Game Thoughts: Spurs vs. Suns Game 1

[T Park]

Didn't Parker foul out with Nash going off during the fourth quarter and overtime?

I pray they keep Parker on Nash.

Yeah that 6th foul where he didn't touch him?

Right.

[T Park]

Wow.
Just...wow.

Damn optimism!!!

[ClingingMars]

Playoff time -- no excuses.

I know its the playoffs and all, but a concussion is a dangerous injury and multiple concussions can be fatal. This is NOT the at ude the Spurs need to employ about Parker's head injury.

- Mars

[Stargazer]

Great post, and good thread, even from a Suns fan. The Spurs had to have Game 1, and they got it. But I'm still feeling pretty good about the series, and I have to think the Suns are, too. Double-overtime on the road, and with Amare and Shaq in foul trouble, allowing TD to have a career game. Anything can happen. But I do agree, Game 2 is starting to look like a must-win game for both teams.

But ya gotta hand it to Nash. He is able to put the ball in the exact spot where it needs to go, even when it looks like there is no opening or angle. And he does it at relatively slow speed, waiting for the moment.

And he does it even when everybody in the building knows he's gonna do it.

[RobinsontoDuncan]

Great post, and good thread, even from a Suns fan. The Spurs had to have Game 1, and they got it. But I'm still feeling pretty good about the series, and I have to think the Suns are, too. Double-overtime on the road, and with Amare and Shaq in foul trouble, allowing TD to have a career game. Anything can happen. But I do agree, Game 2 is starting to look like a must-win game for both teams.

Duncan may have hit a 3, but that game wasn't some kind of career game for him-- Duncan as a primary option is more than capable of going for numbers like that over the course of a series or playoff-- if you remember 2003, there are lots of examples

[bigfundamental21]

This was a fantastic game and the Spurs showed their heart and determination to win. Which is something we have been looking for all season. This series is gonna be tough, but I like how the Spurs started it by never backing down and continuing to "pound the rock". I am looking forward to Tuesday's game!

[Obstructed_View]

If the Spurs start the game the way they finished, the Suns are in deep .

[timvp]

If the Spurs start the game the way they finished, the Suns are in deep .

That's my hope. In the first 20 minutes of the game, the Spurs had 27 points. In the final 38 minutes, the Spurs had 90 points.

Additionally, each stanza the Spurs' points per 48 minutes increased:

2nd quarter - 80
3rd quarter - 100
4th quarter - 112
Overtimes - 115.2

Hopefully this is an indication that the Spurs were figuring more and more out how to score against the Suns defense.

[DAF86]

That's my hope. In the first 20 minutes of the game, the Spurs had 27 points. In the final 38 minutes, the Spurs had 90 points.

Additionally, each stanza the Spurs' points per 48 minutes increased:

2nd quarter - 80
3rd quarter - 100
4th quarter - 112
Overtimes - 115.2

Hopefully this is an indication that the Spurs were figuring more and more out how to score against the Suns defense.

Yeah, but i think that had to do with Shaq and Amare playing matador defense because of foul trouble.

[timvp]

Yeah, but i think that had to do with Shaq and Amare playing matador defense because of foul trouble.

I would say that's a possibility but the Suns were without Shaq for almost the whole first half. It wasn't like Shaq was dominating the Spurs until he got into foul trouble.

[jmard5]

We have got to find a way to defend that Nash to Amare pick and roll better.

+1

[boutons_]

Spurs let Amare get 37 ppg last year and took the series.

So I'm not sure how important stopping nearly-unstoppable Amare is.

Spurs have to defend well, and score plenty of points.