Nash tells it like it was..but Shaq talks smack..

[greens]

Well, I think it's funny to call the Spurs "floppers" when I saw Steve Nash flop a few times at the end of the game...and we know the Suns have Raja Bell...

Hmm...how about added fuel, Shaq? Last year, it was Amare calling Bruce/Manu and the whole Spurs team "dirty". Now, Shaq is calling them "floppers." Way to fit in!

Please tell me that the Spurs players read comments after games...I sure would like to know their view on Shaq's idea of "floppers."

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Shaq flopped quite a bit himself this game.

Regardless, my biggest worry is that Amare and Shaq should be really well rested Tuesday as they didn't play as much. Meanwhile, Duncan, Ginobili, Parker and company played A LOT of minutes and Duncan especially was breathing quite hard during the psotgame quotes. Hopefully Spurs didn't burn all their energy in the first game to get the W.

I think Nash hit it on the head though why the Suns lost. They don't have the discipline and still aren't tough enough in close games. Shaq makes them a little tougher, but Shaq isn't the Shaq he was even two years ago.

They'll be fine. Shaq and Amare will pick up lots of fouls or sacrifice their defense in the game trying to stay out of it.
Amare's just not smart on the defensive end, and Timmy will make Shaq pay for guarding him, and Gino and Tony will capitalize by attacking him.

They've got two and half days so I don't think fatigue will mean anything in the second game.
The Suns are gonna have to force us to take jump shots I guess.

[timvp]

Can't really blame Shaq. This type of complaining in the media has worked for Phil Jackson against the Spurs ... not to mention Avery Johnson against the Spurs.

The key will be in Game 2 to jump all over the Suns and make them start thinking about how it may not be their year to win it all.

[peskypesky]

More fouls were called on the Spurs than the Suns.
Suns took more free throws than Spurs.

[MONTENEGRINO]

I guess it's hard to admit that you're past Shaq, but please, be real...

[Solid D]

Well if Shaq, Amare and Nash hadn't let the shot clock expire with 19.5 seconds left in regulation, it might have been a Suns win. Wah, wah, wah, wah.... Nice poise.

[mando6599]

If someone that weighs 350 punds I won't just stand there I will get out of the way. Then again I weigh 150lbs.

Yeah but Nash is one of the NBA's premier floppers, come on, you have to know that. Just point that finger to Horry's hip check last year, after that Nash flopped and acted like a fish out of water. Look at the two charge calls for the Suns from Nash, total flops or whereas Duncan was concerned, TD missed Nash entirely.

Shaq can talk smack all he wants, but if he doesn't whiff on that first missed dunk, we may still be watching this game go into 3 or 4 overtimes right now.

Overall, Spurs called for more fouls than Suns and Suns shot and made more free throws than Spurs, even with all of our "flopping". Yet we still won. Smack that Shaq.

mando

[my2sons]

Yes please I think the NBA should start assessing fouls on flops.

Ya that way raja bell can foul out in the first half

[CubanMustGo]

More fouls were called on the Spurs than the Suns.
Suns took more free throws than Spurs.

Not to mention two Spurs fouled out at home, to just one Sun, Shaq got to play a decade with five fouls, etc. etc.

Meanwhile the Mavs got to shoot nearly 40 FTs at NO ... and still lost by 12.

[Amare_32]

Ya that way raja bell can foul out in the first half

I just think flopping cheapens the game and players flop instead of playing good position defense.

[MannyIsGod]

Spurs commited intentional fouls which adds to their total.

What Timvp said is the only thing that concerns me. I thought the defense today was great by Kurt Thomas, but will Shaq get calls simply for ing now? It has worked in the past for people who complain about it so its a concern.

That being said, I think the Spurs take a load of confidence from this game, and I expect to see some great ass kicking in game 2.

[Tek_XX]

I think the reporters should ask how it feels to sit on the bench during crucial minutes cuse his big ass can't hit a FT.

[MannyIsGod]

Besides Shaq should stfu. He should have been gone in the fourth when Manu drove and Shaq "blocked" Manu's face errr his shot.

[ThomasGranger]

I just think flopping cheapens the game and players flop instead of playing good position defense.

I just think whining after the game cheapens the game and players should just STFU and play ball.

[Amare_32]

When fans from both teams complain about the refs that just tells me the game was called pretty evenly.

[RonMexico]

Crap, when someone 350 pounds runs into you, you fall down. Period.

Well, that first foul call on Shaq was a pretty blatant Oberto flop. The real mistakes were made by D'Antoni (overthinking it and going with Diaw and Barbosa on the final plays of regulation and OT) and then by Amare when he should have taken a foul-line jumper but instead plowed into Kurt Thomas.

I'm disappointed by the way the Suns closed the game.

[Tek_XX]

Besides Shaq should stfu. He should have been gone in the fourth when Manu drove and Shaq "blocked" Manu's face errr his shot.

Yes Marc Jackson couldn't quit jacking off to Shaq's elbow block of Manu's face.

[1Parker1]

When fans from both teams complain about the refs that just tells me the game was called pretty evenly.

I thought the game was evenly called. Their were bad calls both ways. Bad referreeing wasn't what won the game for the Spurs. They executed when it mattered most and showed patience on offense and defense. That's what got them the W. Not bad call here or there.

[Cry Havoc]

him.
Eight of the last 9 rings belong to Duncan and Shaq. This game was an opportunity for one of them to shine. Duncan grabbed that opportunity and played his heart out. Shaq did nothing but get in foul trouble and now he's going to shoot his mouth off. It's disrespectful, but I expect no less from Shaq.

Prove it on the court, where it matters.

I hate Shaq more than any player I have ever watched in any professional sport. Man, it must be nice to talk when you outweigh everyone by a hundred pounds... what a -man- that takes.

He's become incredibly clumsy and has no work ethic at all anymore. He's the polar opposite of Tim Duncan.

[lurker]

I just think whining after the game cheapens the game and players should just STFU and play ball.

I wish they'd all STFU during games and stop acting like they've been fouled every damn time they have the ball. It's like watching a bunch of freakishly tall toddlers out there throwing tantrums.

[pad300]

This for Shaq and all the suns whiners ing about flopping and the refereeing

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8...rilling-Game-1

# According to my very unofficial count, the referees made one horrific call that favored the Spurs — a charge on Shaq when Oberto clearly flopped.

# At the same time, the three blind mice favored the Suns with a total of eight blatantly botched calls. The most important being a clean block on Stoudemire that went into the books as a foul on TD and a pair of made free throws.

Ref errors kept you in this one guys...

[George Gervin's Afro]

We're in snack's head.. good.

[SenorSpur]

According to Shaq's fat-ass, whenever there is failure present - it's always someone else's fault. He never takes responsibility for . It was someone else's fault in Orlando, LA, and Miami. It seems that the "son of a military man" always looks to blame everyone else for his woes.

[ECZ]

Cant blame him...he's gotta talk tough after his guarantee

[sanman53]

Shaq: Make your free-throws.