D'Antoni is a moron. He keeps going to Diaw when they need a big basket. It has failed him everytime. Parker is underrated. I think he is the best big game PG in the game. And he is only 25 years old.
He's got a massive advantage over Manu in the post. He just has to execute. All he has to do is draw the double team and then dish it back to nash for him to create against a defence that has been shifted.
This is a good game... I'm pulling for the Suns... Ewwww... did I just type that? You know what I mean. I'd like to see them stretch it out... What can I say? I was deprived of seeing the Rockets kick the Jazz's rears... so I'm awaiting the highlights...
uhh, that was out on bruce bowen. not sure how the ref thought that hit nash's knee. somehow, when i hate nash everything goes right for him. when i want him to do something, he's like 4-15 and commits turnover after turnover in crunch time. and the suns get even stupider by just conceding the inbounds to ginobili instead of doubling or pressuring. such a mentally weak team.
What replay are you guys watching? It didn't touch Nash's knee. It touched both of his hands. Ridiculously obvious.
that was a BAD call by the refs clearly out on Bowen. It is lame that Doug Collins has to be the NBA's little pawn, he knew it was out on Bowen, everybody did, yet he said nothing about it other than it was a turnover.
when do refs ever call that out on the offensive player? it's like a block where the offensive player technically touches it last but it's always called out on the defense. same as pass deflections and strips. that's out on the defense 99 times out of 100. in fact, the ref even pointed to his knee or hip to indicate the ball deflected off of nash's leg, which it most clearly did not. refs missed one, and a big one.
I've been saying this all season. He isn't the same and Suns fans are about to see him get real old real fast in the next season or two. I did go on record saying Phoenix would come back and win the series in 7 so I guess I look like an idiot on that one. The window just slammed shut on Phoenix' title chance.
The Suns don't know how to play tough in tight situations. There's always some incredibly mindless mistake that does them in. You don't piss away a simple inbounds pass on that play. You don't blow a layup if you're Stoudamire in Game 1 that could've sealed the win. And so on. It's always something with that team. They've got the talent but not the fortitude. At least when it comes to the Spurs.
i've never seen an announcer refuse to point out an obvious bad call as much as collins. i remember in the lakers/sixers finals a few years ago, iverson took a 3 that came up about 3 feet short and he complained that kobe fouled him on the way back down. going to commercial, they showed a replay, and kobe didn't just hit him on the wrist, he hit him on the forearm about 9 inches below the wrist. completely obvious. as we go to break, collins commends kobe for the good defense while staring straight at the replay. and man, the spurs just always make the plays down the stretch, and whether they force it or not, their opponents always don't.
