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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...oivin0416.html
Bring on the Spurs
Paola Boivin
The Arizona Republic
The stars with height, like to pick a fight, deep in the heart of Texas . . .
Are we there yet? Forget Utah. Never mind about Houston. I want the San Antonio Spurs to face the Suns in Round 1.
Can you think of a more entertaining series? The Spurs and Public Enemy No. 1, "Genghis" Bowen, against the Suns, a team that made a blockbuster trade primarily to shorten San Antonio's postseason. advertisement
Some don't want the Spurs until later. I want them now.
"I'd rather not see them at all," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said Tuesday. "I think they're going to be very good in the playoffs. They'll go down swinging."
Pause.
"Maybe literally," he said with a smirk.
How can you not love this matchup?
The series would be a much-needed antidote for Suns fans, too. They have become a neurotic bunch, seeing injustice in every call against their team. ("Maybe they should play their games at Jobing.com Arena!" one voice-mailer screamed Tuesday. "Because they keep getting jobbed!")
Deep breath, people. Deep breath.
If the Spurs meet the Suns in the first round, the Suns win. I don't care who has home-court advantage.
The Spurs have issues. They've lost three of their past six games, including that 90-64 fiasco against Utah. Let's not forget the 21-point defeat to the Lakers and the 17-point loss to the Suns.
For all the good things that an experienced roster can bring, sometimes experience is spelled A-G-E down the stretch, and you can't help but wonder if that's what's going on here. Look at some of their second-half point totals recently: 26, 33, 34.
Yuck.
Last season they led the NBA in point differential. This season, they're barely in the Top 10. Offensively, they can't spread the floor the way they have in the past. This is not exactly a team heading into the postseason with a lot of confidence.
The Suns, meanwhile, finally have shed their one-dimensional tag.
Their flexibility was evident in back-to-back games against Memphis and San Antonio.
They played like the old up-tempo Suns against the Grizzlies, and the newfangled Suns against the Spurs, thanks to tough defense and fourth-quarter dominance.
"We're more equipped to handle different things that come at us," D'Antoni said. "That was the whole point of the trade."
Ah, yes. The trade. Have you noticed what Shaquille O'Neal has done to Tim Duncan, recently? O'Neal has limited Duncan to 15-of-40 shooting in their past two meetings.
The super-sized Saguaro gets giddy when talking about defending San Antonio's cyborg in the post.
Talk about entertainment value.
And let's be honest. Aren't you simply beside yourself over the prospect of Bruce Bowen returning to US Airways Center?
Suns fans' nerves are still raw after seeing the elbow he directed at Amaré Stoudemire's ribs April 9.
"Where's this guy from, anyway? RanGOON?" one e-mailer said. "Where does he sleep? In a LaGOON?")
He attacks ribs like Fat Albert at a Tony Roma's.
His "accidental trips" are like the late Timothy Leary's "accidental trips."
A Suns-Spurs opening series isn't certain, but it's a strong possibility.
Our resident Shaq-etologist, The Republic's Paul Coro, on Tuesday morning looked at the remaining regular-season games and came up with 32 combinations that could affect playoff pairings.
Thirteen of those scenarios had the Suns facing the Spurs.
Lucky us.
Be careful what you ask for.
Suns suck.
Amaré is dumb as , Shaq is done, Nash isn't playing at a MVP level, Bell and Barbosa are overrated and D'Antoni can't coach.
Dear Paola, you will eat some crow soon.
bring'em on!
I can't wait to read his article after the Spurs beat the Suns! Again!!
No, I'm with Paola on this one. I think Phoenix wins this series.
But it will be entertaining! And watching the Nones flame out themselves against L.A. or Detroit will be nice.
i'm a big tim leary fan and well this writer is the biggest dumb i've ever seen!
i don't care if we are an 8th seed... you are no spurs fan! who the goes against their own team? bandwagons calling ya name and it has a big suns banner waving you on.
What!? I'm totally Spurs. I have silver & black boxers, for crying out loud!
The thread posted an article with the presumption that we are to comment on it. I commented on it. This year's team is not that good compared to last year's, and is looking at losing in the playoffs to someone better, if not a first-round loss.
But I'm still pulling for them.
I'll be marginally surprised if the Spurs beat the Suns playing like they have, but the Suns do suck. LA, NO, or Utah would beat them. Maybe even Houston.
the suns are playing better than we are this point so i would have to give them a slight edge.. now with that being said i see tim uncan taking it to snack and keeping him in foul trouble for the whole series.. tim on the elbow with snack on him? good luck suns..
You may have your prayers answered...a royal ass ing you dumb !!!
Nice prayer anal queen!
lol, that was pretty good"I'd rather not see them at all," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said Tuesday. "I think they're going to be very good in the playoffs. They'll go down swinging."
Pause.
"Maybe literally," he said with a smirk.:
God I can't wait to eliminate the Suns again.
Sad effort--sort of sounds like that writer from Denver.
Another local beat writer talking smack before the playoffs only to disappear after the Spurs are done with them.
Weak Suns beat writer. Ghengis Bowen? Lame. I'm gonna laugh hard when the Spurs eliminate the Suns.
There's just nothing more entertaining than watching that Mike D'Antoni guy cry and approach a state of seizure. Just hilarious.
The Suns are usually a nice mid-playoff appetizer. I guess the Spurs will have to eat early this year.
The Suns are very well-equipped to overcome us this year. They match up well and are playing well of late while we're sucking.
That said, if this is what they want, we'll oblige for sure. I'm not saying we'll win, but beating us in a one-off game and taking us down in a 7-game series are two very different things. The only series defeats we've had in the past 5 years are due to a miracle shot on a late-starting clock (Fisher's shot) and a dumb foul on the last score of regulation in game 7 (Dirk's and-1).
That's 5 years of battle scars, memorable performances, clutch shots and championship swagger, folks. We'll give them something to remember, win or lose. Bring it on.
That's what I thought we see plenty of those in the playoffs. The Denver's and Seattle's were the worst though.
The Suns are usually a nice mid-playoff appetizer. I guess the Spurs will have to eat early this year.
i hope you are right.....
Phoenix sucks.....Amare and Shak are Dumb and Dumber!!!!!!!!!
Phoenix sucks.....Amare and Shak are Dumb and Dumber!!!!!!!!!
I agree on one of them.....
WTH wow.
Somebody bump up this thread when the Spurs win in 5. No way are we going to lose to the Suns.
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