duncan228
04-11-2008, 03:29 PM
I wasn't sure if this should go in the Bowen thread, I apologize if I made the wrong choice. Please merge if it belongs there.
http://www.nba.com/suns/news/tribune_080411_spurs.html
Suns, Bowen See Things Differently
By Jerry Brown
East Valley Tribune
The Suns have a win over the Spurs in hand. Amaré Stoudemire accuses Bruce Bowen of a cheap shot. Television replays back up his claim. Bowen waves it off as a figment of Stoudemire’s imagination.
Déjà vu?
Whether it was Bowen kicking Stoudemire in the back of his leg in last year’s playoffs or burying an elbow in his rib cage in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s win over the Spurs, his actions seem to speak louder than his words.
“Much ado about nothing,” was Bowen’s only comment to the San Antonio Express-News afterward.
The Suns, as is often the case involving Bowen, disagreed. As soon as the game ended, the coaches and players headed for the TV in the dressing room, running back a tape of the play.
Stoudemire said he went toward Bowen after he caught his breath “because I just wanted to talk to him,” before breaking into a smile. Then, when a San Antonio reporter asked him if he would be Bowen’s friend on MySpace.com, Stoudemire said, “I probably would, but just to get his address. Then I might go visit him at his home.”
Stoudemire has scored 20 or more points in 35 of the past 37 games, including the past 16 in a row.
The only two “sub-20” games came against the Spurs (16 on Jan. 31 and 16 on March 9). And despite a 16-point first half, he needed a three-point play with 3:52 left in the game to nudge over 20 on Wednesday.
A side piece from the same article:
ON SECOND THOUGHT
One by one, those in the media who panned Phoenix’s acquisition of Shaquille O’Neal are recanting their criticism. And Wednesday’s effort in the second half both offensively (14 points, 6-for-6 shooting in only 11 minutes) and defensively on Tim Duncan (1-for-5 in the fourth quarter) will only recruit more converts.
In two fourth quarters against the Suns with O’Neal guarding him one-on-one, Duncan has missed seven of nine shots.
“Before with Duncan, we had to double and scramble and he is one of the best passers when doubled,” Suns forward Grant Hill said. “But Shaq can guard him straight up and make Tim work for everything, while we stay home on our men.”
http://www.nba.com/suns/news/tribune_080411_spurs.html
Suns, Bowen See Things Differently
By Jerry Brown
East Valley Tribune
The Suns have a win over the Spurs in hand. Amaré Stoudemire accuses Bruce Bowen of a cheap shot. Television replays back up his claim. Bowen waves it off as a figment of Stoudemire’s imagination.
Déjà vu?
Whether it was Bowen kicking Stoudemire in the back of his leg in last year’s playoffs or burying an elbow in his rib cage in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s win over the Spurs, his actions seem to speak louder than his words.
“Much ado about nothing,” was Bowen’s only comment to the San Antonio Express-News afterward.
The Suns, as is often the case involving Bowen, disagreed. As soon as the game ended, the coaches and players headed for the TV in the dressing room, running back a tape of the play.
Stoudemire said he went toward Bowen after he caught his breath “because I just wanted to talk to him,” before breaking into a smile. Then, when a San Antonio reporter asked him if he would be Bowen’s friend on MySpace.com, Stoudemire said, “I probably would, but just to get his address. Then I might go visit him at his home.”
Stoudemire has scored 20 or more points in 35 of the past 37 games, including the past 16 in a row.
The only two “sub-20” games came against the Spurs (16 on Jan. 31 and 16 on March 9). And despite a 16-point first half, he needed a three-point play with 3:52 left in the game to nudge over 20 on Wednesday.
A side piece from the same article:
ON SECOND THOUGHT
One by one, those in the media who panned Phoenix’s acquisition of Shaquille O’Neal are recanting their criticism. And Wednesday’s effort in the second half both offensively (14 points, 6-for-6 shooting in only 11 minutes) and defensively on Tim Duncan (1-for-5 in the fourth quarter) will only recruit more converts.
In two fourth quarters against the Suns with O’Neal guarding him one-on-one, Duncan has missed seven of nine shots.
“Before with Duncan, we had to double and scramble and he is one of the best passers when doubled,” Suns forward Grant Hill said. “But Shaq can guard him straight up and make Tim work for everything, while we stay home on our men.”