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I learned that I can make myself fart on cue.
I don't know if you know, but stack raped your team for 30+ points last night. The chemistry is fine with him in the mavs...You obviously don't understand the concept of team chemistry and personalities and how they can affect a team... which is why I always rip on Stack.
I learned that I can make myself fart on cue.
And the Mavs need to have a crazy edge in rebounding to win. What will happen if the Suns limit their second chance opportunities? Turning that huge margin into a smaller one would be an earier task than stopping Nash, Amare and Barbosa. Diaw isn't even close to 100% either.
btw - Nash and Amare can very easily have those type of games in a series against Dallas. They didn't even have to work very hard for their shots.
IF they do that... i repeat... IF... then they will have a good chance to win. but how do they plan to do that? from what ive seen of them all season, they are a piss poor rebounding team, and its not just going to change overnight.
Amare did avg like 37pts against the spurs in 2005 wcf. He could easily do that against the mavs as long as Nash is feeding him.
This is a three horse race. The Suns, Mavs and Spurs are all great teams in different ways and it is going to be one of a fight in the playoffs. Dallas's armor has shown some kinks in the last 2 games. I would not be shocked if you guys catch them for that 1 seed.
No, I think Dallas has #1 locked up. They'll get it right before the playoffs.
I give Amare credit. I thought for sure he was done after the knee injuries, but he's come back strong. Gonna be a tough three horse race come April.
I don't know what your point is here.......
Didn't they give up 111 in regulation?
How is that indicative of defensive prowess?
I gotta ask.....
Did you notice how many of the shots were dunks and/or layups?
I didn't see the "solars" making a lot of difficult shots. was coming easy last night.
Methinks Dallas has got some polishing up to do with Pick-n-Pull defense......
Erika can't hold him either...
And the Mavs need to have a crazy edge in rebounding to win. What will happen if the Suns limit their second chance opportunities? Turning that huge margin into a smaller one would be an earier task than stopping Nash, Amare and Barbosa. Diaw isn't even close to 100% either.
btw - Nash and Amare can very easily have those type of games in a series against Dallas. They didn't even have to work very hard for their shots.
lol you can't work on your rebounding if you don't have the staff to do so. In the previous 3 meetings the mavs have out rebounded the solars and have had more shots than them. That won't change.. defense you can improve on (which you won't), but rebound, you can't unless you get players that can actually rebound.
Amare did have 10 rebounds but in 45 minutes and he gave dampier and diop 18 rebounds (16 of them offensive) in 42 minutes. Do you see the problem here ?.
Nash had to work hard for his shots, amare didn't I agree. But he won't get all those lucky bounces in the and-1's and our defense will be much more tough when the playoffs start. Avery admitted this game to be experimental to see what will work in the playoffs, hence why we played all kinds of defenses last night...
As I said though, even if Amare and nash AVERAGE the stats they had last night, it was still a 2 point game with dirk and jho having terrible games and devin didn't even play much at all, who again is a pretty huge part of our team...
I wouldn't be so comfortable and happy with that win last night, admit it, it was pure luck a foul here, and a bounce there that's what decided the game, not imposing play by the solars.
Duncan averaged like 40 against us last year in the WCF didn't he ?, we still beat the spurs... besides this was a 2-OT game, not a regular game. That's almost an entire extra quarter...Amare did avg like 37pts against the spurs in 2005 wcf. He could easily do that against the mavs as long as Nash is feeding him.
yeah and in case you didn't get what I said about our defense, here it goes again. Avery was experimenting with the different coverages on the pick 'n roll. When we switch the pick n roll and we have dampier or diop DROP BACK and play nash, we get killed. Our bigs have to "show" or deny penetration to nash when they set the screen for him so our guard can rotate back and stay in front of him... When we did that, our defense was great (see the 16-point quarter), but when we switched everything, we either had diop at the 3-point line guarding nash or terry on stoudemire on the block...I gotta ask.....
Did you notice how many of the shots were dunks and/or layups?
I didn't see the "solars" making a lot of difficult shots. was coming easy last night.
Methinks Dallas has got some polishing up to do with Pick-n-Pull defense......
When avery fixes that, we'll be OK. That's the only thing that really proved to kill us yesterday, but it's fixable so there aren't that many worries there... The solars didn't prove to able to defend or rebound and that's not something you can change with a couple of practices... they have bigger concerns than the mavs do.
Funny thing is, Stoudemire can't hold "erika" either, or even Diop. He gave them 18 rebounds, 16 of them offensive... It's funny mr. "stat" can't hold down a girl and keep her off the glass, isn't it ? lmao...Erika can't hold him either...
Bill said nothing of defensive prowess. But only trying to relate the fact that regardless of what you may think the Suns have improved their defense.
Enough that they can now make a defensive stop (Nash deflecting the ball off Terry) that can lead to wins in close games. Something they've had trouble with in the past 2 years.
Also, the Suns typically do allow more points to be scored because so many more possessions are created in relation to their uptempo style. Although last night it was Dampier's dominate offensive rebounding that created more possessions for the Mavs.
They are rated 3rd currently in points differential, trailing only the Spurs and Mavs. Spurs (8.6), Mavs (8.1), Suns (7.9) Defensive teams such as the Rockets, Pistons, Jazz, and Bulls each trail the Suns in this department by more than 4.
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What I learned from this game...
That if the end score was 200-0 (either way) everybody would still be arguing that the team they like is better, that the player they like is the MVP, that a ref screwed them on the calls, and that the other team can't handle them in a 7 game series.
no. he will just dominate him on the boards, and make the plays that matter most.
The bottom line is this -
The Suns played their style of basketball to perfection. Almost a flawless performance.
The Mavericks played with their heads up their asses for all but 1.5 quarters.
The Suns still needed two overtimes for their flawless game to beat the Mavericks -infested choke job.
"Erik Dampier" and "making plays that matter most" should never be included in the same sentence.
11 offensive rebounds is pretty ballin...and i still think that its rebounding that wins championships and i really dont think the suns will make it outta the second round this year because of that
Unless they make a concerted effort to attack the glass, which they really didn't do last night. It's not like they don't have people who can rebound out there... they just don't display the desire every night... when you can only do one thing (as in Dampier and Diop can only rebound), then you better do it well.
11 offensive rebounds is part ty Suns play and part Dampier doing a good job.
Popeye Jones once got 12 offensive in a game in 1994, so it's not like he was legendary last night.
Don't forget the mavs at full strength already beat the suns this year at full strength. I feel Harris can really bother that pick and roll as he can use his quickness to get steals on that pass from Nash to Stoudemire. How unfortunate he hurts his neck in a game where he was really needed. George would be another option to guard Stoudemire as well.
You're my favorite poster.
I was trying to say something similar last night but it didn't come out as accurate and to the point
Lately the quality of Mav fan posts has been alot better, IMO. Not alot of idiotic Amarelooms crap. I dunno if Spurs fans agree with this assessment, but that's how it appears to me.
Now if the Suns fans could get rid of Nashfan and get more RonMexico's and JMark's, they'd be fairly tolerable.
You have to be kidding about George being an option to guard Amare right???
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