:::AnSwEr InCoMpLeTe::: (NBA Live 2005)

by **pHLo** on Wed May 04, 2005 12:41 am

i'm still sure it'll be u to walk out of the arena with the trophy

i'm lookin forward fpr the first game

by **Seraph** on Wed May 04, 2005 2:02 am

YOU GOT NO CHANCE IN HELL :twisted:

Btw check your e-mail (Y)

by **John WB** on Wed May 04, 2005 3:09 am

SWEEP THE HEAT! (Y)

by **misow** on Wed May 04, 2005 3:21 am

SUNS

SUNS

I'm fan, where can i get a jersey? :wink:

by **-BHZMAFIA-** on Wed May 04, 2005 6:13 am

hey, bateer did it, so why not wang

Well Bateer had a better supporitng cast

and he can't beat out Darko's accomplishments from last season :lol:

Go D-Wade. Too bad in NBA Live Amare can block Shaqs shot. If he couldn't, then it would be hella interesting.

Well I wouldn't say alot of block shots will be by Amare on Shaq

looking forward to see your nest update

Thanks and that will be coming up in about a few minutes :lol:

Sorry i was not around during your playoff run but i'm glad you reach the NBA Finals. i try to read all your recap later.

Honestly i dont want you to win the trophy on your first season to make it realistic (coz i know Suns will not make it this year.). But when i see your opponent is Heat, i'm rooting for you 100% to win it

So Good luck bro...

It's coo, I'm glad you back (Y)

It will be kind of realistic for me to win the title because the Suns are a strong contender out West, but the Heat are even stronger. So either way it could be pretty good, but it will be more realistic for the Heat to win.

Everyone knows that the spurs will make it this year... well sorta!

And somehow the Spurs got beaten by Houston lol

Well its a possibility like I said above. You never know :lol:

i'm still sure it'll be u to walk out of the arena with the trophy
i'm lookin forward fpr the first game

Thanks, first game is played and will be up today as well.

YOU GOT NO CHANCE IN HELL

Btw check your e-mail

BIG MEANY

And thx for what you sent :wink:

SWEEP THE HEAT!

I know they beat your taem, but itll be hard to sweep MIami :lol:

SUNS SUNS SUNS SUNS SUNS I'm fan, where can i get a jersey?

Since I'm the owner, I'll send you the jersey through email

by **-BHZMAFIA-** on Wed May 04, 2005 6:16 am

Thanks to match_66 for the great looking special edition mag. :wink:

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Wed May 04, 2005 6:45 am

Nice appetizer... looking forward to the games... Suns 4 - 2 , that's my guess...

Finals MVP: Marion

Go Suns (Y)

by **John WB** on Wed May 04, 2005 7:03 am

SbHzMaFiA wrote:
SWEEP THE HEAT!

I know they beat your taem, but itll be hard to sweep MIami

Phoenix is one of my teams also, so BEAT them.

by **pHLo** on Wed May 04, 2005 9:10 am

Maj. DWeaver99027 wrote:Nice appetizer... looking forward to the games... Suns 4 - 2 , that's my guess...

Finals MVP: Marion

Go Suns

hey... u're stealing my thoughts ^^

that's exactly what i'm thinking

by **-BHZMAFIA-** on Wed May 04, 2005 9:13 am

Heat Draw First Blood
Miami had the most experience down the wire

FINAL 1 2 3 4 T
Heat 24 22 32 28 106
Suns 26 23 19 33 101

Heat-106

Suns-101

Dwyane Wade was one of three players with 20 or more for the Heat

PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- All the butterflies and cold bumps were gone once the players met on the floor for tip-off. "We were a little nervous during warm-ups, but once we got on the floor for the jumpball, we knew it was time for business," Shawn Marion said. The crowd was standing and cheering as the Suns recieved the first tip of the 2005 NBA Finals. The Suns started the game off by making their first shot by Joe Johnson off a pick from Marion. The entire game didn't go that way unfortunately, as the Heat, who had experience on their team ended up making a huge run in the 3rd quarter that put them up 78-68 heading into the 4th quarter. "We had Shaq in foul trouble, but he was still able to play wtih 5 fouls and played very smart," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said.

The Heat were finally able to score after having a 6 missed field goal drought late in the 3rd quarter. Eddie Jones' putback with 11:31 to go put Miami up 80-68 in the 4th quarter. Joe Johnson helped spark a mini 7-0 Phoenix run after makign a 3-point basket to move Phoenix within' 5 points at the 9:43 mark. Amare Stoudemire started to forget about his 2/12 start during the game after scoring 6 straight points for Phoenix that kept them within' 85-81 and gave him 8 points for the quarter. He then was able to tie the game up at 87-87 after draining two free throws with just over 6 minutes to play. Eddie JOnes converted on a 3-point play after Nash delivered his 5th foul and Jones was able to put Miami up 95-91 and Coach D'Antoni inserted Barbosa back in to save Nash for the whining minutes.

Nearing the 4-minute mark with the Heat up 95-93, Alonzo Mourning tried to tip-in a missed shot by Damon Jones and after missing the first tip, he went up again and failed on that attempt. He then grabbed the rebound and went up to dunk the ball, but Stoudemire met him at the top and swatted the ball out of bounds that electrified the crowd with his blocked shot. Stoudemire then came back down the other end and finished what he started by recieving the ball under the goal and dunked on Mourning to tie the game back up at 95-95. Christian Leattner knocked down a pair of free throws to put Miami up 101-97 at the 2:09 mark. They gained this lead with Shaq on the bench with 5 fouls.

Marion drove inside and went up strong, but was fouled by Laettner and was sent to the line for free throws. He made both shots, but Phoenix still trailed 103-101 with 1:01 left to play. Joe Johnson ran a pick and roll with Hunter who was wide open under the goal. He recieved the ball, but ended up blowing the layup and the Heat grabbed the rebound with 30.2 seconds left. The Suns didn't foul and the Heat ran as much clock as possible. Eddie Jones went inside to Mourning who was quickly doubled by Marion, but Marion collapsed on defense and left Jones open on the wing. Alonzo passed it back out to Jones and he nailed the three to put the Heat up 106-101 with 7.6 secs left and the Suns used their final timeout of the game. Phoenix for the quick 3-pointer with Johnson running a off a screen from Stoudemire and taking the shot from the top of the key, but it rimmed off the frontend and Miami grabbed the board to run the clcok out.

SUNS HEAD COACH MIKE D’ANTONI

"We had a great chance of winning the game, but couldn't connect on key plays down the stretch. We had quite a few players "off" tonight and they weren't putting up their regular numbers that we usually get from them. Another thing that hurt us was our shooting from the outside. We shot just 4/16 from downtown and those aren't our everyday numbers."

SUNS GUARD STEVE NASH (16 PTS, 11 ASSTS):

"This game was just a learning experience for us. I knew that they we were going to be a little nervous no matter how much coach talked to us before the game and even though some of us didn't want to admit it, you could see it in us. We played good overall though despite being nervous and we got Shaq in foul trouble early on. There were a couple of mistakes we had late in the game that really cost us, but we have a chance to bounce back in Game 2 and get our homecourt advantage back."

SUNS FORWARD/CENTER AMARÉ STOUDEMIRE (26 PTS, 9 REBS):

"I'm pretty disappointed that we lost this game because I think it's key for us to win the first game. I wasn't able to come through early on, shooting bad from the field, but my 4th quarter production wasn't enough to help us win the game. I think what made it tough for us was the fact that we were so use to playing the Rockets and forgot who we were playing. That 7-game series really messed with our minds mentally because we were so use to having a certain game plan. We should win Game 2 because I know coach will make some adjustments."

HEAT HEAD COACH STAN VAN GUNDY

"This was a big victory for us tonight and we had alot of unsung heroes out there with Shaq in foul trouble. I was deciding on letting him come back in late in the game, or keeping him on the bench and after I saw how well Mourning was playing, I had no reason to take him out. Having Mourning out there gave Shaq more rest for Game 2 and we will really need that with the Suns fast pace running game."

HEAT GUARD DWYANE WADE (22 PTS, 7 REBS, 9 ASTS):

"With Shaq in foul trouble, the team as a whole stepped up down the stretch and if we can continue that kind of production from the team, we can definitely win this series. Damon, Eddie, Haslem and Mourning really showed what they had in them tonight and without those players playing the way they did, we probably would be as happy as we are right now about winning the first game. We have a long way to go so it's not time to celebrate."

Heat -Team- Suns
52-Rebounds-48
24-Assists-25
6-Steals-7
9-Blocks-5
21-Fouls-18
11-TO's-11
38/92-FG-38/89
6/18-3PFG-4/16
24/27-FT-21/29
16-Off. Reb-14
36-Def. Reb-34

A. Mourning- 7pts, 7rebs, 2asts
C. Laettner- 2pts, 2rebs
E. Jones- 21pts, 8rebs, 4asts, 2blks, 2stls
D. Jones- 19pts, 6rebs, 3asts
D. Wade- 22pts, 7rebs, 9asts, 2stls
S. O'neal- 21pts, 10rebs, 4blks
K. Dooling- 2pts, 1ast
R. Butler- 1pt, 3rebs, 4asts
U. Haslem- 11pts, 8rebs

A. Stoudemire- 26pts, 9rebs, 5blks, 16 in 4th
S. Marion- 30pts, 14rebs, 5asts, 1stl
J. Jackson- 4pts
J. Johnson- 15pts, 7rebs, 4stls
S. Nash- 16pts, 4rebs, 11asts, 1stl
S. Hunter- 1pt, 5rebs
W. McCarty- 2pts, 2res
Q. Richardson- 7pts, 7rebs, 4asts
L. Barbosa- 2asts

Game Photos
Stoudemire's 4th quarter outburst wasn't enough to overcome the Heat
Shaq getting ready to do what he does best
Shawn Marion continued where he left off in the last series
Johnson helped out alot on O'neal during Game 1
Eddie JOnes scored 21 points in Game 1
Steve Nash being trapped by Flash and The Diesel
Damon Jones finished the game with 19 points and three 3-pointers

by **Mark.** on Wed May 04, 2005 9:19 am

Big game form STAT and Matrix wasnt enough for the win, makes the series more interesting I guess, But you know whats on offer if you win.

Good luck (Y)

by **Ruff Ryder** on Wed May 04, 2005 9:22 am

It's the motherfuckin Shaq attack biatch!!!! w00t, you lost! :mrgreen:

How did you go about defending the "Little Warrior"?

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Wed May 04, 2005 9:23 am

It's tough to lose one of the first two games at home in the Finals. Games 3,4 and 5 are in Miami so now you'll definitely need to win one in Floride to make it... Hey, no pressure... :lol:

Marion is going to be MVP, allright, he had a great start (Y)

by **pHLo** on Wed May 04, 2005 9:24 am

damn... Marion had a BIG game, but with stoudemire struggling early it was difficult to make the comeback, i guess.

i'm sure u'll grab the win next time

by **Jing** on Wed May 04, 2005 9:34 am

wow, what a game, and a great one too

by **-BHZMAFIA-** on Wed May 04, 2005 10:44 am

Big game form STAT and Matrix wasnt enough for the win, makes the series more interesting I guess, But you know whats on offer if you win.

Good luck

Yea, Shaq, Jones Bros. and Wade put up an even better performance combining for 83 points.

It's the motherfuckin Shaq attack biatch!!!! w00t, you lost! How did you go about defending the "Little Warrior"?

If you mean by "Little Warrior" is Shaq then I just tried to double or triple team him whenever he got the ball. Sometime his post position was so deep that I had a hard time stopping him earlier, but one thing that really helped me is that when I came over to help with Johnson and a few other guards, he lost the ball easily in the post after I pressed the steal button. If you was talking about Wade :lol:

then I really didn't stop him because he usually doesn't play that well against me. He almost had a triple double and he kind of played like T-Mac in Game 1 with his explosiveness just like he plays in the real life which I kind of liked. He shot alot of jumpers, but not alot of 3's and when he had the chance to go all the way in, he tried to either dunkt he ball or lay it in.

It's tough to lose one of the first two games at home in the Finals. Games 3,4 and 5 are in Miami so now you'll definitely need to win one in Floride to make it... Hey, no pressure...

Marion is going to be MVP, allright, he had a great start

I had forgot about that the series format switches up in the Finals with it going 2-3-2. Now the pressure is really on because I wasn't expecting to play 3 straight games in Miami :lol:

damn... Marion had a BIG game, but with stoudemire struggling early it was difficult to make the comeback, i guess.

i'm sure u'll grab the win next time

Yea it's all Stoudemire's fault

But there were alot of players that struggled like Q-Rich. He only had 7 points in the game and he was missing shots that he usually makes. Hopefully in Game 2, he will have a much stronger game along with Stoudemire being ready to play in the first half and not holding out til' the 4th quarter.

wow, what a game, and a great one too

Thanks, I know Seraph is happy that EJ hit the 3-pointer that sealed the game for Miami too. :lol:

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I will try to finish Game 2 Recap today. The reason why I won't have any previews really for the Finals is because the magazine was really the preview for the entire series so I really only be doing recaps unless the series may possibly go to 7 games or something. I might have a couple of extra surprises throughout the series as well to give it that NBA Finals atmosphere, don't know when it will come, but stay tuned :wink:

by **The X** on Wed May 04, 2005 10:52 am

this looks to be a good series....Heat appear to still be rolling from that dramatic 0-3 comeback against the Pistons....

go Matrix

by **Kuttan** on Wed May 04, 2005 11:11 am

aww..ur down 1, that aint bad, ill be rootin for u man

btw if u wanna update wades shoes, ive made em :cool:

uve a great dynasty man..one of my favs

by **HonorGlow** on Wed May 04, 2005 12:36 pm

...from the Extreme Archives of the 2005 Birdie Project: (info)
SbHzMaFiA's Suns 2004-05 mid-season Birdie Breakdown:

So close so close...Nash and Stoudemire duel it out for Team MVP honors during the mid-season, but at least at this point, Amare wins out as he squeezes by Steve with a weighted Birdie score of 22.96- and his 'reversible' Live Card is now enabled.

Tapping into the top 20:
This Dynasty instance is currently ranked #20 on the 2005 Birdie Board

Complete 'Birdie Breakdown' coverage AND to see Stoudemire's ' reversible' Live Card click here.

Mafia: Wow, I did it...seesh took me long enough! I know you're in the playoffs but is it possible to send the End of Regular season pstat...let's find out who really got Team MVP Honors! ...as it seems I'm back, the results won't take that long to get back!

Again, Sorry about the extra extended wait!