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I don't think Manu's ever "torched" us while Robin Lopez has been in a Suns uniform.
Parker and Duncan have been the Suns' biggest problems for the last few years, not Manu.
Not against us he isn't. He shot like 8-21 on Saturday, and that was with Butler on him instead of Marion. Just look up the splits, Marion has had great games against the top wing scorers this year. Melo has sucked against us twice in three tries, Durant has been mortal, Kobe has shot inefficiently. Marion has lost some of his hops, but he can still play defense.
I don't think Manu's ever "torched" us while Robin Lopez has been in a Suns uniform.
Parker and Duncan have been the Suns' biggest problems for the last few years, not Manu.
Manu's been playing out of his freaking mind lately, but both Hill and Parker are out Wednesday.
Go Suns!
I know how Manu's been playing. I'm a big fan of Ginobili.
But Spurfan is acting like the Spurs are a great back-to-back team, which simply isn't true.
I have to say I haven't seen Marion on him, so I'll take your word for it. In all honesty though, it's hard to know what Durant is going to look like in his first playoffs. If he manages to elevate his game some more, you might have a handful, and that's mostly where I'm coming from. I honestly don't think Marion is anything special defensively. On the other hand, you have a sample from Roy last season, and you know what you're getting into.
I'm not saying we're 'great' back to back, but outside of the Nets game, where our current best player didn't play, we've been playing pretty good on back-to-backs. Beating playoffs teams on the road and what not.
I don't know what kind of impact we're going to have without Hill. I'm just saying that our demise on back to backs have been fairly exaggerated.
Well, he tied Duncan with Spurs-best 21 points in the last game. And he wasn't even playing this well back then.
Side question: Is Robin still injured? I haven't kept up with the Suns lately.
The Spurs are 2-5 on back-to-backs against playoff teams (including eastern conference teams) this year. Both wins were against Oklahoma City, interestingly enough.
That's not horrible, actually, but the Spurs haven't had a very difficult back-to-back schedule this year.
Robin is still out. He's scheduled to be re-evaluated in a week, which will determine whether he's ready for the playoffs, or if he'll need some kind of surgery. If he misses the playoffs, the Suns are F-U-C-K-E-D.
Good luck with that. I hope we can get a full roster for the playoffs ourselves.
Los Angeles Lakers:
at Denver
at Minnesota (B2B)
vs. Portland
vs. Sacramento
at LA Clippers (B2B)
Denver Nuggets:
vs. LA Lakers (B2B)
vs. San Antonio
vs. Memphis
at Phoenix (B2B)
Dallas Mavericks:
at Portland
at Sacramento (B2B)
at LA Clippers
vs. San Antonio
Utah Jazz:
at New Orleans
at Golden State
vs. Phoenix (B2B)
Zombie Sonics:
vs. Phoenix
at Golden State
at Portland (B2B)
vs. Memphis
Phoenix Suns:
at Zombie Sonics
vs. Houston
vs. Denver
at Utah (B2B)
San Antonio:
vs. Memphis
at Denver (B2B)
vs. Minnesota
at Dallas
Portland:
vs. Dallas
at LA Lakers
vs. Zombie Sonics (B2B)
vs. Golden State
We're still gonna end up as the 2 seed. We win our last 3 games, Denver goes 2-2 (which could easily happen), Dallas only has to lose 1 game cause we own the tiebreaker, and as long as we beat Phoenix on the final day it doesn't matter how many more games they win. That gives us the division le and the 2 seed.
Los Angeles Lakers:
at Denver
at Minnesota (B2B)
vs. Portland
vs. Sacramento
at LA Clippers (B2B)
Lakers actually have a chance of going into the playoffs with some sort of momentum ... a nice four game winning streak, possibly five.
even with me being a Lakers fan, I can see our squad have an obvious advantage. Practically every road game in California is a home game. There are no excuses.
, it's damn near a home game when they play in Phoenix.
Spurs ceiling is 3-1. Chalk up the Denver game as a loss. Memphis could be a problem not worried about the pups. Dallas will be a huge game for both teams, so I expect a pretty close one.
Suns about to get raped on a four game losing streak. Lakers with their usual easy schedule.
San Antonio is three back in the loss column now, so I doubt that game is for the division. Still, Dallas will probably be fighting for the 2 seed and San Antonio for the right to avoid the Lakers. It'll probably mean a lot to both teams, just different things.
i can see okc riding a 4 game win streak into the playoffs
The Suns will win at least 2 of the last 4 games.
@OKC - Could go either way
Houston - W
Denver - W
@Utah (B2B) - L
The Suns are beating Denver on the 13th. Guaransheed.
Los Angeles Lakers:
vs. Sacramento
at LA Clippers (B2B)
Denver Nuggets:
vs. Memphis
at Phoenix (B2B)
Dallas Mavericks:
at LA Clippers
vs. San Antonio
Utah Jazz:
at Golden State
vs. Phoenix (B2B)
Zombie Sonics:
at Portland (B2B)
vs. Memphis
Phoenix Suns:
vs. Denver
at Utah (B2B)
San Antonio:
vs. Minnesota
at Dallas
Portland:
vs. Zombie Sonics (B2B)
vs. Golden State
Spurs need a win against the Pups and for other results to go their way. IMO San Antonio will be fighting for the 6th seed in the last game against Dallas, a first round with the Nuggets would be sweet.
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