Round 2, Game 5: Spurs vs Suns Official Game Blog Thread

[Strike]

Only other thing I remember was a clear as day Steve Nash travel that didn't get called.

Overall the officiating was on par with the rest of the series.

[SpursFan0728]

And I'm sure your gonna tell me that Bowen didn't grab Nash's arm on the way to the basket causing him to miss a lay up in the 4th. No CALL! Dude, YOU, YOUR CITY, YOUR TEAM all SUCK ASS! I bet me and Steve Nash and 3 6th grade girls could beat your crappy Spurs team.... Unless, Cheap Shot Bob hip checks one of the 6th graders into the scorers table. DIRTY SPURS will go down! The WHOLE nation HATES them!

u sound like a 6th grader pal

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I swear your posts make me laugh EVERY TIME!
Is this guy for real, or does he do this for our sake??

Yeah, he comes in right on schedule. I wonder about him if he's for real, but after the GS-Dal series maybe he just wears his heart on his sleeve. He practically owns the emoticons.

It's great. I hope the Spurs win on Friday.

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The WHOLE nation HATES them!

And we love it that way. Just makes it more satisfying when the Spurs win.

[Fernando TD21]

it was relatively decent IMO.
calls went both ways. There was a stupid Flop call on Raja Bell. That was the most egregious other than that, they let the teams play on D, and calls helped both sides have a chance in the game.

Only other thing I remember was a clear as day Steve Nash travel that didn't get called.

Overall the officiating was on par with the rest of the series.

Thanks.

[Spurs>mavs]

GO spurs go.

[RedWingz]

Suns fans you cant blame for refs for your team not being clutch enough,San Antonio has something that you simply do not,mental toughness.They have a championship team mentality and much more experience then you do when it comes to big games.Suns have alot of heart and talent but you need more then that to win les.Bottom line is you didnt hit your clutch shots and they did,Im a Piston fan so I know that is all that it takes to win/lose.Had the Pistons made their clutch shots in game 7 we wouldve won the series but we didnt and the Spurs did hit them.Spurs are not dirty or cheap,they simply used their D to hang close and hit big shots/FTs when they had to to seal the deal,your team didnt so in the end you can only blame them.The suns couldve won this game,but showed their weakness come crunch time.Its as simple as that

[Extra Stout]

Tell me Phoenix fans, how does it feel to have the lead all night long, to have it seem like those plucky little Suns were going to pull it out despite all the adversity, only to have it slip through their fingers in the last minute, and to have BRUCE BOWEN of all people apply the dagger?

Isn't it great being a Suns fan? Between the heartbreak of coming so close in 1976, the playoff chokes and drug scandals of the early 1980's when it looked like they might go toe-to-toe with the Lakers, 1993 when it seemed Barkley might put them over the top, only to have John Paxson rip your heart out...

Then came the back-to-back, gut-wrenching chokes against the Rockets...

A few years later it seemed "Backcourt 2000" would be the new power... but Penny never could stay healthy, and you ran Jason Kidd out of town.

And now, you have Steve Nash, and this fun, run-and-gun team which finally looked like it was getting over the top and getting the best of its nemesis...

And you get your heart ripped out again. It's truly unfair. But you can't do a thing about it except scream and whine and call the Spurs "dirty."

But, hey, maybe those scrappy Suns will rise above it all and win in 7? Maybe 40 years of heartache finally will end?

Nah. You know how this ends.

[violentkitten]

Tell me Phoenix fans, how does it feel to have the lead all night long, to have it seem like those plucky little Suns were going to pull it out despite all the adversity, only to have it slip through their fingers in the last minute, and to have BRUCE BOWEN of all people apply the dagger?

Isn't it great being a Suns fan? Between the heartbreak of coming so close in 1976, the playoff chokes and drug scandals of the early 1980's when it looked like they might go toe-to-toe with the Lakers, 1993 when it seemed Barkley might put them over the top, only to have John Paxson rip your heart out...

Then came the back-to-back, gut-wrenching chokes against the Rockets...

A few years later it seemed "Backcourt 2000" would be the new power... but Penny never could stay healthy, and you ran Jason Kidd out of town.

And now, you have Steve Nash, and this fun, run-and-gun team which finally looked like it was getting over the top and getting the best of its nemesis...

And you get your heart ripped out again. It's truly unfair. But you can't do a thing about it except scream and whine and call the Spurs "dirty."

But, hey, maybe those scrappy Suns will rise above it all and win in 7? Maybe 40 years of heartache finally will end?

Nah. You know how this ends.

the only thing i'll add is that they've enjoyed two 1st round playoff cakewalks thanks to late season injuries to spurs legends in '92 and '00.

[RenaldoBalkman]

the only thing i'll add is that they've enjoyed two 1st round playoff cakewalks thanks to late season injuries to spurs legends in '92 and '00.

damn, stop being so y, If the suns come back and win the series, your gonna look like an idiot