They fought like hell.
Get a new coach and they may still have another year or two of serious contention.
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They fought like hell.
Get a new coach and they may still have another year or two of serious contention.
Who would have thought Nash would cost them this series. Outside of Game 1 he has been absolutely pitiful.
get a new center that plays half as much as he talks
That was a nail biter.... Nothing to be disapointed about. Your team fought it all the way, you just need a coach.
If I'm SAS I'm a little worried at how terrible Ginobli has been since he got injured. NOH is a much better all around team than PHX. And their superstar won't choke in the clutch like Nash.
That was about as ugly as you can play an elimination game and still win.
I'm glad we survived but the Spurs didn't look like the better team. They looked like the less horrible team. We can't depend on that many turnovers to get us the series later on.
Good job Spurs on gutting it out. And We'll see you next year Phoenix.
If they had a good coach they could beat the Spurs. For sure.
They found something with Diaw at the three.
Nash really, really struggled. I think this is damn near the end. His tires haven't completely fallen off, but it's not long before this happens.
On the bright side, Diaw has come alive. Maybe he's worth something after all?
On to the next round.
Suns lack the spice to make it nice. Poor Nash couldn't get it done again. I utterly respect him, but a lot of this series loss is on him.
To Xylus and a few other reasonable Suns fans around here, respect, see you next year. Your team was unlucky to face us in round one as we own you mentally. I said all along that (barring injury) the winner of this series will make the Finals.
To just about every other Suns fan on the planet, eat shit punks. :flipoff
It was a tough matchup for the Suns, but they played their asses off. In fairness, they blew Games 1 and 2, arguably. But on the other side of the coin, the Spurs dominated the Suns late in those games. Championship teams do that. Great series and good luck next season to the Suns.
Props to the Suns. Good game.
Good hard fought series.
Amare has definitely earned some respect.
Great series, props to the Suns for the tough games. Though once again
Spurs > Suns
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Dazed and Confused - You can bad mouth Nash all you want but everyone knows he would step up and put that dagger right in the heart of Laker nation if he had to. Congratulations on your first playoff series win since 2004.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
Congrats to the Spurs for the series win. Sad sad as a Suns fan to watch the season come to an end in that manner, with 2 crucial turnovers by Nash, then Horry stealing the ball from him, and Diaw throwing one away. Nash just does not make those amazing passes like he did 2 and 3 years ago, and against a swarming team like the Spurs, it usually ends in disaster.
Do I think the Suns can still be a very competitive team next year constructed like this, yes, but I just do not see how they will somehow improve with one more year on the 2 old stars, and no young talent to step in there. It's rough to come to this realization, but I truly believe the Suns window has closed, and will hopefully reopen in about 4 years.
DBacks are 19-8 anyway! We had to endure them being horrendous for a couple years to get to this point while the Suns held Pheonix up with some great play, now it may just be time to flip the roles. Not like the Cardinals are going to do their part.
Congrats Spurs, and good luck with the Hornets, I really believe the experience is going to win out in 6, maybe 7, and a Spurs-Lakers matchup could be amazing.
This is for the non-troll fans and hell, the players too. They showed class after the game and I am not going to encourage fellow Spurs fans to get cocky. We have a tough Hornets team next, and most importantly, the journey has just begun.
Anyway, I want to give an old fashioned :toast to the respectful Suns fans who posted here and give credit to the players for their behavior after the game. What a series, it did NOT feel like a 5 game one.
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Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
ha ha ha ha yeah we're worried dude. You just worry about your team and how they matchup with the Jazz. And if by some fluke you make it past them you better be worried about a possible showdown with the SPurs. We just got done beating the Suns in 5. A much better team then Denver! YOu were supposed to beat a sorry Denver in a sweep. Man I hope we play the Lakers!!!!!!!!!!!11:flag::lobt:
:respect: to the very few of you out there
I think I saw Shaq crying.
Exactly why we needed to win so bad. Any extra rest will help. I am concerned about Manu's health. Hopefully the Spurs won't play until next Monday or Tuesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
This series was way too much Tim for Phoenix.
Spurs play Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by td4mvp21
Couldn't happen to a nicer group.
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Mad props has to go out to Diaw. I thought his good performances were abberations but he kept showing up. Yeah he had smaller players on him but he was scoring at will out there.
Hornets don't have the interior defense like the Suns did
I expect manu to work his magic in the paint
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Originally Posted by gmanrulz
lmao, the Hornets are NOT a better all around team than the Suns
you gotta be kidding me
Link?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spider TX
The Hornets will be tough. Not to mention the conference semis in a repeat year.....do I need to say anything else? The Hornets proved they aren't some young team that was a regular season hit and playoff failure. This is going to be tougher than the Suns series, unfortunately.
They just announced it on TNT, they said they do not have the exact time just yet, but Saturday is the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by td4mvp21
I just wonder how the series would've played out if Suns never made the Shaq trade and D'Antoni realized Diaw could be the 2006 Diaw earlier in the series.
Aww, who am I kidding? We still would've won in 6!
Nash choked plain and simple. His play since Game 1 has been abysmal on both ends of the floor. Pretty disappointing from a two time MVP. His poor play is the reason your team lost.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarefreeAZ
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Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
who will win the spurs/hornets series?
Damn, ok, thanks. That's still three solid days of rest but more would have been ideal. Anyway, sorry about your team losing, you appear to be one of the classy, intelligent Suns fans around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spider TX
Yeah, i think nash wasn't really into this series past game 2.
Spurs will beat NOH in 6.
D'Antonio (for all of his faults) has really brought out the best in Nash.
A different coach probably turns Nash back into what he was in Dallas - good, but not quite elite (and now 6 years older).
Since Nash (still probably next year) is the guy who makes the Suns go, if they get a new coach, they may want to consider just blowing the whole thing up.
If D'Antoni had thought of the lineup of Diaw, Shaq, and Amare a little earlier, that could have changed this whole series around possibly.
Great series. I wish it would have been later in the playoffs, however.
Fuck! Now I have to change my sig.
I hate to say it, but thats a pretty good guess.... I will take Spurs in 5 though.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
Appreciate it. I, I think along with much of the team, lost morale after that game 1 heartbreaker. With the way that one concluded, I lost a lot of hope for them, which made accepting this easier. I refused to believe the Spurs were the truly better team last season, but they won, and are champs, but this season, their mental edge really showed up. It is amazing either way how closely faught these games have been the last 2 seasons. The Spurs continue to come out ahead, but if 1 thing just falls differently in so many of those games, the outcome could have been very different, and I will be disappointed to not see these amazing games much more.Quote:
Originally Posted by td4mvp21
Good luck the rest of the way.
I concur. Game 1 is on Sat, time TBAQuote:
Originally Posted by Spider TX
Congrats to some Suns players like Marks
Props to the Suns for a very hard fight and a really tough series!
I only respect their talent and game and that alone. Anything else can kiss my ass. Their attitude is bullshit, and getting calls all through game 5 and still losing is just f'd up.
Crawford was a fucking monkey ass tonight and we still won. So enjoy your offseason.
Thanks, all of what you said is pretty accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spider TX
For me, it just officially became baseball season. Title #2 to Phoenix, I can feel it!!
I think the Spurs have just beaten they're toughest matchup of the post season.
Good to have you around Spider.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spider TX
I dislike a number of things about the Suns, but they played hard as hell. Another year with the same players/system, PLUS a deeper bench and they will have another shot (even with D'Antoni, although that may take some convincing).
Anyways, my chest hurts. Fuck the playoffs.
This thread makes me laugh. Congrats? They lost in five games. Worse than last year.
All I hav to say is, "OOFFFFF with their head (coach)!"
Great series with some awesome and intense moments. Too bad it had to be the first series.
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Originally Posted by Radiosparks
Congrats to the Suns on your new coach.
With our luck, it's D'Antoni and bust for another season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avitus1
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Originally Posted by JMarkJohns
Agreed, except I say keep D'Antoni- he makes it all the easier for the Spurs to win.
That was the toughest elimination game I've seen the Spurs have to win since Detroit game 7.
I say the Suns should get a backup point, give playing with Giricek, Hill and Shaq another season.
Suns team were too talented to go out the first round. They just got the unlucky draw.
If I'm a Suns fan, the thing I'm most worried about is Nash getting old. He plays like he aged about five years since last season's playoffs.
Well, Dantoni is officially gone...
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93614
I dont believe his bad performance was due to his age, he played quite well before Shaq's trade, the new system ruins him. But Shaq won't retire, and Nash will still play "like he aged about five years since last season's playoffs":toast:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by timvp
Fuck the SonsQuote:
Originally Posted by ShoogarBear
I didn't notice it so much in the middle of the series, and I thought it was just Bowen. But I guess it was easy to forget just how good this guy was a couple years ago. No way does the Nash in the last two games drop 48 points.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
As much as a workout fiend Nash is, D'Antoni overplayed him in regular season.
His deceptive quickness and penetration skills were pretty much gone after game 2.
for the series:Quote:
Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
18.2 ppg , 3.80 rpg, 2.0 apg....how is that terrible??? plus he was in foul trouble tonight.
worry about your own team holmes.
tough match up for us.. i am SO happy we don;t have to play them again!
congrats suns and sfans. Ya'll put up ahelluvafight. I have alot of respect for what Nash has done in his carreer. I hope your new coach will find someone he can mentor for the upcoming season because IMO Nash will retire after next year before he starts embarassing himself. Shaq should too. Diaw has shown he's got a decent post-up game, and should be utilized that way a bit next year. Only bad thing about it is that it slow the team down and takes away from Amare's game. I've said too much. Again, Props to the Suns and their fans. Here's to ya,:toast.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMarkJohns
:toast
It was an entertaining series, and even though we lost, it was great seeing some of our guys play with so much heart in those last couple of games. In the end, it might be a blessing that the Suns lost so early in the series: Kerr will likely fire D'Antoni now and hopefully we'll get a more defensive minded coach.
Get Carlisle up in this bitch!
LOL at people thinking that Nash simply choked and ignored the fact that the Spurs designed their whole defense to take the ball out of his hands, and force Diaw and Stoudemire to make decisions throughout the series (Stoudemire in Games 1, 2 and 3, then Diaw in 4 and 5).
Spurs played pretty good defense throughout most of the series (except Game 4 of course), and that is the reason the Suns struggle. That is also the reason the Spurs can win these ugly games.
screw the suns... they get no respect from me. you talk shit you eat shit!
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMarkJohns
I thought Carlisle would fit in perfectly with the nuggs, but now that they have shown how stupid they are as a franchise collectively, the suns would be a good fit as well.
I felt like the Suns should of said fuck it last night and switched back to their old run and gun style. When they were running it was really causing problems with the spurs.