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We've got a good draw. The Suns and Mavs are the type of teams we can beat even without Roy. If we stay focused there's no telling how far we can go.
wow andre miller. your voice? its so dissapoint to hear that. its almost like when you first heard david becham speak. good win though!
We've got a good draw. The Suns and Mavs are the type of teams we can beat even without Roy. If we stay focused there's no telling how far we can go.
Or Tyson...
MAvs will be tough to beat if Dirk is hot ...
You ain't beating the Mavs dummy....or the Suns for that matter....you just extended the series is all
You a do a good, t. You make a Giuseppe a so a happy. Thank a youu.
We can beat the Mavs easy. We've got defenders that can bother Dirk. Unlike the Spurs.You ain't beating the Mavs dummy....or the Suns for that matter....you just extended the series is all
Are you supposed to be Jamaican?
He's a Culburn troll. Just a weird demented human being.
I can't believe the Suns lost this game. Seriously, they had so many advantages in their favor and yet they still lost. That's a damn shame. Props to the Blazers, they had every excuse to just lay down and die but yet they gave it their all and stole the win. That earns my respect, let's see what happens in Game 2.
Hey DOK, when is Lopez supposed to come back? You guys look like you need him out there, even though I think that loss last night was damn near inexcusable, I know not having Lopez plays a factor.
Lopez is all but done for the year, and with that loss this series will be tough. Nate McMillan found Phoenix's achilles heel and targetted it beautifully, the question is what they do to correct that.
Sucks that he's done for the season but the Suns MUST find ways to win. That's what playoff basketball is all about, their will be injuries, blown calls, bad officiating, and bad shooting nights sometimes. But good teams can always find a way to win. It will be a huge disappointment to the Suns fanbase if they lose this series, simply because you guys are better than the Blazers. You just can't lose to an inferior team who is missing their best player. Especially since these are the last years of having Nash around. Its just inexcusable, the bright side to this is that it was only one game. Phoenix can recover and regroup for game 2, but it won't be easy. The coaching battle in this series will also be fun to watch, let's see what adjustments Gentry and McMillan make.
I'm almost sure Phoenix wins game 2 (however I was pretty sure Phoenix would win game 1 but completely ignored the possibility of them hearing about how they had a 1st round bye and not doing jack to prepare for the series), after that it's up in the air.
The thing for Phoenix is, they played like absolute dog , and Portland executed a game plan almost to perfection, yet were still a game tying 3 from overtime if Nash passed to the wide open player rather than shot a contested off balance shot. People are gonna say "There's no way Batum and Bayless keep it up", but given their athleticism advantage over Phoenix they easily can. The Suns drafted Earl Clark so Phoenix wouldn't get thoroughly raped by guys like Batum, but he can't do anything if he's not playing.
Anyone actually watching most of the Blazers games knows that they are a different team with Camby and Miller. Their veteran toughness is the key to the Blazers success. Miller is a WAY underrated player who has always played for crappy teams with no media attention. CAmby is a former DPOY who somehow is dissed all the time. These guys are for real and they aoutplayed the Suns yesterday.
The Blazers are not "under-manned." They traded for Camby to replace Oden. They have Rudy and Bayless to take Roy's place. The main difference is that now they have Miller and Camby who actually think they can win and want to win.
Pho needs to move the ball. What little of the game I watched consisted of Portland swarming Nash and Stoudamire. The need to move the ball and hit some shots, no way Portland can guard all 5 players doing what they did last night.
Primo! Absolutely primo!
LOL, Phoenix fans in the playoffs:
Yeah, maybe they'll win game 2 (almost for sure), and also all their remaining home games. The question is, can they win @ the Rose Garden?? Well... they will have to, and that's not easy.
I wouldn't be so sure Phoenix wins their remaining home games. Unless they make proper adjustments this series is over quickly. Not having anyone athletic enough to stop Bayless or Batum, or any perimeter player tough enough to keep Miller out of the paint, or any big long enough to keep Camby off the glass isn't changing. If Portland can continue to get wins out of their obvious advantages over Phoenix, the series is over.
I hope the suns can pull it off because if Portland makes it, the Mavs will have a second round bye.
Not in my book. Dallas has the same problems against athleticism as Phoenix does, and like Phoenix is a team that loves jump shots.
Dallas has a pretty tough front line so I think Portland would have to get used to taking jumpshots.
If the main focus of the SUNS coaches and players discussion for game 2 is how to get better shots and force the uptempo then this series is already over for us.
Primo! You don't fast break in the playoffs. It slows down to half court sets and execution. No team has ever fast breaked itself an NBA Championship.
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