Game Blog: Spurs @ Suns: March 27th 9:00 CT

[Drewlius]

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[ThePop]

Needs more

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f4Fo_GlfJs8/SSwy--0IM0I/AAAAAAAABjM/maWiBmr40hc/s400/spurs+win.jpg

[foodie2]

JAX resting tonight. Don't really get that.

[ElNono]

Go Spurs Go! :flag:

[Manu-20]

Think its a good move to rest jax 5 games in 6 nights would be tough for him espically when you consider hell get some extra burn tommrow with manu out.

[loveforthegame]

It always feels good beating the Suns. Go Spurs!!

[Robz4000]

No Grant Hill for the Suns tonight

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

:flag::flag::flag:

[timvp]

This is going to be a difficult game. The Suns have been one of the better teams in the West over the last few weeks.

[capek]

Think its a good move to rest jax 5 games in 6 nights would be tough for him espically when you consider hell get some extra burn tommrow with manu out.

That's a good point, hadn't thought about Manu sitting out tomorrow. Maybe Neal can slide back to the 2 some and give Mills some burn.

[Manu-20]

That's a good point, hadn't thought about Manu sitting out tomorrow. Maybe Neal can slide back to the 2 some and give Mills some burn.
Was thinking that to hopefully mills can get some burn tonight or hopefully burn the suns tonight

[Fireball]

Spurs th evil empire? But we are the good guys ...

[sehui]

That's a good point, hadn't thought about Manu sitting out tomorrow. Maybe Neal can slide back to the 2 some and give Mills some burn.

This is unrelated, but Capek your sig is awesome. Welcome to the NHK :) Didn't expect to see an anime fan round these parts :P


Also, Go Spurs Go!

[DarkGinobili]

:flag:

[angelbelow]

Lol Danny Green = Anthony Parker on the Suns broadcast.

[DesignatedT]

The Suns broadcast showed a pic of the starting 5 and had some pic of Danny Green that was actually Anthony Parker. :lol

[heyheymymy]

Anyone know a link to stream tonight's game? thanks.

[DPG21920]

They've done that before too, not the first time :lol

[DesignatedT]

Duncan/Gortat should be interesting. Gortat has had a monster year.

[mazerrackham]

David Stern - "...on a game that's so important to both the Spurs and the Suns." ?

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

Timmy came ready to play

[sehui]

Blair has shit hands

[ace3g]

Shannon Brown, 10 pounds of muscle, ok Sean...

[loveforthegame]

Duncan is locked in.

[Spurs Brazil]

TD and one!

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Duncan has brought the ball up quite a few times over the past weeks. The Suns announcers noticed it also.

[GB20]

timmy is on fire

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

no lead is save against this suns team

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

timmy already with 9 points, 5 rebounds, & an assist.

[Danny.Zhu]

Timmy vs the Suns

[Paranoid Pop]

The defense doesn't look too good right now.

[Fireball]

hate games against the Suns ... no matter how bad they are its always tough ... and right now they are pretty good

and I hate Shannon Brown ... always drills his shots against the Spurs

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

Timmy vs the Suns
Timmy vs Shannon Brown

[DPG21920]

Well so far the spurs improved defense is being carved up by the Suns. This was the real test and no good so far...

[Robz4000]

What happened to the defense?

[loveforthegame]

Brown really?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why is TP shooting 3s? You're not TD, dude.

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

Blair WTF was that

[DesignatedT]

omg blair. what are you doing shooting that

[Robz4000]

There you go Anderson!

[DPG21920]

JA signs of life....and minutes

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

And why is Grizz shooting jumpers???

C'mon guys, go to the rack!

[bklynspursfan]

Shannon Brown is "that guy" tonight I guess

[GB20]

tony looks really slow and tired.

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

Still cant believe the Magic let go of Gortat for Hedo.

[DPG21920]

Spurs can be quiet the offensive force...let's see if they can step up the d vs a legit offensive team.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

timmy :wow :worthy:

[Robz4000]

Pop needs to yell at this team to go inside more. This is a match-up where the Spurs actually have a size advantage.

[Spurs Brazil]

Offense looks great.

[Paranoid Pop]

Well so far the spurs improved defense is being carved up by the Suns. This was the real test and no good so far...

No Sjax and no Diaw tho.

[Nathan89]

Why is Pop playing Blair and Duncan so long? Bonner and Diaw have to play now. I guess it's not to bad against the suns.

[mazerrackham]

It's weird that over the last several games the Spurs have been scrambling defensively and showing real effort. Then so far against the Suns, there's a screen and the big man just sags way off and allows an easy jumpshot.

[Robz4000]

tony looks really slow and tired.
Have you been watching the game? He has 11 point, 6 or 7 rebounds, and an assist already.

[Fireball]

Spurs are now THE offensive team ...

[ace3g]

lets see how Diaw does against Gortat, I think he got the strip there on the pass to Gortat

[007nites]

Timmy going for 40+ tonight

[bklynspursfan]

Manu feelin it

[bklynspursfan]

Brown you bastard

[DesignatedT]

Wow shannon brown.

[bklynspursfan]

Neal wasting no time throwin up shots

[bklynspursfan]

I guess our streak of 3 straight games holding teams under 90 is officially f*cked

[Robz4000]

I know it's early, but the D is back to being ugly.

[DesignatedT]

You gotta hit that Gary.

[noles1983]

shannon brown :lol

[GB20]

neal needs to find his shot.

[bbarry]

Shannon Brown: 6/7 FG, 14 pts through 1st quarter. :lmao :lmao :lmao

[jestersmash]

Diaw: "Damnit, Manu only goes left right I'm on the wrong side"

His hesitation ended up nullifying the screen all together :lol

[loveforthegame]

Not the best of quarters but hardly our worst.

[Spurs Brazil]

Better guard Brown

[DesignatedT]

4 games in 5 nights. No surprise on the D being ugly. Diaw made a nice defensive play in his limited time out there. He's better in that department that I originally thought.

[Sausage]

A view from the other side..

http://www.phxsuns.net/showthread.php?2744-Game-Day-Spurs-Suns&p=180165#post180165

Loved viewing this forum during the Spurs-Suns playoff series!

[noles1983]

Brown = latest scrub to go off on Spurs

[ajballer4]

If not for Shannon Brown, we'd be looking at a blowout already

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Diaw really doesn't like taking the shot.

[Fireball]

I fear Morris will continue where Brown has left off ...

[crc21209]

Theres always one bastard who hasnt done much all year but suddenly goes off against us. Tonight, it's Shannon Brown.....

[crc21209]

I also don't like the Neal on Nash matchup....:td

[Spur|n|Austin]

Blair has shit hands

Are you kidding? He has some of the best hands on the team dude.

[007nites]

Neal ain't going to play no defense on Brown

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Either Brown will score 60 tonight, or he'll go cols in the second half. I predict the latter. :lol

Very lackadaisical, wander up and down the court kinda game from both squads so far.

[ace3g]

nice finish by Diaw!!!

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

nice cut to the basket their Diaw.

[ace3g]

WTF, Bonner fighting on the boards, gets the tip in

[bklynspursfan]

Bonner! lmao

[bklynspursfan]

Gentry gonna play Brown 48 mins I guess

[noles1983]

fuck the double team, guard brown wtf

[bbarry]

17 pts so far for Brown

[mazerrackham]

LOL Suns just called Bonner "very active on the glass" :rollin

[crc21209]

Nice drive and kick by Diaw! :tu

[DPG21920]

Bon doing well since his injury

[ace3g]

Diaw running point forward, assist to Bonner for corner 3!!

[DesignatedT]

Good job Matty.

[crc21209]

:lol At all these fucking Brown 3's.....

[timtonymanu]

Meh. I wasn't expecting the defense to be much good tonight anyway since Suns run such a fast pace and our guys have played a lot.

At least we're shooting well tonight. Fuck Shannon Brown, tbh.

[loveforthegame]

I can't believe that scrub is killing us. :depressed

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Wow, faggot Brown.

[Spurs Brazil]

Bonner 33333333

[Robz4000]

Bonner continuing to look pretty good out there as of late. Hope this is a sign for things to come...

[NASpurs]

Hey guys, maybe you should stop sagging and helping off Shannon Brown. Jesus.

[007nites]

Lol at Green leaving Brown open to double team Morris

[Bill_Brasky]

Regular season Bonner in full effect.

[Fireball]

I know we want more defense, but times have changed and the Suns will not win a shootout with the Spurs anymore ...

[MmP]

Are they purposely helping on the ball while Browing spot up in the corner to just confortably shoot?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Question: if you're going to play a stretch 4 as part of your gameplan, who would you rather have? List your top 5 in order.

[noles1983]

finally faggot brown comes back to reality

[crc21209]

Green's 3-point shooting has been shit lately....:td

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

spurs can't stop a simple pnr

[DPG21920]

This line up :lol

All can shoot 3's

[Sense]

:lol Suns announcer thinks we only have 3 people that can shoot the 3 on the floor, ALL of them can shoot the 3 :lol

[Fireball]

Question: if you're going to play a stretch 4 as part of your gameplan, who would you rather have? List your top 5 in order.

Dirk Nowitzki 1-5

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Surely one "uploads" a 3, not "downloads" it. :lmao

[bklynspursfan]

Green back to his old ways

[noles1983]

go ride the pine green

[crc21209]

Green with ANOTHER miss! Take him out! Good job by Kawhi there to clean up Green's mess....

[DesignatedT]

Green can't hit shit. Good job KL

[MI21]

Am I missing something? Just tuned in... Is Buckets not playing?

[SamoanTD]

one thing gotta work on is shot selection *cough* neal and green *cough*

[Paranoid Pop]

Boris fouls a bit too much but he's doing work on D.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

fucking bonner hitting reg season shots

[Spurs Brazil]

One of these days Green shot is off

[ace3g]

another nice screen from Diaw to free up Bonner for that runner, Diaw needs to be careful though, already has 2 fouls

[007nites]

Leonard plays like a PF.

[DPG21920]

Kawhi is an aggressive mon-star on the glass. I love it.

[Nathan89]

Bonner looked quick on that last drive.

[ThePop]

Am I missing something? Just tuned in... Is Buckets not playing?

He's dressed on the bench, looked bored.

[Robz4000]

Shannon Brown have 20+ points yet?

[noles1983]

lol telfair with some ugly prayer shit

[Robz4000]

Green playing aggressive at least

[TDfan2007]

Neal's shot selection has been shit today.

[crc21209]

Neal, like Green...is too trigger happy and sucks so far tonight.....

[bklynspursfan]

dam

[ace3g]

Green needs to work on his FTs

[GB20]

neal is shooting a lot

[Bill_Brasky]

Look for Green to warm up if he can hit a FT.

[TDfan2007]

Suns are hitting some shots right now.

[Spurs Brazil]

Am I missing something? Just tuned in... Is Buckets not playing?

Nope, rest

[noles1983]

Leonard and 1!

[TDfan2007]

I love Leonard.

[Robz4000]

Leonard quietly having a good game

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

and 1 for Beast

[timtonymanu]

It's so hard to believe Leonard's only a rookie.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Any chance people drop the homophobic slurs? They're not amusing in any form, and they reflect your lack of intelligence.

[loveforthegame]

There's nothing not to love about Leonard.

[DesignatedT]

Love Leonard!

[Spurs Brazil]

Leonard and one!

[noles1983]

Telfair LOLOLOLOL

[MmP]

Leonard is a f monster

[BanditHiro]

Leonard quietly having a good game

sick n tired of this guy always being quite

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Leonard is a damn beast!

[loveforthegame]

Brown and Telfair. Seriously?

[Sense]

Suns playing better defense.

[TDfan2007]

Both teams are hitting tough shots right now. LOL Lopez trying to do something offensively.

[DJB]

Sjax?????

[crc21209]

Tony's D on that Telfair 3 was fucking piss poor. Scrubs like Telfair should not be going off against us....

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

The commentator's internet metaphors are tiresome and inappropriate. Is he trying to be hip? :rolleyes

[Spurs Brazil]

Good job DB

[noles1983]

Brown and Telfair. Seriously?

right, if those scrubs played like they have their entire careers the spurs would be up BIG

[ElNono]

Somebody get Lopez a shaver

[Robz4000]

Take Brown and Telfair out of the game and the Spurs are coasting. Missing SJax on the defensive end tonight.

[Fireball]

The commentator's internet metaphors are tiresome and inappropriate. Is he trying to be hip? :rolleyes

absolutely

[EVAY]

Danny Green looks tired, guys.

All these guys are tired. There's no way for them not be tired.

[noles1983]

Sjax?????

has the night off

[Richie]

Can't keep going under screens on jump shooters

[TDfan2007]

Any chance people drop the homophobic slurs? They're not amusing in any form, and they reflect your lack of intelligence.

No chance. Avg IQ of sports fan on a forum is pretty low. They're either dumb, or use the veil of the internet to let out bigotry.

[Splits]

Suns announcers said Pop's the only guy in the league who can get away sitting guys when they're healthy.

[jestersmash]

To everyone befuddled with the score right now -

Suns are 8-1 at home since the All star break and have posted the 4th best offense (PA) since then as well.

They're better than their record indicates right now.

[GSH]

Danny Green looks tired, guys.

All these guys are tired. There's no way for them not be tired.

Oh, jeez. Flame-fest in 3...2...1

[TDfan2007]

Timmy is on fire tonight!

[Reck]

Where did they find Robin Lopez? A back alley?

Guy looks like a scumbag.

[bklynspursfan]

Timmah!!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

No chance. Avg IQ of sports fan on a forum is pretty low. They're either dumb, or use the veil of the internet to let out bigotry.

Sad but true.

[Robz4000]

Telfair again...

[TDomination]

Timmy feeling it tonight!

[noles1983]

eat shit and die telfair you fucking no talent hack

[BanditHiro]

fucking telfair

[Juggity]

Tim looks fuckin' unstoppable

[Splits]

Duncan looks so fresh.

[GSH]

No chance. Avg IQ of sports fan on a forum is pretty low. They're either dumb, or use the veil of the internet to let out bigotry.


And they make a lot of sweeping generalizations. I hate that.

Asking people to stop the comments is one thing. That's another.

[bklynspursfan]

God the defense is pathetic

[loveforthegame]

Thank goodness for Duncan.

[td4mvp21]

The defense is just atrocious.

[bklynspursfan]

Man shannon brown is like a mini diaw now.

[Robz4000]

Spurs need to pick up the D. At this rate the Suns will score 60 before halftime...

[crc21209]

:lol Telfair again. If he keeps shooting the ball, I can almost bet that he will shoot them right out of the game eventually....

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

So, top 5 stretch 4s in the NBA???

Dirk
Ryan Anderson
Ersan Ilyasova
Matt Bonner
Channing Frye

Maybe? Who am I missing?

[Sense]

Tony's defense is horrible, he's giving up on plays defensively.

[Spurs Brazil]

Terrible defense after the timeout

[TDfan2007]

And they make a lot of sweeping generalizations. I hate that.

Asking people to stop the comments is one thing. That's another.


See the word AVERAGE in my original post.

[Splits]

Leonard missed rotation.

[EVAY]

oh, jeez. Flame-fest in 3...2...1

gfy

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

So, top 5 stretch 4s in the NBA???

Dirk
Ryan Anderson
Ersan Ilyasova
Matt Bonner
Channing Frye

Maybe? Who am I missing?
....Kevin Love.

[Fireball]

To everyone befuddled with the score right now -

Suns are 8-1 at home since the All star break and have posted the 4th best offense (PA) since then as well.

They're better than their record indicates right now.

I am never befuddled when the Suns play the Spurs ...

[Paranoid Pop]

So, top 5 stretch 4s in the NBA???

Dirk
Ryan Anderson
Ersan Ilyasova
Matt Bonner
Channing Frye

Maybe? Who am I missing?

Bonner is not even the best on this team, and if you go by offense only pretty sure Novak is better.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

eat shit and die telfair you fucking no talent hack

Wow. Angry much? Or did Bassy lose you a $1000 bet? :lmao

[DesignatedT]

So, top 5 stretch 4s in the NBA???

Dirk
Ryan Anderson
Ersan Ilyasova
Matt Bonner
Channing Frye

Maybe? Who am I missing?

Bargnani maybe?

[crc21209]

So, top 5 stretch 4s in the NBA???

Dirk
Ryan Anderson
Ersan Ilyasova
Matt Bonner
Channing Frye

Maybe? Who am I missing?

Not sure if I would put Frye in there anymore. He's fallen off big time this year so far....

[sharkenleo]

Is that '03 Timmy on the court? :)

[TDfan2007]

Spurs defense has been atrocious, and it starts with Tim and Tony. They've been awful defending the pnr.

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

Beast

[bklynspursfan]

Love Kawhi

[crc21209]

Oh Dejuan, the stupid ass Bear....

[DPG21920]

No Love, ruff

[bklynspursfan]

Blair is so stupid in the post!!!! wtf there should be no plays for him if he doesn't score the 1st 6-8 points. When he does that you know he's on

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

....Kevin Love.

Good call.

Love
Dirk
(big gap)
Anderson
Ilyasova
Bonner
Frye


Bonner is not even the best on this team, and if you go by offense only pretty sure Novak is better.

You can't go only by offence. I'm looking at the entire player. Most stretch 4s are poor defenders and rebounders, though not all.

[noles1983]

Gortat's facial hair bothers me

[bklynspursfan]

Beautiful play drawn up. I remember that play a couple years back for a game winner

[ace3g]

Manu be careful with your arm

[bklynspursfan]

No love for Manu

[noles1983]

damn props to bonner as of late

[sharkenleo]

Timmy wrecks the Suns every time

[bklynspursfan]

Teams score in the paint at will against us

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

:lol Suns fans still boo Manu every time he has the ball.

[Fireball]

I saw Manus arm breaking again right there

[ViceCity84]

Blair with the manning like pass.

[DPG21920]

Hell of an athletic play by Gortat

[loveforthegame]

Missed fts are just the norm now.

[Reck]

This fucking Suns broadcasters are agrevating.

[Sense]

What's with all the TP pouting bs?

He knows he's playing like shit.

[EVAY]

Why shouldn't Tim even put his arms up in front of Nash on that?

[bklynspursfan]

Well we kept them under 60. :(

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

My point on the stretch 4s is that Bonner's actually a pretty good one. I'd rather have Anderson or Ilyasova who are better rebounders, but for non-super-elite guys (Love, Dirk), we've got about the 3rd best in the NBA.

If you want to argue with Bonner, you're actually arguing against a system that uses a stretch 4 more than against Bonner himself.

[DesignatedT]

TP looks like he's got his shot back. It seemed like he hasn't shooting it as well over the last few games. Good to see.

[maverick1948]

Is Timmy playing D tonight? Seems like Gortat having the game of his life.

[Spurs Brazil]

Offense is beautiful, defense is TERRIBLE, especially by the guards

[DJB]

Good to see the Spurs playing stellar defense.

[loveforthegame]

Obviously we have some work to do in the 2nd half.

[DMC]

Nash fortified the hell out of Gortat.

[MR.SILVER&BLack]

wow

TD 17 points & 8 rebounds

TP 12 points & 6 assists.

[TDfan2007]

I can't remember the last time that Tim contested a jumper off the pick and roll/pick and pop... :depressed

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I predict an intense 4th Q, given that there's been no intensity at all so far.

[td4mvp21]

The pick and roll defense :bang

At least they're up, though.

[Robz4000]

Hope Pop knocks some sense into them at the half and they start playin better D. I know the Suns are good offensively but if they didn't leave Brown and, to a lesser extent, Telfair to roam, Spurs would be up by 20.

[ElNono]

The defense has been abysmal... I really don't care too much if we can score 110 or 120, we really need to get better on D, and it starts with slowing down Nash. Tony can't guard him, never has been able to. Frankly, the best I've seen are the Lakers playing him physical.

You just can't allow him to walk back and forth time and again under the basket.

[DPG21920]

Good first half all things considered.

[ViceCity84]

Suns announcers are annoying
Eddie Johnson and some fairy

[007nites]

Is Timmy playing D tonight? Seems like Gortat having the game of his life.

It seems like neither of them are playing D. They are just padding each others stats lol.

[Manu-20]

not having Tiago and Jax really hurts our defense

[TE]

TP is either really lazy or tired, or maybe both.

Green keeps getting caught on an island on those perimeter pick and rolls which allowed Shannon "glorified scrub" Brown to have the first half of his life.

Duncan looks like he doesn't want to take an interest in defending Gortat.


And does the NBA call moving screens anymore? I mean I've seen at least 3-4 that have the screener still moving enabling the beneficiary an open shot.

[Paranoid Pop]

My point on the stretch 4s is that Bonner's actually a pretty good one.

No.

[Splits]

I still can't believe the Suns announcers said Pop's the only coach in the league with the "juice" to get away with sitting dudes when they're healthy. That no other organization or fanbase would put up with that. You think that's true?

[crc21209]

Terrible fucking first half. 57 points :pctoss :pctoss

4th game in 5 nights tbh. That, and our guards are going under the screens and basically watching their guards shoot open J's....

[elemento]

Shannon freaking Brown has 19 points in the 1st half ! our perimeter defense has been terrible so far.

[T Park]

No.

Spoken like a person who has zero clue what a stretch 4 is.

[roycrikside]

As long as our bench outscores them by 10-15 pts, it should be a W.

[TDMVPDPOY]

blair is fkn shit as usual, slow on the rotation and defending the PNR..fkn lame

[007nites]

I'd like to see Timmy and Diaw combo.

[DPG21920]

I am not going to judge the Spurs defense against an elite offensive team based on 48 minutes. Let's see the fourth and how they do then.

[sharkenleo]

blair is fkn shit as usual, slow on the rotation and defending the PNR..fkn lame

As usual? Did you see the past 3 games?

[TDfan2007]

THose Ghengis Grill commercials are creepy...

[Paranoid Pop]

Spoken like a person who has zero clue what a stretch 4 is.

Bonner is not a good one, he's just above the worst ones in the league like Novak.