NBA Playoffs Rd 1: Phoenix Suns vs. Portland Trail Blazers

[King Taharqa]

(3) Phoenix Suns (53-28)

STARTING 5

PG #13 Steve Nash

6'3 178 lbs

Santa Clara '96

16.6 PPG 11.0 APG 50.7 FG% 93.8 FT% 42.4 3PT%

SG #23 Jason Richardson

6'6 225 lbs

Michigan State '01

15.7 PPG 5.1 RPG 39.2 3PT%

SF #33 Grant Hill

6'8 225 lbs

Duke '94

11.3 PPG 5.5 RPG 2.4 APG 44.7 3PT%

PF #1 Amar'e "STAT" Stoudemire

6'10 249 lbs

Cypress Creek HS '02 (Orlando, FL)

23.2 PPG 9.0 RPG 55.8 FG%

C #20 Jarron Collins

6'11 249 lbs

Stanford '01

1.0 PPG 1.8 RPG

BENCH

PG-Goran Dragic

SG-Leandro Barbosa

SF-Jared Dudley

PF-Louis Amundson

C-Channing Frye

HEAD COACH

Alvin Gentry

[King Taharqa]

(6) Portland Trail Blazers (50-32)

STARTING 5

PG #24 Andre Miller

6'2 200 lbs

Utah '99

14.1 PPG 5.5 APG 3.3 RPG 1.1 SPG

SG #5 Rudy Fernandez

6'6 185 lbs

Spain '08

8.1 PPG 2.0 APG 2.6 RPG 36.8 3PT%

SF #88 Nicolas Batum

6'8 200 lbs

France '08

10.1 PPG 3.6 RPG 52.3 FG% 41.3 3PT% 87.8 FT%

PF #12 LaMarcus Aldridge

6'11 240 lbs

Texas '06

17.9 PPG 8.0 RPG 49.5 FG%

C #21 Marcus Camby

6'11 235 lbs

UMASS '96

7.5 PPG 11.8 RPG 2.0 BPG

BENCH

PG-Jerryd Bayless

SG-Brandon Roy

SF-Dante Cunningham

SF-Martell Webster

PF-Jeff Dendergraph

C-Juwan Howard

HEAD COACH

Nate McMillan

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I dont like this matchup for Portland. And with leading scorer Brandon Roy dinged up, its gonna be tough for them against this overlooked Suns team thats been RED HOT since the New Year. Give me Suns in 5 games.

[carpanfan96]

Suns in a sweep, without Roy the Blazers are toast. Even if he plays he wont be Roy.

Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy has a torn meniscus in his right knee and his status for the playoffs is uncertain. The three-time All-Star missed Monday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder and will miss Wednesday's regular season finale against Golden State. He will require surgery and will be out from four to six weeks. But he said he may try to play with the injury in the playoffs because doctors told him it cannot get worse.

[bLACKpANTHER]

Suns in a sweep, without Roy the Blazers are toast. Even if he plays he wont be Roy.

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[HeatCheck]

This could be a sweep. Suns have been hot and won't have to face the Lakers till the conference finals.

[tarheelblue89]

No Roy = No Chance

Suns in 5

[CarolinaPride5]

PHX in 5.

[theyhateme45]

Great gam so far tonight... I know it's late, but is anyone watching this?? I'm really surprised with Portland, I expected them to get Ran over.

[King Taharqa]

Blazers steal Game 1

31 points for Andre Miller tonight. Nate McMillan keeps proving why he's one of the best and most underrated coaches in this league.

[HeatCheck]

Welp, there goes my Phoenix sweep prediction. This is the only game I didn't get a chance to watch all weekend.

[pantherfan49]

Great game by JRich tonight.

[King Taharqa]

Shelby, North Carolina native Alvin Gentry has the Suns playing very well right now.

[Panthers128]

It's fun to watch a point guard and a playing system make a player better, unlike with the Bobcats where the point guards actually make teammates worse.

[Jackson 5]

Portland is showing some fight today, I like it, where was this energy the other night?!