which sun player will guard duncan

[ducks]

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[ducks]

no one on the suns can :elephant :elephant :elephant

[ALVAREZ6]

:wtf


Hey ducks why don't you start another pointless thread

[ducks]

the spurs next game is the suns
what else do you want to talk about?

[Kori Ellis]

Are they using Boris Diaw at power forward still?

[Kori Ellis]

It looks like they are starting:

Thomas
Marion
Bell
Barbosa
Nash

I didn't realize they were starting a Barbosa/Nash backcourt. Very small team.

[JUUOT]

do you think pop will counter with NVE starting and manu coming from the bench?

[ducks]

spurs should not play small ball
they should make suns counter them

[Bruno]

Are they using Boris Diaw at power forward still?

Yes and even at center when KT is out.
Boris is long (6'8''3/4 without shoes) and is a quite good defender against post players.
Diaw, KT and Marion will guard Duncan.

[Kori Ellis]

do you think pop will counter with NVE starting and manu coming from the bench?

I don't know. But there's no real reason for the Spurs to start a center. They could run a Duncan/Bowen/Ginobili/NVE/Parker lineup and be just fine because Bowen guards Marion.

[Bruno]

spurs should not play small ball
they should make suns counter them

Without Amare to guard, Rasho could done a good job on offense against Diaw and Marion, just like he killed France in Euro this summer.

[Brutalis]

How good is this Suns coach again? Hah.

[yeahone]

i agree with kori,,rasho well we useless out there,,,with no center to guard,,play small ball and beat the suns,,,i would like to see,,,Ducan,horry,,bowen,,Manu..Parker

[ducks]

rasho would foul out before then

[ducks]

alot of nba players would foul out if they played 48 minutes not just rasho

[JMarkJohns]

Better question.

Will Duncan and Manu need to touch the ball with the driving lanes Nash will likely make available to Parker and Van Exel?

Damon Stoudamire was shooting 29% on the year and was one game from being benched in favor of Bobby Jackson, then had the luck to play Nash next and looked like Damon ala 1999.

[TDMVPDPOY]

automatically the suns are the spurs biatch, they better get use to it :D this will be an easy win for us im expecting a 20-25pt win.

[spurster]

Maybe this is why Scales is getting a short-term job.

[ducks]

Phoenix (4-4) at San Antonio (7-2)
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Game Info: 8:30 pm EST Sat Nov 19, 2005
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Tim Duncan admitted he and the rest of the San Antonio Spurs had all they could handle with Amare Stoudemire and the Phoenix Suns during last season's Western Conference finals.

The defending NBA champions will get a look at the Suns without the injured power forward when the teams meet for the first time since their postseason encounter.

Phoenix finished with the NBA's best record (62-20) last season, and figured to be the toughest opposition in San Antonio's quest for its second championship in three seasons and third since the since the lockout-shortened 1999 season.

However, San Antonio's postseason experience was too much for the high-scoring Suns, who were eliminated in five games.

Despite the short series, Duncan and coach Gregg Popovich lauded Stoudemire, who averaged 37 points in the five games while clearly outplaying his counterpart in the paint.

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"These guys are an incredible offensive team and they kept coming but we stuck with it," Duncan said after a 101-95 Game 5 victory clinched the series. "These weren't the kind of scores we like to play in but we made it happen."

Stoudemire, expected to miss the first four months of this campaign while recovering from knee surgery, has clearly been missed by Phoenix, which had lost three of four before Friday's 102-94 home win over Utah.

The Suns got a career-high 31 points from Eddie House in a 102-94 win Friday night over the Utah Jazz, evening their record.

Reigning MVP Steve Nash managed just six points to go with 10 assists and was on the bench when Phoenix pulled away with an 18-4 second-half burst.

The Spurs haven't missed a beat since beating Detroit in seven tough games during last season's NBA Finals. Having won seven of its first nine games, including all four at the SBC Center, San Antonio once again figures to be the team to beat come playoff time.

The Spurs improved to 2-0 on a three-game homestand with Thursday's 86-80 victory over Houston. Duncan had 19 points and nine rebounds as San Antonio pulled away early and held off a fourth-quarter run by the Rockets.

"We just have to make sure that we don't make mistakes in the fourth quarter like we did tonight," said Spurs point guard Tony Parker, who added 17 points.

STANDINGS (through Nov. 18): Suns - 3rd place, 2 1/2 GB, Pacific Division. Spurs - 1st place, Southwest Division.

PROBABLE STARTERS: Suns - F Raja Bell, F Shawn Marion, C Kurt Thomas, G Leandro Barbosa, G Nash. Spurs - F Bruce Bowen, F Duncan, C Rasho Nesterovic, G Parker, G Manu Ginobili.

TEAM LEADERS: Suns - Marion, 19.4 ppg and 13 rpg; Nash, 11.6 apg. Spurs - Parker, 21.6 ppg and 6.3 apg; Duncan, 11.1 rpg.

2004-05 REGULAR SEASON SERIES: Spurs, 2-1.

LAST MEETING: May 9; Suns, 107-101. At Phoenix, Duncan (ankle) and Ginobili (groin) sat out as Stoudemire has his way with the Spurs, scoring 44 points on 17-of-22 shooting to help the Suns avoid a season series sweep.

ROAD/HOME RECORDS: Suns - 2-0 on the road; Spurs - 4-0 at home.

[Solid D]

Who will defend Duncan? I guess Kurt Thomas, Brain Grant or scrappy Euroleaguer Pat Burke.

The Spurs need to make the extra pass and hopefully the newcomers to the Spurs will not get confused defensively when Nash weaves, darts and circles the lane.

[samikeyp]

All of them! :lol

[ca®lo]

i wonder how that stupid chicken dancing sarver would dance this time.

[tp time]

who will be the french man of the day? Parker or Diaw?

[1Parker1]

The better question, who will guard the Ginobili/Parker backcourt?

Bell was aquired to play defense against guys like Ginobili...but if Bell's on Ginobili, that leaves Nash on Parker :lol

I must admit, it would be a little ironic if Spurs end up losing tonight...WITHOUT going against Amare.

[TDMVPDPOY]

ginoboli is goin to abuse ding dong bell

[Solid D]

Bell is a good defender but sometimes he hacks people up needlessly. He junks things up. He's a more physical defender than Bowen. When he played in the Utah system that got him into foul trouble (he averaged over 3 fouls/game both seasons there).

Gino is good at reacting to contact and should be fine. Bowen should be defending Marion at PF. It's hard to tell how this game will go tonight though because of the very small PHX lineup. I'm sure PHX is wishing they had Steven Hunter about now.