By God the Spurs better not take tommorow Suns for granted

[Obstructed_View]

If the Spurs decide to come out flat, they deserve to get blown out. The Suns have played pretty well without Amare so far.

[Capt Bringdown]

Suns have responded when they had to, while the Spurs have pissed away opportunities. Hopefully this changes in game 5.

[Budkin]

Here's how and why the Suns win the series:

First, the Suns will obviously lose tomorrow. They've lost their best scorer AND his replacement, leaving them with either playing Burke (who hasn't played meaningful minutes all year) or playing no one at that position and going small ball. Emotion and heart can't make up for that kind of loss.

But there will be a silver lining. They will be such underdogs that even after they lose, the Spurs won't really pick up any momentum out of the win. They're supposed to win; they'll win; but that will be it -- no boost. And if the Suns can simply make it close -- force the Spurs to play the entire game, have a chance at the end, they could come out with a bit of momentum themselves -- the feeling that they could've won with a full team, and so the feeling that they will win when Amare and Boris return.

Game 6 will be the pivotal game. If the series goes to Game 7, the Suns win: the Spurs will be coming off of a home loss, and more important, they will know that they blew their best chance to win.

So the series will come down to Game 6. The Spurs will have home court advantage, which is big. BUT, they won't have Horry (which won't matter much, but it's something), and, more important, the Suns will have Amare and Boris back, fresh and angry. And the Suns will be desparate -- win or go home -- while the Spurs will know in the back of their mind that they always have Game 7. The Suns won Game 4 without any of those advantages. Game 6 will be that much easier.

Spurs fans disagree with this, because they think Game 4 was a fluke, not a precedent. But they are wrong. Game 6 is the series, and the Suns will take it.

Wrong. No ing way we are losing again at home... not after last year and not after Game 4 this year.

[Budkin]

Spurs probably have a good 60-70% chance of losing tomorrow. Emotional game for Phoenix and the Spurs have a tendency of letting down their guard when playing against teams missing one of their best players.

60-70? No ing way dude... the Spurs always play well after a loss, and they don't have Amare or Diaw. We are not losing that game.

[spurdude]

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT THE SUNS DON'T SEND IN THEIR MEANINGLESS BENCH RIDERS TO HURT SOMEONE OR START A FIGHT TO GET EVEN. WE NEED TO STAY COOL CALM AND COLLECTED. DAVID STERN AND HORRY FOR MVP! THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME. I JUST LOVE WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS! I SMELL ANOTHER ONE AROUND THE CORNER! GO SPURS GO SPURS GO SPURS

I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS GAME AS I'D LOVE TO GET INTO A FIGHT WITH A FEW PHOENIX FANS MYSELF!!

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

don't forget how well the Suns were last season without Amare

[MadDog73]

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT THE SUNS DON'T SEND IN THEIR MEANINGLESS BENCH RIDERS TO HURT SOMEONE OR START A FIGHT TO GET EVEN. WE NEED TO STAY COOL CALM AND COLLECTED. DAVID STERN AND HORRY FOR MVP! THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME. I JUST LOVE WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS! I SMELL ANOTHER ONE AROUND THE CORNER! GO SPURS GO SPURS GO SPURS

I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS GAME AS I'D LOVE TO GET INTO A FIGHT WITH A FEW PHOENIX FANS MYSELF!!

THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW!

(next time, can you speak softer please?)

[CosmicCowboy]

Suns without Amare is like PB and J with no bread its not gonna happen

uhhh...did you notice they went to the West finals last year without Amare all year?

[ATXSPUR]

uhhh...did you notice they went to the West finals last year without Amare all year?

True...but did you notice the chokers they lost to?

[Capt Bringdown]

Whoever wins game 5 wins this series seems to be the consensus here?

[CosmicCowboy]

True...but did you notice the chokers they lost to?

uhhh...the same chokers that took the Spurs to seven games and won?

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

may God be with the Spurs tonight

[rAm]

Spurs would've won the series anyway. Three of the four games have been halfcourt, grind it out affairs that the Spurs like. Phoenix hasn't been able to consistently push the tempo and they don't have an answer at all for Duncan. G4 was a classic Spurs game -- it was a halfcourt game, they controlled the pace and tempo, and they were consistently up 8-10 points the entire game. They only lost because Duncan picked up his fifth foul with about 5 minutes to play and Pop took him out and left him out too long instead of just letting him play. Duncan's fifth is when Phoenix made its run. Even when he came back, he was too tentative because he didn't want to foul out. Duncan's foul trouble is the ONLY reason Phoenix won the game.

This is what others me most about this game, especially Duncan picked up re ed fouls like that offensive charge...

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

This is what others me most about this game, especially Duncan picked up re ed fouls like that offensive charge...

Nash is always floppin like a , and it cost his team the series because of it




karma is a

[CaptainLate]

Suns have a great chance in winning because of the emotion

but if the Spurs just feed Duncan the ball every time, he should have at elast 40pts 25rbs this game

On offense, TD needs to watch out for the "charging" calls.
On defense, he needs to play like he has 4 fouls, at least till we get into the 4Q.

And all the Spurs need to watch out for

[sunsbum]

Nash is always floppin like a , and it cost his team the series because of it




karma is a

here we go again thats some fantastic logic you got there.

[CaptainLate]

uhhh...did you notice they went to the West finals last year without Amare all year?

Yes, a soft bracket helps.

[CaptainLate]

Hey, maybe they trot out Sean Marks. I agree, game 5 is a must win. No Amare, we must take advantage of it. Hope the Spurs get up early and keep the lead thru the game.

They only have Marion and Bell to play D...I don't think they could match up if we start Ginobili and move Finley to 3.

Duncan can play off Thomas and roam (like other teams play off Bowen). If Thomas scores, so what. That would mean they aren't running.

[romain.star]

overconfidence is not part of the spurs vocabulary

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

Spurs can't forget want happened last year in Gm6 when Raja Bell got suspended

[VincentG]

They won't. The team will take care of business. The Suns are so depleted that they might get 1 good run and then be done.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

I'm watching the news on KSAT12 and D'Antoni just said "I think we can bust them up."