View Full Version : How important is the game tonight?
Obstructed_View
03-09-2006, 04:39 PM
Just thought I'd find out from you guys.
leemajors
03-09-2006, 04:40 PM
depends on the outcome!
mavsfan1000
03-09-2006, 04:40 PM
It doesn't mean much since Nash isn't right. If the Suns win though it would be a shocker.
GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI
03-09-2006, 04:40 PM
Just thought I'd find out from you guys.
There's a game tonight??
Melmart1
03-09-2006, 04:40 PM
About as important as any other game that isn't a playoff game.
mavsfan1000
03-09-2006, 04:41 PM
It could determine who gets homecourt in the playoffs. You never know.
Obstructed_View
03-09-2006, 04:42 PM
Wow, you guys are fast. 5 replies before I got the poll finished. :)
1Parker1
03-09-2006, 04:45 PM
Only important thing about the game is that the Spurs need all the wins they can get to stay ahead of the Mavs and catch up to the Pistons.
cheguevara
03-09-2006, 04:47 PM
Last option ,except i don't drink beer so gotta buy rum :)
midgetonadonkey
03-09-2006, 04:47 PM
I need beer.
WayDowntownBang
03-09-2006, 04:49 PM
I put "Big". It's a rival, and you're starting to gear up for the playoffs. You don't want to drop a few games to someone you're going to meet up with sooner or later, and you want that mental advantage.
Of course, even if the Spurs drop this game, there's no need to panic or think the sky is falling.. but I would say that this is a big game that you want to win. Sets the tone for late March and April.
Melmart1
03-09-2006, 04:49 PM
Wow, you guys are fast. 5 replies before I got the poll finished. :)
:lol I will vote now, it wasn't a poll before I said my comment.
rayray2k8
03-09-2006, 04:50 PM
:lol
fuck man I gotta get drunk for me to trip on what barkley is gonan say :drunk :elephant
rayray2k8
03-09-2006, 04:51 PM
Nobody voted the game being critcal... Im surprised by that.. I am surprised in the people who voted for the beer one!!
Obstructed_View
03-09-2006, 04:55 PM
Nobody voted the game being critcal... Im surprised by that.. I am surprised in the people who voted for the beer one!!
I'm not surprised, but I wasn't sure which is why I posted the poll. Reading the Suns fans' posts had me wondering, because I was looking forward to this game as much as the Rockets game just because both are on TV up here. Given the performance against the Mavs, I'm having trouble thinking the Spurs have any individual games that mean any more than any other game. This game has more importance because the Spurs let the one against the Clippers get away, but I just don't see the Suns as a legitimate contender.
mavsfan1000
03-09-2006, 04:55 PM
I gotta take that same shit Barkley takes before he goes on TNT to speak that bullshit.
pache100
03-09-2006, 04:56 PM
It doesn't mean much since Nash isn't right. If the Suns win though it would be a shocker.
Here we go with the asterisks again.
Xylus
03-09-2006, 05:00 PM
Nobody voted the game being critcal... Im surprised by that.. I am surprised in the people who voted for the beer one!!
I would have voted crucial if both teams were relatively healthy. The Spurs are well-prepared for tonight's game, but Phoenix might be without their three all-stars in Nash, Marion, and Stoudemire...which pretty much erases almost any chance of winning.
If Nash and Marion both play tonight, and they both seem to be in good health, then this game is big. The Spurs are in the hunt for the 1st seed, while the Suns would like to continue to prove their mettle against the top teams in the league sans Amare.
Regardless of who plays, though, the U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix is gonna be very lively with a near-playoff-like atmosphere. It always is when the Spurs come to town. :)
leemajors
03-09-2006, 05:01 PM
I gotta take that same shit Barkley takes before he goes on TNT to speak that bullshit.
awesome, someone speaking their mind is now bullshit! barkley says what he thinks, and he thinks the mavs don't have what it takes yet.
Obstructed_View
03-09-2006, 05:04 PM
awesome, someone speaking their mind is now bullshit! barkley says what he thinks, and he thinks the mavs don't have what it takes yet.
What's amazing is that Barkley has been proven right over and over again.
nkdlunch
03-09-2006, 05:04 PM
It doesn't mean much since Nash isn't right. If the Suns win though it would be a shocker.
shouldn't u be worrying if the jailblazers beat the Mavs?
T-Pain
03-09-2006, 05:24 PM
Just thought I'd find out from you guys.
if i could choose two it would be big and get the beer
timvp
03-09-2006, 05:26 PM
Big game for the Suns.
The Spurs just need a W.
boutons_
03-09-2006, 05:32 PM
The Suns have an 11-game W streak going, so they'd obviously like to keep that going.
But, the Spurs need every W in the HCA race vs Mavs and Pistons.
Suns are -8 L on the Clips, and have the Pac division and WC 3rd seed wrapped up.
This W is bigger for the Spurs.
The Spurs will break the Suns' streak, and impolitely @PHX, just like the Spurs eliminated the Suns @PHX in 05 WCF.
cheguevara
03-09-2006, 05:33 PM
Suns are powerful at home. I just know it'll be agreat game to watch. If manu scores big, Spurs will win. Manu is the true x factor in this matchup
boutons_
03-09-2006, 05:36 PM
"Suns are powerful at home."
Not really. The Suns have at least 2 more losses home than Pistons, Spurs, Mavs, and Heat.
kalikot_boy_kr
03-09-2006, 05:37 PM
:depressed oh pls dont put "pareng" beno on the court!! :pctoss plssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss im begin' u plssssss!!!
"Suns are powerful at home."
Not really. The Suns have at least 2 more losses home than Pistons, Spurs, Mavs, and Heat.
You're right about that. Pistons are 27-2 at home (both losses coming in OT, incredibly), Spurs 26-3, Mavs 28-5, and the Heat are 23-6 at home. Phoenix is 24-8 at home, two games better than Cleveland, three games better than Washington, 2 1/2 better than the Clippers. In a league where the best teams are almost untouchable at home, 24-8 isn't really all that remarkable.
reader
03-09-2006, 08:13 PM
During the game on Sunday, one of the announcers mentioned that Phoenix at the start of the year lost the 1st 4 of 5 home games. It seems that they are protecting their home court better now.
baseline bum
03-09-2006, 08:55 PM
Every game is important as hell after March 1st. With the Spurs basically 3 games behind Detroit (since the Pistons have the tiebreaker), they cannot afford to have off days where they don't show up.
Spurologist
03-09-2006, 10:47 PM
Dammit no in OT PHI-DEN please
Vingianx
03-09-2006, 10:51 PM
It's a Lose, Lose situation for the Suns...because if they win tonite they will go into the playoffs more relaxed and with their guard down thinking the Spurs are easy...and if they lose they will go in fearing to meet them again........
JMarkJohns
03-09-2006, 10:58 PM
Considering neither team is at perfect health, IMO, it's just like last season February Spurs/Suns game. Important for the standings, nothing much elese.
If both teams were able to play their likely playoff rotations, then it would have more meaning. Since both teams will look different come playoff time (more so the Suns), then I don't think this game is much more than two names.
Viva Las Espuelas
03-10-2006, 01:03 AM
It could determine who gets homecourt in the playoffs. You never know.and, as usual, it doesn't include the mavs. see you next year, but especially in the 2nd round. i'll apologize in advance. please get your excuses together now.
ChumpDumper
03-10-2006, 01:12 AM
Not very important at all.
Peter
03-10-2006, 01:13 AM
Considering what was on the floor, it was like a win against the Hawks.
Obstructed_View
03-10-2006, 02:33 AM
It was fun to watch though.
The Lakers game is now more important than it otherwise might have been. The Spurs can't avoid a trap game only to fall into another one.
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