Nash just blamed the NBA

[DePastino]

Actually, I like it better knowing that you were on the cusp of finally getting to the promised land with your Suns, only to have it snatched from you by a freak event, in among the cruelest fashions possible.

And there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

I love that a couple decades from now, when everybody else has forgotten about this series, you and other Suns fans will still curse this day, when the Suns may well have been the best team, but never got the chance to prove it, while you wonder if you'll live long enough to see them win a le.

Coming from you, that means a lot to me.

Really.

[smrattler]

Nash tried to walk stage right after the postgame interview, someone told him, "No, losers to the left." F'n loser!!!

[exstatic]

As long as you're willing to blame someone else, you'll never advance to the championship level. It could have been about the suspensions, or the fact that your coach ing melts down every game in front of his team, or he only plays 7 players so no one is ready to step in when needed, or that your defense isn't ready for prime time.

The fact remains that championship teams get playoff games they need on the road. You had no one suspended tonight.

[Spurminator]

I don't begrudge Nash for his comments.

The guy just played his ass off and lost. Of course he wishes he would have had full support for the series, and of course he would have wanted the NBA to be lenient in its ruling on the Amare and Diaw. I don't think he's under any obligation to think clearly and objectively after a contentious series in which he played his heart out.

To me, it's far worse to use press conferences to whine about officiating during a series in order to lobby for calls in future games. Nash was just saying what he was feeling at the time, and not with any agenda.

[Catharsis]

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You are right. IF there was an altercation then Duncan should have been suspended. It didn't happen that way and I still think its a stupid rule.



Who said you should kiss anyone's ass?

I agree that the Suns could have won this series, with or without the suspensions but it seems that a lot of Suns fans are of the opinion that Phoenix would have definetly, without a doubt, 100% guaranteed won the series if there were no suspensions, which is stupid.

I think the belief is the Suns would win a game seven in Phoenix because the city would have willed it. The Spurs did not want to go to Phoenix because they knew it would be the hardest road win in franchise history to pull off. And I think that would be the accurate opinion if a game seven was played in San Antonio. Most analysts and players will say that home court advantage means everything in game seven and means little any other game.

[DePastino]

The fact remains that championship teams get playoff games they need on the road. You had no one suspended tonight.

You're exactly right.

Which is why they won game four.

And then, with 18 seconds left and the game essentially over, a frustrated, pissed off Horry pulled a punk move and gave the Spurs that shot they needed to regain home court.

The Spurs should've massacred the Suns in game five, instead they were lucky to win.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Plus, I imagine he is a bit tired of carrying MOST of the team, and the Fing coach!

FIRE D'Antoni!

Man, I agree with you there. D'Antoni needs to be a leader. The contrast between he and Pop is striking. D'Antoni screws up the simple things, like checking in players, and clock management. If he'd spend half the time that he did ing coaching, you wouldn't have stupid mistakes made by players who're winging it.

About the suspensions though, the thing is, and I begrudgingly agree with Jon Barry on this, the Suns lost this series when they coughed up home court advantage. Losing game one at home to a deep, veteran team is a very bad idea.

Nash'll get his ring someday, but I have a feeling it'll be in the fashion of Terry Porter and Kevin Willis--as a past his prime veteran signing a below market deal in order to play on a well-rounded team. I'd love to see him in black and silver someday.

[samikeyp]

I think the belief is the Suns would win a game seven in Phoenix because the city would have willed it. The Spurs did not want to go to Phoenix because they knew it would be the hardest road win in franchise history to pull off. And I think that would be the accurate opinion if a game seven was played in San Antonio. Most analysts and players will say that home court advantage means everything in game seven and means little any other game

Fair enough...but it would not be guaranteed.

[Agloco]

I dont get what all the pissing and moaning is about. It's not as if Game five was the elimination game.

The Suns had two more opportunities to close out the Spurs despite the bogus occurences in Game 5. Unfortunately when it mattered the most, they allowed a manageable deficit to baloon to 20.

I call it shrinkage....... you know, when one's balls shrivel up under the pressure of a big moment. Another big name player suffers from this same issue. He resides about 250 miles north of here.......

Good thing is that now Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitski can compare MVP trophies in the comfort of thier own homes. Perhaps this year the MVP should be presented during halftime of Game 1 of the WCF.

[mullet]

Jesus, you don't think the six man rotation for the Suns played into them getting fatigued on Wednesday?

Give me a ing break. no one told your genius coach to only play 6 men. it was his own call, and your front office to not get players that he could feel confident in to play minutes in the playoffs.

If roles were reversed you'd be calling it a stupid rule that dictated the series further than it needed to. Too bad we'll never know what would have happend if Amare and Diaw could play in game five.

did you see any spurs jump off the bench? NO. so shut the up already. just because your players and asst coaches are too stupid to stay on the bench doesnt shift the blame to the spurs for losing game 5. Plus if yall were really a championship team you shouldve won tonights game, when we were undermanned and you were full strength, and brought it back home for a game7. Then we really wouldve seen a great series. But tonight proves that Phoenix has absolutely no heart with the exception of Nash. And his is still a whiny pussy heart that leaks vaginal fluids most of the time

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Anyway, all Suns fans and Suns players need to be reminded that their team shouldn't have dropped game 1.
I think game 5 could have been arguable , if both teams held homecourt. But you didn't. And getting blown out tonight didn't help either. Anyway, that should actually be posted above all their beds. They'll sleep easier knowing that D'Antoni lied to them, about being the "better team". It's the coaches fault for them thinking Game 5 had any bearing, on the ultimate outcome of the series.

Anyway, I think a lot of Spurs fans on here are just nitpicking about Nash.

It's easy and petty to talk from your high horses and penalize a guy for one bout of frustrated words to a question that has no easy answers anyway. Penalizing a player for one night of "poor answers" is a bit too easy and convenient for us monday morning quarterbacks.

Classiness isn't something to boast about, and it's certainly not classy when Spurs fans keep holding people to expected standards. Who cares, he can talk all he wants, we won.

[milkyway21]

he shld blame it on the candles and prayers:
as promised i lighted 6 candles bec i wanted to end the series in 6 games. I'm already tired of reading the whines and the trash talks. I don't want S.A. to go back to Phoenix.

and read this:
A group of nuns, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, planned to pray for the Spurs in San Antonio ahead of Friday's game. "Does God love the Spurs more than the Suns? No, but we love them more than the Suns," Sister Geri Eveler said in a statement. "The Spurs are our boys!" ... Jeff Van Gundy, fired earlier Friday by the Houston Rockets, was an analyst for ESPN for the game. ...

thank you Van Gundy thank you sisters

[rr2418]

Who the is Steve Flash, I mean Ash, or is it Nash, ah who the fu** cares! Lets all start looking forward to Sundays game against the Jazz!

[DarrinS]

Just feel good that Stern saved your ass in this series so that you can lose it in the next.

Ironically, your team played one of its best games without Stupidmire and Diaw.


The SPurs were shorthanded tonight and two of your BEST players had a few days of extra rest.


later

[exstatic]

You're exactly right.

Which is why they won game four.

And then, with 18 seconds left and the game essentially over, a frustrated, pissed off Horry pulled a punk move and gave the Spurs that shot they needed to regain home court.

The Spurs should've massacred the Suns in game five, instead they were lucky to win.

It's not a test that only comes up once a series. You needed game 6, and were at full strength. Oh, and enough blubbering about the Horry foul. That beatdown Thomas put on Parker in the first half made Horry's little bump seem like a love tap. He took Tony out of the air, then kneed him on the way down. You know what? Tony popped up, went to the line, and sank 2. The reaction of a champion.

[samikeyp]

You're exactly right.

Which is why they won game four.

Which championship did the Suns win?

And then, with 18 seconds left and the game essentially over, a frustrated, pissed off Horry pulled a punk move and gave the Spurs that shot they needed to regain home court.

The Spurs should've massacred the Suns in game five, instead they were lucky to win.

Actually the game four win gave HCA back to Phoenix. Games 5 and 7 were in and to be in Phoenix while game 6 was in SA.

The Suns dominated game 5 and they should have won that game, but were not able to finish the job.

[DePastino]

I dont get what all the pissing and moaning is about. It's not as if Game five was the elimination game.

The Suns had two more opportunities to close out the Spurs despite the bogus occurences in Game 5. Unfortunately when it mattered the most, they allowed a manageable deficit to baloon to 20.

I call it shrinkage....... you know, when one's balls shrivel up under the pressure of a big moment. Another big name player suffers from this same issue. He resides about 250 miles north of here.......

Good thing is that now Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitski can compare MVP trophies in the comfort of thier own homes. Perhaps this year the MVP should be presented during halftime of Game 1 of the WCF.

Look at the box score dude. This was an incredibly close game all across the board.

[Catharsis]

Fair enough...but it would not be guaranteed.

Which is why the game is still played.

[ducks]

No, Amare's game is developing to the point of KG. You've all seen his outside shot this series. This season was a total coin flip on how he'd do. He was coming off of a potentially career ending procedure. He's got his jump back and now getting a consistent jumpshot. He practices 3s every day, but the offense doesn't call for him to shoot them in games. At 24 years old he's got an impressive career ahead of him that won't require a KG in the next coupld season to win.

Now Marion and the #4 pick for KG is VERY possible. Can you imagine a lineup of KG, Amare, Diaw/Thomas, Bell, and Nash? I'd like to see that lineup.

and why would the wolves do this?

[samikeyp]

What you should be doing intead of playing the "woulda, shoulda, coulda" game...blame D'Antoni. The Suns have the talent to win it all but when the big games happen.....D'Antoni wilts.

[samikeyp]

Which is why the game is still played.

agreed.

[Catharsis]

It's not a test that only comes up once a series. You needed game 6, and were at full strength. Oh, and enough blubbering about the Horry foul. That beatdown Thomas put on Parker in the first half made Horry's little bump seem like a love tap. He took Tony out of the air, then kneed him on the way down. You know what? Tony popped up, went to the line, and sank 2. The reaction of a champion.

Are you talking about when he got all ball and Tony just fell like a little girl? Yeah, that was a hard block and shouldn't have been called a foul.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I don't begrudge Nash for his comments.

The guy just played his ass off and lost. Of course he wishes he would have had full support for the series, and of course he would have wanted the NBA to be lenient in its ruling on the Amare and Diaw. I don't think he's under any obligation to think clearly and objectively after a contentious series in which he played his heart out.

To me, it's far worse to use press conferences to whine about officiating during a series in order to lobby for calls in future games. Nash was just saying what he was feeling at the time, and not with any agenda.

I agree with this.

I mean, it would have been worse if the series was still going. And he said it after game 5.
But that question is a loaded question. It's not really a big deal, if he didn't exactly let the win. He played his ass off, and really is getting impatient. Any compe or wants it NOW in the heat of the moment , not settle for later or resign himself. He'll get over it, but he was obviously still swallowing the loss in his interview. I don't know why people are magnifying it as being a .

[DePastino]

It's not a test that only comes up once a series. You needed game 6, and were at full strength. Oh, and enough blubbering about the Horry foul. That beatdown Thomas put on Parker in the first half made Horry's little bump seem like a love tap. He took Tonny out of the air, then kneed him on the way down. You know what? Tony popped up, went to the line, and sank 2. The reaction of a champion.

So did Nash.

Apples and oranges.

That foul was

a. NOT flagrant and

b. occurred when Parker was attempting a layup

Had Nash been driving to the basket on Horry and gotten fouled like that, no one would've said a word.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Ironically, your team played one of its best games without Stupidmire and Diaw.


The SPurs were shorthanded tonight and two of your BEST players had a few days of extra rest.


later

Can't wait for RoHo to come back on Sunday.