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Dallas never had an inside player like Stoudemire.
The main cut on Phoenix is their youth, inexperience, and immaturity. I think it is probably a long shot this season as well but they started the season the youngest team in the league.
PHX is a lot more powerful offense than DAL was in 02/03, so I don't think your DAL analogy really fits.
Nobody's going to get past PHX if they don't stop PHX's offense, and it takes a very tough 48-min defense, not a sporadic, streaky defense.
example: Short 3 key rotation guys, MEM out-hustled and defended PHX into 16 TOs and cold 3-pt shooting, while MEM hit some huge shots in crunch time. MEM did it on both ends. The game was closer than the 9 pt difference. A tremendous effort by MEM, but PHX never folded and were right there at the end. Nash obviously screwed up badly, (for a Canadian, he's fiery little dude), and probably cost PHX the game. PHX played hard and well and got beat, they didn't give the game away.
PHX has as much right, fully justified, as the Spurs or any team in the Top4 or 5 to think they can win the le.
Dallas never had an inside player like Stoudemire.
The main cut on Phoenix is their youth, inexperience, and immaturity. I think it is probably a long shot this season as well but they started the season the youngest team in the league.
I think Phoenix is clearly the second-best team in the league. They will look back on this season and be proud of going from 29 wins to the WCF.
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