight and these guys are better than there record shows
 
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So Rockets then back to back with Denver this could be real bad if we don’t win tonight and these guys are better than there record shows

Suns have to play to their peak to win no matter the opponent. We have been humbled.
 

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So Rockets then back to back with Denver this could be real bad if we don’t win tonight and these guys are better than there record shows

there’s no excuse to lose to this terrible Houston team. They won’t even have John Wall.

Denver on a back to back is tough though.
 

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I have a slightly different view on this. I care more about the details now with this team, rather than the outcome. Obviously I care if they win, but I want to see sustained aggression from DA, better shot selection and taking care of the ball from Booker, and defensive effort/intensity similar to the start of the year for the rest of the team. If Phoenix won because they got crazy hot from 3 it would potentially mask these issues.
 

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there’s no excuse to lose to this terrible Houston team. They won’t even have John Wall.

Denver on a back to back is tough though.
Agreed. A team in turmoil...... We should EXPECT a win.

But the same could be said about Memphis as well. I expect a close game for no reason and a tight victory for the good guys.
 

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Welp go suns couple of winnable gms...

Be nice to see ayton with another strong gm

And wake up book suns need you from last yr
 
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Looks like Jalen Smith has been cleared and back in Phoenix although he will not play tonight.

This is great news.

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The Grizzlies do not have enough players to play tonight.

This has to raise some concerns about the game because the Suns just played the Grizzlies.

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Kellon Olson also tweets about the matter.

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The contact tracing is reportedly on the Grizzlies side.

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there’s no excuse to lose to this terrible Houston team. They won’t even have John Wall.

Denver on a back to back is tough though.

This team right now is playing to it's competition unfortunately
 
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This is out of control. Just pause the whole dang season for a month

I agree. Let's call a timeout and find out which teams are at risk.

Maybe the schedule could be tweaked a bit so teams with less risk play each other. It would require a lot of creativity.
 

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Looks like Jalen Smith has been cleared and back in Phoenix although he will not play tonight.

This is great news.

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Nice another serviceable big off bench is welcomed

I seriously like smith and have hopes he can be a awesome role player like a hoarce grant
 

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At this point i really dont care about the season, its gone too far with all the postponements, and when do we make these up? The 2nd half of the schedule isnt even out
 
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At this point i really dont care about the season, its gone too far with all the postponements, and when do we make these up? The 2nd half of the schedule isnt even out

I want to complete the season much like last year.

The answer could be returning to a bubble. Waiting for the vaccine might take too long.
 
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