My Crazy Game 5 Idea.

**SpursFanFirst** · 05-16-2007

I disagree. Robert, Amare, and Boris all broke the rules, and now they're being punished.
Why should the players (who abided by the rules) and the fans suffer more by taking Duncan out? And do you REALLY think that would shut the naysayers up? Absolutely NOT. They're gonna continue to talk and bash the Spurs. It's what they've done for years..."The Spurs are boring." "Bowen is a dirty player." And now? "Horry is dirty." blah blah blah. It's not going to change because we sit Duncan to make it more of an even match up.
What the Spurs need to do tonight is shut up and play good basketball regardless of who the Suns have on the court. Don't play down to them because it seems as though it should be a cake walk...just play basketball. That's really all I want.

**MaNuMaNiAc** · 05-16-2007

Originally Posted by Stargazer

Am I afraid the Suns will lose the game? Not really. They will probably lose (though they just might win), but it won't bother me in the least because everyone knows that they aren't playing at full strength. The Spurs won't get any boost out of a win.

As for Manumaniac's comment, if you're really so sure that the Suns would "lose either way," then why is everyone on this board afraid to sit Duncan? Because you're not sure at all. You lost Game 4 at home, and you know beating the Suns at full strength on the road would have been tough.

And why does it matter whether Horry or Amare or Stern is at fault for the suspensions? I guess I understand that you've convinced yourself that the suspensions were fair or correct. Fine. But that still doesn't change the fact that you haven't beaten the Suns at full strength.

I'll admit it -- I watched every minute of every Suns game this season because I though this might be the year, and I'm bitterly disappointed that it has come to this. If the Suns lost fair and square, I could live with that. At least I would have the resolution of knowing that they just weren't good enough this year to win it all. But to have it taken away by something not relevant to the game . . . . The closest analogy I can think of is losing a season to a labor strike. It makes you realize that the whole season was a farce.

In truth, I feel sorry for Spurs fans as well, for same reason. Even if you win, you too will never have the resolution of knowing whether or not the Spurs were good enough this year to win it all.

Unless you sit Duncan, that is. Do that, and win, and you'll know.

you do understand that is never going to happen, right? Teams don't bench their superstar players because idiotic fans from the opposing team "dared" them to. How old are you for sake?? 15? Your star ed up, now live with the consequences. You'll most likely lose game 5, and if you do, it'll be on YOUR shoulders, it'll be because YOUR players weren't smart enough to keep cool. Everything else is a pathetic attempt by bitter Suns fans to cope with the fact that you're probably going to lose this series, period.

**VaSpursFan** · 05-16-2007

i say crush the suns in game 5. blow those pansies out by 40 and put all the pressure on them for game 6. no ing mercy...the whining around this is beginnig to annoy the out of me. there has never been an uproar like this over a player leaving the bench. just because it happens in the playoffs does not mean the rule should be modified. dumb and dumber blew it for their team...notice that no one from the spurs got off the bench.

**SpursFanFirst** · 05-16-2007

Originally Posted by Stargazer

Am I afraid the Suns will lose the game? Not really. They will probably lose (though they just might win), but it won't bother me in the least because everyone knows that they aren't playing at full strength. The Spurs won't get any boost out of a win.

Excuses already?

Originally Posted by Stargazer

As for Manumaniac's comment, if you're really so sure that the Suns would "lose either way," then why is everyone on this board afraid to sit Duncan? Because you're not sure at all. You lost Game 4 at home, and you know beating the Suns at full strength on the road would have been tough.

Thanks for speaking for us. Nice try.

Originally Posted by Stargazer

In truth, I feel sorry for Spurs fans as well, for same reason. Even if you win, you too will never have the resolution of knowing whether or not the Spurs were good enough this year to win it all.

Don't feel sorry for us.
The Spurs have proven time and time again they can beat the Suns, and I believe that the Spurs are good enough to beat the Suns in a 7 game series, with or without your missing players.

**MaNuMaNiAc** · 05-16-2007

This is probably the best thing that could have happened to Suns fans. Now if they lose, the whole series was tainted and it didn't count, if they win they are men amongst boys sort of speak. Ultimate excuse for the temper tantrum loving brats that they've been all series long.

**ChumpDumper** · 05-16-2007

And why does it matter whether Horry or Amare or Stern is at fault for the suspensions?

Because the players are repsonsible for their actions. Horry, Boris and Amare.

**CaptainLate** · 05-16-2007

Originally Posted by Stargazer

Am I afraid the Suns will lose the game? Not really...The Spurs won't get any boost out of a win.

Not so. They had momentum going back home. A 12-1 closing run on your opponent's floor gives a team confidence they can beat the Spurs on their floor. Now, if we get a win on an opponents floor, we get to come back home and (I would expect) play harder and not make the mistakes in a close out game, in front of the fans, that were made in Game 4.