don't mean to hijack the thread but damn that is a cool Cardinals sig. Go Redbirds!
The Suns played well and the Spurs didn't. The Suns are a very capable team, and going through the series expecting a sweep is a bit overoptimistic.
Even though I thought the Spurs were going to win Game 2, my assumption was that the Spurs will bring their A game, they didn't, the Suns did, so the Suns won.
spurs had it at seven to start the fourth, so no.
You all are dumb. Duncan was killing Amare. Kurt Thomas at least had a chance against Duncan. Amare would've gotten in foul trouble if he had to guard Duncan from the start of the game. Smart move by D'antoni on starting Kurt Thomas.
No.
You have to hand it to Phoenix. They played great in an extremely physical game. We didn't come out and match their intensity.
Since Thomas went 6-7 from the field, you would have to say the Sun's big lineup worked but it wasn't the main reason they won. He is more physical than Stoudemire but I thought TD showed he will win most of those battles down there, one on one. Mentally, I think the Spurs prepared for an up and down series against a horrible defensive team. Inserting Thomas makes Phoenix more physical which isn't anything new to the Spurs. But now, they need to adjust to Phoenix and match their physicality. Maybe start Oberto instead of Fran.
But overall, it was a 6-7 point game throughout. TD's fourth foul hurt us. There were several shots that just rimmed out. The free throw shooting was horrible.
One thing Pop should do again is play TD big minutes in the first quarter. Get some fouls on Thomas early.
I'm not sure what's up with Manu. I did see a couple of nice drives but only nine shots? Tony Parker struggled. Both looked passive on the offensive end.
On to game three...
I don't know the exact percentage but it seemed Duncan was scoring on Thomas about 50% of the time but was scoring on Stoudemire like 70% of the time. The shots Duncan made on Thomas were tough shots as well.
Spurs missed shots, didn't play like they wanted it except for Duncan. Had some costly TOs and the lineup Pop went with after Duncan got his 4th foul essentially sealed the deal for Phoenix. Phoenix played to win, we didn't. End of discussion.
Spurs need more focus and better execution in Game 3.
Marion on Parker was like Phoenix cutting the head of the snake off...he took Parker out of his game, Parker couldn't make good passes, so the ball movement suffered,...when we did pass there was too much time off the clock, which forced us to take bad shots...the playoffs are all about adjustments & I hope Pop has a couple.
in terms of effort, it was like a "win or die" situation for the suns wich was not the case for the spurs... it was obvious during the game.
everyone says only Duncan was ok but tell me :
Don't you think TD in a great night won't simply destroy Thomas?
He was the best player from the spurs but he has always been...
They have to play to win not just to try to steal the game...
Nope.
Spurs, after kicking butt for the first quarter, look like they were satisfied to walk away with one win.
While Thomas may disrupt Tim a bit more than Amare, this was done mainly to try and keep Amare out of foul trouble. And like someone said, "he ain't no Nene."
It's like the Spurs just turned it off after the first quarter. Simple as that.
we got out hearted and parker and manu didnt feel like driving to the basket.
The new lineup worekd fine. But I believe that the main reason is on the Spurs side.
It is like the Spurs were happy with 1 victory on the road and did not realy try to win game two.
Talk about dumb, and inappropriate coming from a Mavs fan...you mention the very obvious insertion of Kurt Thomas into the starting lineup, something which has been commented upon countless times over the past couple of days. Would you not venture to guess that Duncan's lower shooting percentage could have had something to do with fatigue, being that he obviously had to work harder as his primary supporting cast - Parker and Ginobili - were having off nights?
There are numerous reasons, and until you state them all in an intelligent manner, you have no business calling other contributors here "dumb".
But you fail to address the Spurs' passed up shots, lack of aggression, Bell's defense on Ginobili and/or Ginobili's tenacity with the ball in his hands. You failed to mention the intangible yet most important factor - heart. Phoenix absolutely HAD to win that game, and they did their job. The Spurs have a collective off night. I wouldn't count on that happening over the next couple or few games.
the main reason is Tony + Manu played like
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