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Suns are beatable. I think they can beat the Spurs due to HC, but I can't see them beating Spurs and Miami/Det.
Up until now, part of me still wanted to believe that the Spurs would be able to get past the Suns even though they would hold homecourt advantage when/if they met in the WC Finals. But after watching them clobber the Griz and manhandle a very game Mavs team tonight, I'm convinced that we're going to need a lot of luck if we hope to make it to the Finals. Not only did they beat the Mavs handily, but they made it look easy.
Suns are beatable. I think they can beat the Spurs due to HC, but I can't see them beating Spurs and Miami/Det.
The Grizzlies were horrible and the Mavs aren't much better. It will be a different story in the WCF.
Good examples Memphis and Dallas.
Two teams who's defense stinks, and has no good players with dribble penetration like Ginobili and GASP Parker.
NO good Big men on the post to get Stoudamire in foul trouble.
I agree, Spurs are just like Memphis and Dallas.
They sewpt the same Griz we swept last year.
Dallas isn't an elite. They still can't play defense.
The Spurs are on a monster roll since game 1 against Denver.
The SUns are in for a big shock when they finally face defense in the WCF.
Dallas and Memphis were fine on defense this season. Memphis was awful on offense however. Dallas was solid on D, but certainly not elite.
If Dirk keeps up his subpar play (before the game is decided), then the Mavs have no chance to make it a series.
Heck if Dirk keeps playing poorly, I think the Nuggets could beat the Mavs easily in a series.
Don't get scared when you see the offensive powerhouse sweep a very inexperienced, lower-tier western conference team....and then beat a decent western team ONCE...
People (myself included) got caught up in the whole D back in Dallas thing....Apparently we were fooled into thinking some D was good D.
They just need to put a good defender on Nash, and a body on Amare at all times.
Have no fear....Parker has played Nash well many times, and Amare will not have his way on our bigs.....Fear the Rasho. Fear him.
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they'll be boo'ing ginobili and crying about bruce in no time
I don't see anything in the Suns that wasn't there the first two times the Spurs beat them. Memphis is a terrible team, and the Grizzlies had a chance to win at least one in that series. The Mavs have played one good game in the last 8. It's not surprising that they got hammered tonight, but it doesn't suddenly make the Suns the runaway favorite to win the championship. I want the best teams playing their best game so when the Spurs beat them there are no excuses.
I don't think you give the Mavs enought credit. They were good enough to beat a very good Houston team after dropping the first 2 at home. That's no easy feat.
For the record, I hope I'm wrong. But you can't deny the Suns look damn good. Couple that with the fact the they hold home court advantage, and I don't see the Spurs making it to the finals this year without a little luck. But after 0.4 last year, maybe luck will be on our side this year.
Quite honestly I would not fear the Suns AT ALL if the Spurs had HC.
But without HC I think the Spurs somehow might tend to get down on themselves if they took a blow early in the series on the road. Or lets say they lost a game badly. I could see them losing confidence a bit. But if they had HC, got off to a solid start, and came down to a Game 7 in SA, then I could see them winning the series easily.
A lot of it has to do with how tough the Spurs are as a team mentally and how confident they are with their iden y.
of course not.I don't see the Spurs making it to the finals this year without a little luck
If only Beno Udrih was the starting pg.
Ouch! Ice has been served!
If the Spurs stay healthy, I believe they'll take care of business. They can get back on defense and stop transition play. The Nuggets were a BETTER running team than the Suns are and they were held in check.
Don't get me wrong, the Suns could win that series. They could get hot from the outside and the Spurs can get cold shooting the ball. But I think overall, the Spurs matchup well with them.
The Nugz were better on D than Phoenix. Maybe as solid at pushing the pace as the Suns, but the difference is they did not have a scorer like Amare.
Thats basically the difference between the two teams.
No excuses.
I want a healthy Spurs against a healthy Suns in the WCF.
That would be a great series based on how well both teams are playing right now.
I never said that. I have to hand it to you T-Park. You're consistently good at trying to put words in my mouth.
If the Spurs stay healthy, I believe they'll take care of business. They can get back on defense and stop transition play. The Nuggets were a BETTER running team than the Suns are and they were held in check.
Don't get me wrong, the Suns could win that series. They could get hot from the outside and the Spurs can get cold shooting the ball. But I think overall, the Spurs matchup well with them.
bravo.
Denver prepared the Spurs for Phoenix perfectly.
Just like in 03 when Phoenix prepared the Spurs for Dallas and New Jersey.
the suns are nothing to us. we proved it in the regular season and we are in their heads. Dallas had decent HALF-COURT defense, but 0 transition defense. spurs excell in both. bruce can shut down joe johnson with ease and manu/brent ony has to stand at the 3 point line with Q. nash will be owned by tony and whould ony get the majority of his assists to amare, not the other perimeter guys. marion is 6'7 and timmy will OWN him. amare will get his as he has been doing in the season, but thats it. no problem guys. dont worry. and they still have to get past _allas
I hope the Spurs think so.
I saw so many blown opportunities by the Nuggets. The Suns are faster, space the floor better, and shoot the outside shot much better. Denver's offense is nowhere near as potent as the Suns.
Big difference between regular season and post-season.
This is what a lot of Spurs fans fail to see. Or maybe they just don't want to. The Nuggets blew countless opportunities to make it a tougher series than it turned out to be. A team of the Suns' caliber isn't going to be so forgiving.
The way I see it the only game the Mavericks won was game 7. The Rockets were in control of every game in the fourth quarter and managed to choke them away.
The Suns look good, but offense always looks good, and so do blowouts. The Mavs didn't show up. Everybody needs luck to win a championship, but the Spurs still match up well with the Suns. The Spurs' offense is better than the Suns' defense, and the Suns' great road record is negated by the Spurs' great home record. As with the San Antonio/Seattle series, it's only 1-0, regardless of the margin of victory. The Mavs can still win the series.
before the suns were the team to beat it was the 22-2 or whatever nuggets who were the team to beat.
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