Suns @ Mavs Game 5 Thread

[J.T.]

Suprised no one made this yet.

Dallas up 40-32 with 8:30 left in the 2nd.

Stat of the game: Devin Harris, 6 minutes, 0 points, 0 assits, 3 fouls. :lol

[jochhejaam]

Suprised no one made this yet.

Dallas up 40-32 with 8:30 left in the 2nd.

Stat of the game: Devin Harris, 6 minutes, 0 points, 0 assits, 3 fouls. :lol
Probably watchin' Tigers vs Yankees baseball.

[Burn531]

National Spelling Bee all the way!!!!

[resistanze]

LMAO @ Tim Thomas wanting to dig in Nowitzki's ass.

[boutons_]

Mavs cooled off, Suns hotted up, Suns only 1 possession down to end the half.

Go Suns Go.

Fuck Cuban, fuck all the asshole bitch Mavs trolls loiterering on the Spurs board.

[J.T.]

Yeah, nice close to the half by the Suns. They looked like they were gonna be stuck in a 10 point hole the entire game but they nutted up and got back in it. Hopefully they can carry that over into the 2nd half and get the W.

[JHoLove]

Stackhouse sucks.

[J.T.]

Stackhouse sucks.

BREAKING NEWS!

[Spurologist]

Dirk gets a call. I didn't come into this thread for this shit.

[CubanMustGo]

Shit, Dirk got called for a foul. How about that.

[Spurologist]

Sooooooooo, Didn't the spurs have a chance to pick up Thomas.

You are looking at a multi multi millionaire at work right now

[CubanMustGo]

Tim Fuckin' Thomas is smokin'. Another AJ timeout trailing 77-70.

[jochhejaam]

Phoenix is outscoring Dallas 54-34 over the last 2 quarters!

[CubanMustGo]

Here comes the parade of fouls on Phoenix ...

[T Park]

Hey SUns fan,

what is the hand in front of the face?

Is that blowing off his hand? or what, gotta know.

BTW

Tim Thomas calling Dirka bitch and blowing him a kiss was epic.

[CubanMustGo]

OK Dantoni, time out already. Jeezus. 80-77 Dallas.

[Spurologist]

Dirk is a bitch. No surprises there.

[CubanMustGo]

Phoenix looking like they may have shot their wad in the second and third quarters ... but OMG Dirk picks up his second foul.

[Spurologist]

Someone please tell me why Bell got a T. Please. Right fucking now.

[CubanMustGo]

Someone please tell me why Bell got a T. Please. Right fucking now.

Because Phoenix is still in it? That's the third tech on Phoenix tonight ...

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Suns are done...........

Josh Howard has 20

Mavs are 23-0 when he scores 20 or more pts........bye Suns :smokin

[Spurologist]

The refs got a surprise being the suns are hanging in there, so they resort to the emergency button. T on Bell and D'antoni

[angel_luv]

Let's go Suns!

[Spurologist]

Cuban can go fuck himself. This is beyond pathetic.

[angel_luv]

Surprise, surprise... Cuban going to send in a film.


:lol Steve Kerr and other announcers making fun of him for it.

Kerr is back in my good graces. hehehe

[CubanMustGo]

Damn I get so tired of Dirk's parade to the FT line. Phoenix trailing by 7 now.

[Spurologist]

Dallas has gone on a 11-5 run since the technicals on the D'antoni and Bell.

[CubanMustGo]

FTs

Dirk 17-18
Phoenix 16-17

Good night.

[ShoogarBear]

Mark Cuban is the biggest pussy douche in the history of the planet.

[Spurologist]

FTs

Dirk 15-16
Phoenix 16-17

two more coming.

[angel_luv]

I will still hold out hope for Phoenix but they really should win this game.

[angel_luv]

It's about to should have won.

[Leetonidas]

Bogus foul fest. Talk about bullshit.

*

[CubanMustGo]

two more coming.

Caught me in mid-edit.

At one point midway through the third, the fouls were 17 on Dallas, 10 on Phoenix. Since then, 5 on Dallas, 14 on Phoenix plus the two T's.

[Spurologist]

It's official. Terry loves balls.

[Leetonidas]

This one looks over.

[Spurologist]

The refs got a surprise being the suns are hanging in there, so they resort to the emergency button. T on Bell and D'antoni

Since then, the game has been a blow out.

[JamStone]

Yeah ... that Nowitzki guy ... he's pretty good.

[JMarkJohns]

Peaks and valleys. Tough luck, oh well... See ya in Phoenix.

Suns got their tempo and lost because their mid-range jumpers weren't falling. I do think there's been some very bad calls in this game, but Suns had a seven-point lead late in the third, had all the momentum and blew it.

This is on them.

Congrats to the Mavs fans, just don't think game six won't be a fight simply because you ran away with this game late.

[Dimes]

I love Shawn Marion interviews. I can never understand what the hell he's saying. :lol

[Nashfan]

Man, I really understand how you guy's felt playing against Dirk. God, you breath on him and you get a foul and I thought Kobe was the superstar! Can't blame it totally on the refs tonight though. Cannot get into a thirteen point hole in the first quarter and expect the Mav's to just roll over. Just frustrating and wish the ref's would just let the players play. Nash took way too many shots and missed a lot. Almost like he switched places with Dirk from game four! As to the technical on Raja, it is a mystery to me as to what he did. If someone else knows please post it. Your also right about Terry going for the balls on people!

[JHoLove]

Man, I really understand how you guy's felt playing against Dirk. God, you breath on him and you get a foul and I thought Kobe was the superstar!

Well nashfan, hate to break it to you but Nash gets the same type of calls.

[JMarkJohns]

Well nashfan, hate to break it to you but Nash gets the same type of calls.

You'll never find a game, let alone series where Nash gets to the line 24 times or averages around 14 attempts per and he attacks the basket more than anyone.

So, no, your statement is 100% fallacy.

[Nashfan]

JHoLove, not quite. At least he doesn't have to flop to get the calls. Dirk and Terry act like they are getting killed every time they attempt a shot and jump into a player. Nash is probably one of the least respected players by the refs as far as foul calls go. I know Dirk went eighteen times tonight, not sure on Nash but I think six or seven times. Don't think that qualifies as getting the same type of calls. I can't blame it all on the refs though as we got ourselves into a thirteen point hole in the first quarter and that is hard to come back from even though we did for awhile. This team just does not like prosperity.

[RonMexico]

JHoLove, not quite. At least he doesn't have to flop to get the calls. Dirk and Terry act like they are getting killed every time they attempt a shot and jump into a player. Nash is probably one of the least respected players by the refs as far as foul calls go. I know Dirk went eighteen times tonight, not sure on Nash but I think six or seven times. Don't think that qualifies as getting the same type of calls. I can't blame it all on the refs though as we got ourselves into a thirteen point hole in the first quarter and that is hard to come back from even though we did for awhile. This team just does not like prosperity.

Yeah, Ken Mauer got really tech happy right there and it killed the Suns afterwards I think. What angers me the most is that there is such a big blow-up over what Raja did and everything, and then Jason Terry goes and does the exact same thing and him and Avery get livid about it. It's as if they expect all the calls to be one-sided in their direction (i.e. the questionable Nash offensive foul on the Devin Harris flop and then the blatant Stackhouse shoulder-dip into Nash that is called a blocking foul).

Anyone else find it funny that Josh Howard can taunt all he wants, complain about calls in the media, and never get called out for it? Also, have you noticed that sometimes Dirk will drive baseline and travel or go out of bounds and Marv Albert automatically says, "and there's a foul on the Suns" and then has to quickly change his tone after he realizes that the call actually went against Dirk. Great game by Dirk tonight (I mean 50 pts is badass), but I called it in the pre-game posts that he would get more FT attempts than the Suns combined and when you have the Suns attacking at the end of quarters and getting groped out there (e.g. Barbosa at end of 1st quarter and Nash at end of 3rd), it's a little frustrating. Very questionable calls shifted momentum at important points in the game.

[JMarkJohns]

Well nashfan, hate to break it to you but Nash gets the same type of calls.

Dirk has 47 FT attempts to his name thus far in this series. That's a 9.4 average per game.

Nash has 19 FT attempts to his name thus far in the series for a 3.8 average per game.

Hardly the same treatment.

[RonMexico]

Dirk has 47 FT attempts to his name thus far in this series. That's a 9.4 average per game.

Nash has 19 FT attempts to his name thus far in the series for a 3.8 average per game.

Hardly the same treatment.

And Nash would get there more often if they called the holds/blocks/pushes on the perimeter (which the officials did through the first 3 quarters, until the refs decided "can't touch Dirk" was in effect in the 4th). Nash has to change his game when he's forced to give the ball up earlier in the pick-and-roll because he knows in the back of his mind he's going to get hammered inside with no call - his body is already breaking down, so where he used to drive to the hoop and try to get a 3-point play, he's now pulling up behind the arc early in the shot clock. Meanwhile, Dirk just sneezes and he's at the line.

[RonMexico]

Anyone else see Nash play a little bit of D tonight? At least one steal, a few deflections, getting to the defensive glass, and played Stackhouse pretty tough at times I thought...

[CHAMPS AGAIN]

did you hear Cuban sending video to league office because the REFS. made to many bad calls and a player ( Harris) went into the stands

[RonMexico]

did you hear Cuban sending video to league office because the REFS. made to many bad calls and a player ( Harris) went into the stands

Claimed that Shawn Marion put an elbow into Adrian Griffin (replay shows this to be false and that Griffin extended the contact and stared Marion down)? I've never seen a team resort to such pussy tactics (film clips, blogs, and "bear-hug" statements)... I guess Cuban doesn't have enough confidence in the team he built to get it done on the floor when the game is called fairly...

[Nashfan]

RonMexico, I agree with everything you have written tonight. Dirk gets special treatment compared to Nash that you would think he was the MVP. Not saying that it justifies getting calls because you are the MVP though. Just want the game called evenly instead of the ref's getting in the way.

[Shank]

Shut the fuck up. You sound like Spurs fans.

Your team is bullshit and when they get exposed for the unorthodox, less-talented conglomeration of fugazis they are, you resort to bitching about the refs? Fuck off and die. Take that overhyped Raja Bell and Tim Thomas with you.

[JMarkJohns]

Shut the fuck up. You sound like Spurs fans.

Your team is bullshit and when they get exposed for the unorthodox, less-talented conglomeration of fugazis they are, you resort to bitching about the refs? Fuck off and die. Take that overhyped Raja Bell and Tim Thomas with you.

Just the other day, I could have swore that it was the Mavs fans bitching about the refs. Yes! I do specifically remember this to be the case.

Maybe if both fan bases stopped bitching and moaning so much they might begin to appreciate what the other team has to offer.

For example, Dallas, is an unbelievable isolation team in a League where the isolation offense was supposed to have died two or three years ago. They rarely tally more than a dozen assists, yet they are almost always in the games at the end. Frankly, it amazes me that so many iso players can coexist on one team without disharmony.

Another example it the innovation from necessity lineup the Suns are forced to run out every night, which realistically should be manhandled to a bloddy pulp every game, yet seemingly takes the licking and walks away on top, routinely outscoring their opponants in the paint.

You have two teams defying the odds, playing to what appears to be another seven game series and all either team's fanbase is doing is bitching how the refs are blowing the series for their respective team.

Shut up already. Both sides.

Bad reffing is part of the game. Sometimes it makes you, sometimes it breaks you. Move on and get over it and enjoy the next game.

[RonMexico]

RonMexico, I agree with everything you have written tonight. Dirk gets special treatment compared to Nash that you would think he was the MVP. Not saying that it justifies getting calls because you are the MVP though. Just want the game called evenly instead of the ref's getting in the way.

Exactly - I just want an even shake. The Spurs didn't get it and the Suns didn't get it through 4 games against the Lakers. I just hope the NBA realizes that if it allows the Mavs to win a championship, then it alienates about all of the die-hard, basketball-loving fan base it has built up over the years, instead of appeasing a group of trendy "metroplexers" (and a whiny boss) who didn't even know they had a basketball team until about 6 years ago...

"Wait, Rolando who? Derek Harper? Mashburn played for us? Oh, whatever... MFFL!!!"

[LEONARD]

Funniest thread ever...I love it :)

[AZLouis]

JMark. .net has the at 1-8 with this officiating crew for the season.

[BillsCarnage]

FTs

Dirk 17-18
Phoenix 16-17

Good night.

The game ended w/ Dallas 24/28 and Suns 19/20. That's not a big enough disparity to complain about, IMO, whether it's mostly one player or not.

Suns lost their composure. The refs got in their heads, the mavs and their play. They started over penetrating by passing up seemingly easier shots for more difficult drives to the basket. That's what ultimately cost them the game, not the FT's. Makes you wonder if they're getting mentally fatigued. Usually the win those types of battles and don't let things distract them, but two of the last three games they've had some bad mental lapses.

Nowitski hit some amazing/clutch shots in the 4th too. TT had the hot hand in the 3rd and even though Dalla stuck a defender on him he should have gotten a few touches to see if he could have kept the hot hand.


It's official. Terry loves balls.
It's true, and with both teams sending tapes in and getting testy(pun for Terry) we might see more T's for "after the play has stopped" incidents like this in gm6 and 7, if it goes.


Suns got their tempo and lost because their mid-range jumpers weren't falling. I do think there's been some very bad calls in this game, but Suns had a seven-point lead late in the third, had all the momentum and blew it.
true, true.. But how many half-assed toss ups at the basket did Bobo and Nash do?? TT should have seen some touches; he had the hot hand.


Well nashfan, hate to break it to you but Nash gets the same type of calls.

JM laid the facts...


Dirk has 47 FT attempts to his name thus far in this series. That's a 9.4 average per game.

Nash has 19 FT attempts to his name thus far in the series for a 3.8 average per game.

Hardly the same treatment.


I love Shawn Marion interviews. I can never understand what the hell he's saying. :lol

"glumbarumbadomba-nowuteyemsayyyin"


Claimed that Shawn Marion put an elbow into Adrian Griffin (replay shows this to be false and that Griffin extended the contact and stared Marion down)? I've never seen a team resort to such pussy tactics (film clips, blogs, and "bear-hug" statements)... I guess Cuban doesn't have enough confidence in the team he built to get it done on the floor when the game is called fairly...
Such is the Cuban rule in Dallas.


Shut the fuck up. You sound like Spurs fans.

Your team is bullshit and when they get exposed for the unorthodox, less-talented conglomeration of fugazis they are, you resort to bitching about the refs? Fuck off and die. Take that overhyped Raja Bell and Tim Thomas with you.

:lmao This coming from a Mav fan on a Spurs board? :lmao :lmao Seems as though both teams fans have bitched about something, however Mavs fans reputation as "whinners" preceedes them... ass.