Kings @ Suns 1-8-18

[Mainstreet]

Tuesday the Suns wrap up their seven game against the Kings.

Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. Arizona time and televised on FSAZ.

Here is a preview of the game from Duane Rankin at azcentral:

Outlook: Phoenix (9-32) concludes its seven-game homestand against Sacramento (19-20), which had lost four consecutive games before facing Orlando at home on Monday. … Devin Booker is questionable for Tuesday’s game as he left the second quarter of Sunday’s 119-113 loss to Charlotte with back spasms. The team leader in scoring (24.8 points per game) and assists (6.9 a game), Booker finished with just seven points in 12 minutes of action Sunday. …. Sacramento beat Phoenix, 122-105, last month as Buddy Hield scored 20 points to lead the Kings. … Phoenix has its second-worst record ever at the midway point of the season. The worst came in the team’s first season in 1968-69 when the Suns were 8-33. That team finished the season a franchise-worst 16-66. … The Suns play at Dallas in the second of a back-to-back Wednesday.


https://www.azcentral.com/story/spo...eeling-pressure-rookie-nba-season/2497175002/

 

[Mainstreet]

It looks like Booker may miss the game.

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[Cheesebeef]

It looks like Booker may miss the game.

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is that picture of Book with the backbrace about to check back into a game? If so, it boggles my mind that anyone wearing one of those is playing an incredibly physically straining sport. If you're wearing one of those, your back is bugging you a good deal.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

is that picture of Book with the backbrace about to check back into a game? If so, it boggles my mind that anyone wearing one of those is playing an incredibly physically straining sport. If you're wearing one of those, your back is bugging you a good deal.

I don’t think it’s a brace, I think it’s a stimulator. Look at the mechanics on it. Of course I also have almost no idea what I’m talking about.

 

[SirStefan32]

EJ and K-Ray talked about that a couple of games ago. It's not just a brace. It's a stimulator of some sort. It's supposed to help keep the back loose.

 

[Mainstreet]

is that picture of Book with the backbrace about to check back into a game? If so, it boggles my mind that anyone wearing one of those is playing an incredibly physically straining sport. If you're wearing one of those, your back is bugging you a good deal.

Stimulator or brace it doesn't paint a good picture.

The way things are going now I'm fully supportive of the Suns sitting Booker as long as it takes. Having back problems from the experience of myself and others, it is not something to be taken lightly.

By the way I'd like to have a stimulator for my back. Something with flashing LED lights.

 

[Cheesebeef]

EJ and K-Ray talked about that a couple of games ago. It's not just a brace. It's a stimulator of some sort. It's supposed to help keep the back loose.

if the back needs that kind of thing, he really shouldn't be playing until it's not an issue, IMO. This isn't said from any kind of medical background, just as a 4 time veteran of back surgeries who had back spasms and stuff like it for years before the big one struck.

and if it is something that is likely long-term, well... that sucks.

 

[SirStefan32]

I suppose I agree that he shouldn't play hurt, but this is not a long-term thing. He bruised his tailbone and back when he fell after taking a charge. That device is basically an attempt to get a massage while on the bench. This isn't a Steve Nash at the age of 34 situation.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I suppose I agree that he shouldn't play hurt, but this is not a long-term thing. He bruised his tailbone and back when he fell after taking a charge. That device is basically an attempt to get a massage while on the bench. This isn't a Steve Nash at the age of 34 situation.

No it isn't the same thing but IMO he's looked a little stiff out there ever since the fall. And while playing through it probably won't aggravate the back, I'd worry about other injuries as he compensates for the discomfort. I'd sit him.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Kings beat the Magic 111-95 tonight. Their record is now 20-20.

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Mainstreet]

Booker is now listed as doubtful.

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[Mainstreet]

Josh Jackson will start in Booker's place.

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[Mainstreet]

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Quincy, we need you to play down low.

 

[1Sun]

Quincy, we need you to play down low.

I'm starting to think that nobody plays down low in Igor's "system".

 

[AzStevenCal]

I'd be a lot happier if Booker had been downgraded for tonight's game to snowball's chance in hell.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Quincy, we need you to play down low.

On defense sure, but we need spacing with Holmes or Ayton on the floor.

 

[Mainstreet]

On defense sure, but we need spacing with Holmes or Ayton on the floor.

Spacing is always important. Let's hope he can provide an inside presence on defense.

Some inside scoring and rebounding would be nice as well.

 

[Ronin]

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[Mainstreet]

This will be Josh Jackson's role on the team. It will be so exciting to seem him succeed.

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[Superbone]

Quincy, we need you to play down low.

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[sunsfan88]

It looks like Booker may miss the game.

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Booker avoiding yet another matchup with Doncic...

I kid, I kid....

 

[Mainstreet]

Booker avoiding yet another matchup with Doncic...

I kid, I kid....

If Booker misses the Dallas game I never thought of it as as a match up between Doncic and Booker.

Doncic is a power forward.

 

[sunsfan88]

If Booker misses the Dallas game I never thought of it as as a match up between Doncic and Booker.

Doncic is a power forward.

Mavs play positionless basketball much like we do. Barnes plays lot more like a traditional PF than Luka does.