Phoenix vs. SA - Conf. Finals
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Parker with the last 8 points (including 2-2 on threes) to give the Spurs a 9 point lead. Spurs are 7-13 from distance in this game. Suns are 1 for 7 (at home, mind you). QRich and Marion still playing poorly on offense. Outside of the third quarter of game 4, Marion hasn't shown up at all for a player of his abilities. Either he or QRich will need to get it going for the remainder of this game if the Suns don't want to go fishing.
Bricklayer said:
Amare has 39, and is averaging 36ppg for the SERIES.
Now for the fun news Kings fans -- the kid is 22 years old and in our division.
We're going to have to deal with him for the next decade.
Now for the fun news Kings fans -- the kid is 22 years old and in our division.
We're going to have to deal with him for the next decade.
Bricklayer said:
Amare has 39, and is averaging 36ppg for the SERIES.
Now for the fun news Kings fans -- the kid is 22 years old and in our division. We're going to have to deal with him for the next decade.
Now for the fun news Kings fans -- the kid is 22 years old and in our division.
We're going to have to deal with him for the next decade.
Amare without Nash is a good player. He'd probably average 22 ppg or so (considering that he averaged 20 per game last year, albeit on a terrible Suns' team). With Nash, though, he's a monster. And, had any Sun other than Amare shown up for work for the 4th quarter of game 5, the Suns might have lived to fight another day.
Have to give the Spurs credit, though. They realized that they could live with Amare and Nash going off, but couldn't live with Q and Marion having big games, and when those shrinking violets had pressure applied to their games, they wilted, and quickly. Q with a big zero in game 5. JJohnson had a terrible shooting night, and Nash went cold basically from the 3rd quarter on (bad timing since no one else on the team was hitting with any consistency).
With the Spurs in the finals, I'm cheering for the Eastern Conference. If Shaq doesn't start looking better fast, I'd much rather see the Pistons face the Spurs.
Have to give the Spurs credit, though. They realized that they could live with Amare and Nash going off, but couldn't live with Q and Marion having big games, and when those shrinking violets had pressure applied to their games, they wilted, and quickly. Q with a big zero in game 5. JJohnson had a terrible shooting night, and Nash went cold basically from the 3rd quarter on (bad timing since no one else on the team was hitting with any consistency).
With the Spurs in the finals, I'm cheering for the Eastern Conference. If Shaq doesn't start looking better fast, I'd much rather see the Pistons face the Spurs.
Uh...sure.
Might want to take a look at the standings this season and the incredible youth of that squad. They're going to be around for a long time, and have 3-4 years here to find a Nash replacement.
Meanwhile, we're rebuilding. Doubt they are losing much sleep over us until/unless we magically come up with our own Amare.
Might want to take a look at the standings this season and the incredible youth of that squad. They're going to be around for a long time, and have 3-4 years here to find a Nash replacement.
Meanwhile, we're rebuilding. Doubt they are losing much sleep over us until/unless we magically come up with our own Amare.
Well, you never know what you get from the draft until you put it on the floor, and I don't recall anyone thinking of Stoudemire as a "sure thing" when he was drafted with the 9th pick... Reminds me of something somebody said on Clutchcity last week; they said that they were rooting for the Spurs simply because of Stoudemire, in the sense that the better Stoudemire looks, the worse the Rockets look in taking Yao with the #1 pick.
we need greg popovich!! i love the way he coaches and how he gets on his players when they're not doing what they've been told. i've never seen adelman yell at anyone but a referee. pop is the GM as well. petrie is good but he didn't draft tony parker or manu ginobili. this is the 3rd time the spurs have reached the finals in the last seven years with two rings in the bag already. greg popovich is getting things done and he deserves all the credit in the world.
Well this proves yet again that Defense is the only real thing that matters. The Suns were basically us 3 years ago. Although better IMO. However I think the Spurs are not as good as the '02 Lakers.
No D No Title... It's time the Kings org realizes this. If you cannot get stops in the 4th you are done.
No D No Title... It's time the Kings org realizes this. If you cannot get stops in the 4th you are done.
