Suns CANNOT play halfcourt or defense

[dreamcastrocks]

Suns fans, a bit of advice:

STFU!

Your beloved team won a game convincingly, we get that. Please act like you've been here before! These are the playoffs. These are the Spurs in the playoffs. Trust me, the people on this board have seen the Spurs in the playoffs FAR more than you have in the past 10 years! Your experience has been 5 or 6 games, and then, well, out.

The Spurs periodically lay an egg in a series; they often do that against teams they feel, rightly or wrongly, "comfortable" with. Twice this lackadaisical at ude has cost them series against teams: last year against the Mavs in game 2 the Spurs messed up bad, and in '04 against the Lakers the Spurs gave away two in LA; feeling confident they could hold homecourt. ALL other times, the Spurs have gotten whipped, then come back and regained dominance. I don't know what caused the Spurs to take Phoenix lightly (could be the 5 game playoff winning streak they were riding IN Phoenix; it could be they believed their press, who knows), but the net result is; until it happens again, and Phoenix shows some level of consistency against the Spurs, you, Suns fan, are not going to get satisfaction from us Spurs fans. The Spurs have owned the Suns for too long, and we have all lived through Spurs games like this against lesser opponents in the playoffs for years.

We just went through it in rd 1 with Nuggets fan; who thought they had the Spurs RIGHT where they wanted them; we've endured it ALL year from Mavericks fan, last year it was Sacramento, before that Denver and Seattle, in '03 it was you, Suns fan, who had a team steal one in San Antonio!

It was a game, a game that Phoenix played great in, and beat the Spurs by 20 points. BUT, the Spurs now hold a home-court advantage in this series against a team that hasn't won here in a long time, and whom the Spurs have dominated in the W/L for years now. I, and many Spurs fans, are reasonably confident that this series is going to turn out to our liking, frankly, despite the game last night. So talk smack if you must, but understand, we strongly feel history is on our side. Duncan is, after all, 4-0 in series against the Suns.

The Suns won their elimination game in 05 against the Spurs to kept from getting swept. Call it what you want, but the last playoff series that we faced each other in, isn't a long time.

You're right, the Spurs now have homecourt advantage. If you switch game 1 and game 2, where blew you out in game 1, and you guys win game 2, the entire mood would be different, but shouldnt. We have to win one in your building to extend the series.

The Suns will have a better chance of winning game 4, than game 3. Popovich should be able to look at tape, and figure out what is wrong with his team.

[kps0001]

Everyone kept saying, but it wasn't true. If you remember, the Suns were up 10, early in the game. There was only a 6 minute stretch in the 1st quarter when the Suns were shooting terribly. They did shoot a ton of shots, but the 1st half of the 1st quarter was great. They had about 17 points.

Then ended the 1st Quarter 6 for 24 or so but it wasn't that bad for the entire quarter.

I just was reiterating what Nash said after the game. :shrug If was only 6 minutes I certainly was pretty nervous for those 6 minutes.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I thought the Suns played pretty darn good D. I was impressed with their effort. Thomas on the floor does change the look of their team on the defensive end of the court.

That being said, I thought the Suns played full bore while the Spurs looked a little complacent. I'm surprised that D'Antoni showed his lineup hand before the game and Pop & Co. weren't more prepared for it. But I felt like the Spurs mailed this one in in the second half.

I could see the Suns splitting in San Antonio, but I still think the Spurs win the series.

[Xylus]

The Suns won't blow out the Spurs like this again in this series.

[DePastino]

You know, all the crap by Suns fans in here would be fine - except that we're still technically "down" in this series.

Why don't you guys save all this bravado for when/if the Suns take one of the next two?

The Spurs haven't been "solved" yet.

[MadDog73]

Finally, some realistic Suns fans.

Now, if the Suns pull this off, I will be eating crow, but until then...