Suns @ Mavs Game 5 Thread

[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 up. You sound like Spurs fans.

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

[JMarkJohns]

Shut the up. You sound like Spurs fans.

Your team is bull and when they get exposed for the unorthodox, less-talented conglomeration of fugazis they are, you resort to ing about the refs? 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 ing about the refs. Yes! I do specifically remember this to be the case.

Maybe if both fan bases stopped ing 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 ing 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 he's saying.

"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 up. You sound like Spurs fans.

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

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