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Hill was playing like a man possessed at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
28 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals in 36 minutes.
Hill was playing like a man possessed at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Yeah, I forgot to mention that he singled-handedly won the game for the Suns in the early part of the fourth quarter, at least on the offensive side. Skinner's defense really helped, too.
I don't know how it happened.
He went from this old guy screwing up the chemistry to Nash's target of choice in the half court.
He is freaking MONEY from 15-17 feet out.
How many consecutive jumpers did he hit to start the fourth?
Bump this thread in february when he is out for the season again.
Or when Duncan is.
MRI negative ! Poor Suns are going to lose to us again come playoff time.
I know - I have to pray for the uber disaster of Manu getting fouled and falling into TD, Parker, and Oberto and knocking them all out for the rest of the year.
lol who cares about oberto
He'll quietly score 10 pts before the other team even knows he is suited up.
He went 11-for-11 against the Suns in the first regular season matchup last year. I can't risk that kind of production again.
Dude, you could probably go 4-8 against Amare.
He's doing it again tonight against the Pacers. 12 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds and a steal, on 5-6 shooting. In the first half.
Hill signing won't mean when Suns will lose to the Spurs in the 2008 playoffs
Or when he a) suffers a season-ending injury or b) is worn out by the playoffs from the 35+ minutes a game all season on his old ass body.
Yes, but Amare went for 42 tonight, which is probably what he'd get on me in the 1st qtr.
Bottom line: Grant Hill > Ime Udoka
... and that's coming from a Spurs fan.
Hill is a good signing, but it seems like their defense is worse than ever. Giving up 117 to the Pacers? That's what's going to kill them, whether or not Hill is on the court. You can't win 7 game series against the elite compe ion by trying to outscore people in a race to 120. The coaching staff in Pho is too tied to their style and can't see the forest through the trees.
Yeppers. No doubt about that. And what if he actually does play the whole season? Everyone assumes he'll break down at some point, but he's missed so many games over the years that he might have more in the tank than people expect. Less mileage, you know. Then again he could collapse into a formless mass in the middle of the court as every one of the bones in his body shatters simultaneously. It could happen.
Not if you knocked down Steve Nash early in the game.
Not that I'm defending the Suns' defense, but the Pacers are a different style of team under Jim O'Brien. Any day now, I'm expecting them to announce that they've traded for Antoine Walker.
Uh, actually the Pacers were the 10th highest scoring team going into the game. Maybe higher now. It's no shame to give up those points. Especially since the Pacers have already dropped big points and hung losses on Dallas (111 points), Denver (113), Utah (117) & New Orleans (105) so far this season. I'm just sayin.
I can honestly say that I am not worried about the Suns at all this year.
Ok, let's run this down. Here's the Suns defense on the season - 99 to SEA, 119 to LAL, 92 to Cle, 83 to Cha, 105 to ATL, 101 to Mia, 96 to Orl, 102 to NYY (THE KNICKS!!), 102 to Chi, 105 to Hou, 98 to Sac, 111 to Sac, 94 to LAC, 129 to GS, 100 to Hou, 106 to Orl, 104 TO THE KNICKS!!!, and 117 to Ind.
See a trend? This team relies on the run and gun to out run people to 110 or 120, and that will get you absolutely nowhere in a series against the best. No frontcourt on defense, MVP is a complete defensive liability, it all adds up to the same old story for this team and they won't change. It's comical. It's not like this is just early season time to adjust the defense, they actually expect to win it all that way.
Really, who gives a about the Pacers? They may be pushing the ball more and putting up decent offensive numbers against the teams of the EC, but they're still a nothing team going nowhere. The Suns are a high scoring team getting worse on defense.
Fantastic. But what does that have to do with Grant Hill? And what do any of those other scores have to do with the fact that it's unremarkable that the Pacers dropped 117 on the Suns, since they're 10th in scoring and the Suns allow more possessions?
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