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Wow! You don't think the Lakers would win one game in 82 tries?
I'm thinking that Spurs will lockdown Suns 3pt shooters.
Wow! You don't think the Lakers would win one game in 82 tries?
According to human psychology, you're afraid that the Suns will knock your Spurs out with their sharpest 3pt shooting.
Or Tim, for that matter. The last time we played in the playoffs, Amare had Big Brother Shaq to do the dirty work of guarding Tim, something he's never had any luck doing, and Raja Bell was still available to check at least one guard.
I'm a little more confident this time around, but I'm still nervous. I know that the Spurs are a matchup nightmare for the Suns. There are two players on your team that we've never been able to guard--Parker and Duncan.
I think this series will come down to 3 PT shooting. If the Suns can continue to shoot well from 3 and the Spurs continue to struggle, the Suns will win. If the Spurs can hit enough of them to keep the Suns honest and if the Suns struggle to defend the Parker/Gino/Tim pick and roll, the Spurs should win.
The role players for both teams will play a larger role as well.
who the on the suns team can gaurd Duncan one on one?
George Hill and TP are going to be plowing Nash's pasty white ass all series.
Amare will average 42 ppg. Nash will get his, but will have to work against Hill. The rest of the Suns team will struggle without wide open shots. Once Pop goes with a 3 guard line-up Nash will be forced to guard Hill or Parker. Spurs in 6.
Sounds divine. Ain't nothin' better than Nash's pasty white ass gettin' plowed.
Ginobili's passing/spacing out of pick and rolls has been absolutely god-awful horrendous for the past few games.
The only bright side is Parker's overall ability has been increasing to somewhat offset Ginobili's obvious decline in FG%, ability to finish at the rim, and ability to pass out of pick and rolls.
The Ginobili of past few games (after he broke his nose) has been a far cry from March-early April Ginobili, or even first two games in the post season Ginobili.
It blows my mind that more spurs fans aren't...you know...worried about our end of regular season MVP playing strikingly mediocre going into this spurs-suns series.
I wonder if his broken nose has disrupted his breathing rythm? That's crucial for a human being, even more so a world class athlete and PITA like Manu. He can't even pick the gd thing. There must be some real large ones up in there.
It sounds reasonable to me. I can't fathom any other reason for such a sharp decline in his offensive efficiency. The correlation between getting a broken nose and plummeting in offensive efficiency has been pretty strong for Ginobili.
Sure, the quarter after the injury, he was still playing fine, but physiologically one expects a large difference in performance right after an injury versus a day or two after an injury.
His body language has changed. He's not as free flowing, smooth and deliberate. It's herky jerky and he's thinking before he's doing.
He was flirting with perfection before that injury. Now he's hunting for it again.
This series will be a role reversal. The Spurs will go small and use a lot of 3-guard lineups. The Suns are slower than they used to be.
I am really worried about this one as a Suns fan because the Suns basically cannot guard the Spurs big 3. Spurs meanwhile always find ways to annoy Nash and limit his effectiveness. And Jason Richardson, as good as he was against Portland, can be shut down. Pop will find a way. Spurs always do an amazing job closing out on the Suns 3-point shooters, which is why they always beat us. I expect our 3pt guys, Frye, Dudley, Barbosa, etc., to have a terrible series. And we need them to win.
I'm not as worried about Duncan as I used to be. But we still don't have an ideal player to guard him until Robin Lopez gets back.
My only hope is that damn nose maxi pad of Manu's. If he isn't 100%, and if Nash is healthier than he seemed in Portland Game 6, we have a shot.
The Mavs started blitzing him and sometimes even doubling him starting in game 3. Why do you think Dice was wide open sinking jumpers since then?
Amare will be up his usual numbers. 28-30 points, maybe 4-5 rebounds, and maybe a block or assist every other game or so.
I cant see J-Rich having two huge series in a row. I think he plays a bit part. Im more concerned about Amare to be honest, i think the Spurs will key in on the Suns shooters and not double much at all, meaning Amare could be in for a 30 PPG type series.
Prediction: Pain
Seeing that he averages 9.7 rebounds per game and close to 2 blocks per game in the playoffs, I wouldn't expect anything less re ed from you.
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