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cry me a river, this guy is always complaining
...was it a block or a goaltending?
T-Wolves finally beat Suns
Associated Press
Posted: 56 minutes ago
PHOENIX (AP) - In the NBA, one man's blocked shot can be another man's goaltending.
Such was the case when Kevin Garnett blocked Shawn Marion's short jumper at the buzzer to preserve the Minnesota Timberwolves' 103-101 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.
"That was a good block," Garnett told reporters. "I mean, you all saw what you saw, but as soon as it left his hand I got it, you know. I'm sitting right here in front of you all with a win."
The Suns complained vehemently that it was goaltending, but to no avail, and Minnesota had its first victory in five tries against Phoenix.
"I feel like the Seattle Seahawks," said Steve Nash, referring to what the Seahawks felt were bad calls by officials in Sunday's Super Bowl. "It's remarkable. There's like five games this year where we've not gotten a call in the last 30 seconds. After awhile, you realize you don't get those games back, and it's tough to take."
Garnett scored Minnesota's last five points to finish with 19, but missed the second of two free throws with 14.6 seconds to go.
Nash got the ball inside to Marion who went up for what would have been a tying basket from about 8 feet, and Garnett soared to knock it down.
"It's irrelevant right now," Marion said of the non-call. "We shouldn't have been in that situation. It shouldn't have gone down to the wire like that. That's what happens sometimes when you put it in someone else's hands."
Suns coach Mike D'Antoni was less charitable. He said he had reviewed the play "about five times."
"But it is what it is," he said. "I guess on our viewpoint we've got to win by 10, so it's our fault."
Minnesota coach Dwayne Casey countered, "I thought it was a clean block at the end."
Nash matched his season high with 31 points, including going 11-of-11 from the free throw line. Marion had 14 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high eight steals in a game that featured 41 turnovers, 24 by Minnesota.
Marcus Banks also had 19 points for the Timberwolves, while Ricky Davis had 18, Trenton Hassell 15 and Rashad McCants 14. Minnesota shot 57 percent from the field, the highest against Phoenix this season.
"We blew some opportunities, looked like we were a little tight," D'Antoni said. "We just didn't play loose. I mean, this one is tough to swallow."
Raja Bell scored 19 points for the Suns, while Boris Diaw added 14 and Leandro Barbosa 10.
Minnesota had lost eight of 10.
"This is a huge win," Garnett said. "We needed it more than they did and went out and played that way."
Banks' 19-footer with 2:14 left put the Timberwolves ahead 98-94, then Diaw scored inside to cut it to 98-96 with 1:56 left. Garnett's 14-foot turnaround jumper made it 100-96. The teams traded misses, then Diaw hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 51 seconds left to cut it to 100-99.
It was Diaw's fourth 3-pointer in 16 tries this season and his first since Nov. 22.
Garnett followed with a 13-footer to make it 102-99, then Nash made a driving layup to cut it to 102-101. That's when Garnett was fouled and made one of two.
Phoenix outscored the Timberwolves 20-8 over the final 7 minutes of the third quarter to go up 80-74. Banks' 3-pointer with 8:44 left put the Timberwolves up 86-85 and neither team led by more than four points after that.
Minnesota shot 63 percent in the first half, 72 percent (13-for-18) in the second quarter, but led only 54-52 at the break.
Notes:
Bell and Garnett drew technical fouls for clapping in each other's face after Garnett was called for a foul. ... Diaw scored a career-high 31 at Minnesota on Dec. 26. ... Phoenix topped 100 points for the 11th straight game. ... Marion had six steals in the first half. ... The four players acquired by the Timberwolves in the trade with Boston scored 44 points.
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cry me a river, this guy is always complaining
Good response by Marion"It's irrelevant right now," Marion said of the non-call. "We shouldn't have been in that situation. It shouldn't have gone down to the wire like that. That's what happens sometimes when you put it in someone else's hands."
The Seattle Seahawks got beat because they suck. The Suns got beat by a sucky team because they happened to suck enough to lose.
Wow, I didn't expect that from Nash, I thought he was bigger than that (and that Seahawks reference is pretty stupid as well). Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure the Suns won a game last year when Amare goaltended a shot at the buzzer, so turnabout is fair play."I feel like the Seattle Seahawks," said Steve Nash, referring to what the Seahawks felt were bad calls by officials in Sunday's Super Bowl. "It's remarkable. There's like five games this year where we've not gotten a call in the last 30 seconds. After awhile, you realize you don't get those games back, and it's tough to take."
Ironic considering the controversy behind Amare's block in the WCF.
Interesting. I've never known him to do or say anything to imply that he was particularly classy.
Man, you guys are assholes. Nash has plenty of class.
...i'd like to see what the officials in the Super Bowl got to say regarding this one"I feel like the Seattle Seahawks," said Steve Nash, referring to what the Seahawks felt were bad calls by officials in Sunday's Super Bowl.
Wow, Suns are crying ass es STILL. Geez.
On the replay Marion was clearly going glass and shot high, was a good block but close to being GT.
so it was a clean block?
Yeah the ref made the right call by not calling anything at all.so it was a clean block?
Reading that recap of the last few minutes....nice the see the Suns tighten up that D this year.
it was really really close to being goaltending, but you can't call a goaltend on something that close at the end of a game.
The Suns seem to a of a lot for a mediocre team.
Was it the refs' fault you were on the receiving end of a chin omelet in last year's WCF?
It's ridiculous. Even if there wasn't controversy in the WCF, the Suns won a game in Sacramento last year when Stoudemire made almost the exact same play on a shot by Brad Miller at the buzzer. Of course, back then, the Suns defended the call . . . .
Suns fan = goaltending.....Wolves fan = good block...it was borderline.
so the team with the 4th best record in the league is mediocre? you're a moron.
I also agree they are mediocre, there are just alot of really bad ones.
Usually, when a ball is blocked as hard as that one was...it is goaltending...
KG blocked that ball into the 2nd row from the middle of the key...
Players should know the refs don't make iffy calls in the last few seconds, not usually at least. Marion had the right idea when he said they shouldn't have been in that position. They were at home, and the Wolves are not THAT tough of a team. Don't allow every team you play to score 100+ points and you might have a better chance of winning every game.
Just my opinion.
In case you haven't noticed, the NBA has the biggest gap between elite and good/mediocre teams in ANY sport. In football, the Super Bowl is a battle between eight-nine teams, hockey the same. In basketball, either Detroit or San Antonio will win- what does that say about the league?
The Suns are mediocre- their record means nothing other than Steve Nash is the MVP of this league without a doubt.
Where Mike D'Antoni gets his sense of en lement from, I'll never know.
seriously the suns are a team, no offense to any sons fans, u know it too. Dont even think u can hang around the spurs left nuts cose ur team are pretenders, Even with amare back, the spurs will sweep you guys.
"Wolves are not THAT tough of a team"
What? the Wolves are on a roll!
22 -25 overall
8-17 on the road,
5 slots out of 8th seed.
The Suns didn't have prayer.
Nash has never displayed anything but a whiny on the court and in the locker room. Just ask AJ.
Nash is like one of those assholes who can dish it out but cant take it so he crys like a little . Even though he is a great player he is too much of a whiny to be consided classy
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