I already want him fired, or at least have an assistant coach slap him a few times. This was almost New Orleans all over again....
That's the discipline of playing the clock and not chickening out. It's really rare when you're able to do what Carlisle was able to do. Richardson made it possible by burning that TO needlessly. He let Nash shoot, didn't get anywhere near him because Nash couldn't hurt him unless he was fouled.
The Mavs pretty much had to play a perfect final minute for that strategy to work. One stop and the game would've been iced much sooner. As a Mavs fan, you can never count on flawless late-game execution.
Yup, suns didn't play smart and didn't play D until the very end. BTW thanks for whoever posted the feed, I got to watch the last minute or so.
You get anywhere near Nash on those shots and it'll be at least three FT, or, a 4 point play. It wasn't the Suns. It was that Richardson TO which put the clock into play. Coach recognized it immediately. That's coaching!
So i wonder when Barea and RC ran into in a swinger club and how many pics Barea took of him there...
Carlisle.....jjb at the end of the game when u need stops, its unexceptable. He is too damn short to contest shots as it was scene as Jrich shot a 3 and JJ was at his waist level as he rose up. He also can't fight threw scenes.
For all Carlisle does right, this is becoming a nightly downfall of Rick. Also, as bad as Gooden was playing why didn't Thomas play tonight?
You won, you stupid .
HE WASN'T PLAYING THE SUNS NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve Nash doesn't miss when the game's on the line:
Well good game Dallas. I didn't get to watch so I have no idea what happened, all I've gotta say is if this is the best Gentry can do then they need a trade. They've lost 4 of 5, pretty soon they'll return to being the borderline playoff team everyone thought they were (and if everyone thought the Suns somehow had it tough in November with road games against bad teams, idk why you think the home games they have against good teams this month will be so much easier).
I bet Nash is one of a Beer Pong player.
They lost by 1 point to a 15-7 team on the road.
Mavs fans and Suns fans get along too much here.
yourselves and your sissy cuck team.
We've bonded over continual playoff failure:
F'in eh.
Well, you were close.
...horseshoes, hand grenades & cheerleaders.
Just thanks for last nite, dirk4. Ya done good, sweetheart.
With the matchup advantages they have over Dallas, it was a very winnable game. There were a lot of things about the game that bother me looking at the box score:
- JJ Barea shouldn't be putting up 14 points on 75% shooting. That ties a season high for him. Home or road it's inexcusable.
- Everyone loves Grant Hill cause he's a nice guy and stayed with the Suns, but his defense and boxing out in particular has been terrible this year.
- Earl Clark, the one player on the Suns with the combination of length and athleticism that you need to guard Dirk, didn't touch the court. That makes no sense (actually it does given the night Dirk had). Whether or not he's a rookie, it's time to make a in adjustment when no one else on the team can guard him.
- Nash and Amare combine for 9 turnovers. What's new.
- Amare StandandAdmire was doing too much standing and admiring when he shoulda been boxing out and grabbing more than 5 rebounds.
- Lastly, J-Rich had a good night, but he needed a better night given who was guarding him.
I've got the sissy cuck team? Dirk probably pays Amare to run train on his convicted felon wife while he sits at the edge of the bed naked with a video camera jerking off.
(I think the Suns-Mavs allegiance is mostly cause of gots like nkdlunch and bjot)
If the Suns are down 3 and Nash has the ball you always foul.
That's the only thing he can do, score. That's why Carlisle keeps playing him, despite all the other things he does poorly. He hurt the Mavs getting lost on screens at the end, and also with his patented overdribbling into traffic and turnovers. Nash's last 3-ball came with him starting at the right wing "guarded" by JJB. He got free way, way, way too easily when JJB couldn't get around the screen and there was nobody within 5 feet of him when he let it rip. Why wasn't J-Ho on the court to defend Nash?
Earl Clark would've had his lunch eaten by Dirk. The problem is that it's not easy to double Dirk anymore. If you come off Kidd spotting up on the wings, he will make you pay. That's what happened on Kidd's last FG with 28 seconds left. Richardson came down to help on Dirk and Dirk quickly flicked it to Kidd for the basket.Earl Clark, the one player on the Suns with the combination of length and athleticism that you need to guard Dirk, didn't touch the court. That makes no sense (actually it does given the night Dirk had). Whether or not he's a rookie, it's time to make a in adjustment when no one else on the team can guard him.
Don't think you can put last night's loss on Nash. Didn't seem like a particularly poor game for Amare either.Nash and Amare combine for 9 turnovers. What's new.
What else is new? That's his standard MO.Amare StandandAdmire was doing too much standing and admiring when he shoulda been boxing out and grabbing more than 5 rebounds.
I don't recall ever seeing JJB matched up on him. When he and Nash were in the game together, JJB was usually guarding him, or Dragic when the Suns went to a Nash/Dragic backcourt.Lastly, J-Rich had a good night, but he needed a better night given who was guarding him.
Whaddaya know? JJB had the second-highest +/- on the team last night at +6, just behind Humphries +8. Of course Humphries was in the game late in the 3rd when the Mavs pulled ahead behind the Dirk and Josh show, so his +/- is a little misleading.
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Re: Wednesday's News: No Offense, but Suns are Slumping
I'm tired of watching Nash not play defense. He sucks at it, we all know that, but sometimes he doesnt even try. He just stands around waiting for the other team to either score or miss the shot so he can get the ball back. Allmost like cherry picking
tee, hee.
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