The Suns Thread

by **Dro** on Mon May 29, 2006 2:17 pm

Damnit...held to 84 (or 86, whatever) points. We were playing pretty damn well towards the end of the second half.

You can say what you want about the officiating on a few certain calls...the Tim Thomas turnover. Whatever. It all boils down to the simple fact that we cannot get a damn rebound. And with our style of ball, there is no way Kurt Thomas or Brian Grant would be able to become integrated into the system in time.

I dunno...Dallas just looks like the better all-around team right now.

by **elwudl** on Mon May 29, 2006 4:10 pm

And DeSagana Diop is a factor as I anticipated earlier in this thread! 8-)

by **The X** on Mon May 29, 2006 8:38 pm

elwudl wrote:And DeSagana Diop is a factor as I anticipated earlier in this thread!

yep, I'll give credit where credit is due....didn't think the Mavs could slow the Suns down that much, but full credit to them for doing so :cool:

and to Colin & Drex, you are both right....as Drex said, I'm from New Zealand, but I do live in Brisbane, Australia now

as for chump, it can mean a lot of things....I'd prefer to be called a lot of things than a chump....chump can be a loser or someone who is not very intelligent or an idiot....

by **artestfighttrainer** on Wed May 31, 2006 1:54 pm

Phoenix are back! 2-2
I didn't watch game 4 but did Dirk have a bad shooting night or did the Suns defend him very well?

by **Unrestrict3D** on Wed May 31, 2006 2:13 pm

artestfighttrainer wrote:Phoenix are back! 2-2
I didn't watch game 4 but did Dirk have a bad shooting night or did the Suns defend him very well?

Dirk was horrible. Phoenix defended him just the same as they did in the previous game.

Woopy, Phoenix wins.

by **Axel** on Wed May 31, 2006 2:56 pm

The Suns have actually played pretty good defense throughout this series. It's the offense that was lacking.

Good to see Raja play today, and Kurt Thomas get some playing time as well. I'm kind of confused though, why everyone says he cant play in the Suns style. He did play 53 games this year, and I thought they had a pretty good record with him in the lineup. Maybe it's just this series everyone is referring to... :?:

by **dada** on Wed May 31, 2006 3:04 pm

2-2 huh? Kudos to Phoenix. Its good that at least one of the series is living up to its billing.

by **Colin** on Wed May 31, 2006 3:46 pm

Axel wrote:Maybe it's just this series everyone is referring to...

Bingo.

Great game all-around by the team. They even started rebounding in the second half. At one point that battle was 15-4 for Dallas according to one of the announcers, yet the game finished with the Suns having just 4 less.

54% shooting, 47% from 3, and a mere 7 TO's. How could they lose?

by **eisfeld** on Wed May 31, 2006 4:57 pm

I've been very surprised about the outcome of the game. I didn't expect the Suns to win that clearly. Kudos to them. Barbosa played very good off the Bench and Boris Diaw was awesome too.

by **KIG1** on Wed May 31, 2006 5:43 pm

Barbosa did play a hell of a game. Still, the Mavs wouldv'e won had Dirk been on his game.

by **Axel** on Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:23 am

That's easy for you to say... the Mavs were trailing by 25 at one point before D'Antoni brought in Pat Burke and the rest of the reserves. The Suns won the game, but I didn't think they played nearly as well as they could have.

by **Dro** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:29 pm

Ugh.

We had a 7 point lead in the third quarter...Tim Thomas was filling it up. Why did we go away from Tim Thomas? The Mavs called a timeout, and they started switching---Nash would be guarded by Dirk, Thomas by freakin Devin Harris. Why not give Tim Thomas the ball and have him go to work on the guy who's like 7 inches shorter?

Whatever.

It should be against the rules for a 7-footer to be that good of a shooter (Dirk). :shock:

Ah well...I'm confident that the Suns can even it up in game 6. Game 7...ehhh...I'm not so confident.

by **Colin** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:32 pm

bleah, they just couldn't stop diggler...

Damn...

by **BIG GREEN** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:03 pm

I'm definitly a nowitski fan now. I used to like him just cause he reminded me larry bird (one of my top 5 all-time favs)..but if he continues being a superstar...i'll definitly continue being a big fan.

by **Jugs** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:40 pm

Yeah I think I've hopped on the Dirk bandwagon :oops:

.

I really wanted to catch this game on ESPN but there's never any NBA games on Fridays noon. They were showing a fucking spelling bee for fucks sake. :evil:

by **The X** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:15 pm

I've been a Nowitzki fan from the moment he ripped it up at the Hoop Summit before getting drafted & traded for Tractor Traylor to Dallas....even though an average rookie season, you could see he was destined for great things....I'm glad he's added to his game each year & is showing everybody that Euros can play tough (Y)

by **elwudl** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:38 pm

Holy shit, great game by Diggler. I simply love him

I hope the Suns are shocked now and blow it all away :lol:

by **debiler** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:12 pm

WOOT!!!

He's so amazing! I watched the game and only got two hours of sleep, but it was worth it.

You gotta love that Tim Thomas bit... 8-)

Dirk's becoming a trash-talking mofo...

by **Unrestrict3D** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:35 pm

I hope Dirk breaks his ankles, both of them. Anyway, Phoenix should've kept going to Tim Thomas in the fourth to open up space for other players (if they doubleteamed him). Ahh well, can't wait for game six. Hopefully Tim Thomas can hit another bucket full of threes and the rest of the team can contribute a little more on both ends of the floor.

by **j.23** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:01 pm

as much as i like the suns, seeing dirk torch tim thomas was something to see. tim thomas really has no place to trash talk, he sucks. all he can do is hit spot up jumpers, thats it. having said that, i hope the suns win the next 2 games. i really pray they can pull this one off

by **Mazzocchi** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:45 pm

Jugs wrote:Yeah I think I've hopped on the Dirk bandwagon .

*sigh* damn Bandwagoners. :roll:

Ruining taking away from us true Mavs fans :cry:

*COUGH*Mavs fan since I first started watching Basketball in around 96*COUGH*

And Dirk has been my favorite player since he was drafted in 98 :-p

by **unorthadux** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:47 pm

We Are Al Nowitznessess!!!!!!!!!!!

by **mjje** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:44 pm

RiDirkulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This should shut up all the Nowitzki-critics/haters :twisted:

by **Jugs** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:29 pm

Snakes On A Mazz wrote:
Jugs wrote:Yeah I think I've hopped on the Dirk bandwagon .

*sigh* damn Bandwagoners.

I still have a bit of dislike towards the Mavericks, but I feel that Dirk Nowitzki got the MVP stolen from him by some Canadian tool. Plus my already bandwagoned team didn't make the play-offs so I have to support someone.

by **debiler** on Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:32 pm

Phh, so what. He'll be Finals MVP soon. :mrgreen:

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