Listening to the guys on NBATV after the game last night, there seem to be two schools of thought.
The Suns do their best to save face and get one game at home, even though they know that winning a Game 5 in SA will be almost impossible – or – they decide not to prolong the inevitable, forego one last plane ride and tank the game.
Thoughts?
I hope it is the latter. The guys need the rest to heal the bumps and bruises. I think this Suns team is totally demoralized, but do they have any pride left? It doesn't seem like it. I would've thought that this pride would have come out last night.
Suns has too much pride to simply lie down and die. They will strike back, hard. Let's not assume the series is over until it is over.
If the Suns start off slow in Game 4 I don't think mentally they can play an uphill game. They need to jump out to an early lead and sustain it.
Tank.
I actually think the Spurs have a great chance at winning Game 4. I think yesterday's game was more of a do or die game for them and they came out completely flat. I do think they'll come out with better effort and keep it close, but I expect the Spurs to do everything in their power to make this series over in 4. Esp with Ginobili and Parker banged up, they know how much rest before round two would help.
I don't even think it's a matter of effort at this point. If the Suns don't come up with an answer and quick on how to defend the Spurs pick and roll, they could play with about 110% heart and effort, but it won't help them any.
I would say the spurs win the game but in no way the suns will tank it. that's crazy.
You could see it in the post-game quotes, Suns are emotionally bankrupt right now. Spurs just need to not let them off the hook and i don't think they will. There is no love loss here, Spurs don't talk trash but you know they would love to sweep these guys with all the talk of Suns being the better team and last year was robbery. Come out with a focused first half and Suns will likely quit mentally, Spurs have them reeling begging to be KTFO.
How can they tank if they still believe they're the better team?
LOL. Even Danton'i is having a hard time selling that by now.How can they tank if they still believe they're the better team?
I think that the Spurs have great chance to win the game 4, but it will be a dog fight. No way that the Suns let the Spurs win the last game easily.
Suns are spent,
demolished,
flummoxed,
dumbfounded,
out-played,
beat like rug,
kaput.
As team and coach, they don't have the backbone for "sauver l'honneur". Their classless fans can suck it all summer.
Spurs have the huge motivation to get home and rest up while watching Hornets-Mavs. They won't let up. 4-0
It's very difficult to close out a team in their house, especially one as good as the Suns...and it IS a Sunday afternoon game. If the Spurs play anything close to how they played last night, though, they will win Game 4 easily and finish the sweep.
Spurs better be ready to close this out. Fortunes can turn around really quickly in sports, and rest is important for an old team. Underestimate the opponent now and they're likely to find themselves in a six game slugfest for the chance to meet a rested Hornets team.
+1
I'm a Yankees fan, and I'll never forget the debacle in 2004...it ain't over 'til it's OVER.
I agree. And I think the Spurs do too. Listening to Tonys remarks about how they have been up 2-0 and then lost and they aren't about to let that happen again, tells me they aren't going to let up until the series is in the books.
But I don't think Suns will lay down. I just think they are outmanned and outcoached, and they just don't have a chance in . They are mentally defeated, whether they publicly admit it or not.
I say is going to be a hard battle
and spurs will win a close one
Pretty stupid to think that a team with Shaq and Nash would even think about tanking.
I remember when the Spurs were up 2-0 on Minnesota in the first round. Someone asked David Robinson if the Spurs were thinking sweep and he said "no". They went out and lost the next game. Timmy has always said that wanting to close out a series is a sign of respect for your opponent.
My school of thought is that right now the Suns can't stop the Spurs and thats not going to change in one day. Nope, it'll be like game 3 where no matter what the Suns do it won't matter because the Spurs are just flat out better.
I'd have to think the Spurs would come out just as focused, if not more, than they did in Game 3. The Suns may start off hot like a lot of teams do on elimination games and the Spurs may just have to weather the storm for a couple of quarters and then win the game.
There are an awful lot of chickens around SpursTalk today. I hope the team doesn't start counting them.
I think you meant "eggs".
The Suns have no answer for the P&R with Parker and Duncan. Until that changes I expect the Spurs to blow them out again.
We are screwed
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