76ers vs Suns 7:00 FSN AZ

[dodie53]

http://www.janeironation.5gigs.com/cc.html

use Firefox.

 

[Proteus]

Well our offense is working now but we've committed too many turnovers (again) (8 in the 1st half).

The defense still needs to improve as the 76ers shot 50% in the 2nd quarter.

 

[Yuma]

I agree. Somethings not right with him these days

He never was a great defender. Mo Cheeks sure was a great two way PG. Those guys are rare.

 

[Budden]

I think it's time for D'Antoni to say to Amare: "We're not going to give you help when you're defending guys in the post. We're not going to double down to help you out anymore."

Amare had reason to struggle against opposing centers, because he's not really as big as many of the players that he used to have to guard. Now, he's playing at power forward, and there's no reason that he shouldn't be able to contain anyone at that position. If D'Antoni says, straight up, that he's not going to get help, there will be no one to blame when a pf goes off besides Amare. Double-teaming is kind of a defeatist strategy, anyway. It is like admitting that you can't guard a guy straight up, so you try to finagle a scrambling type of defense to make up for one's size shortcomings. Amare is a prideful guy. I doubt he'll appreciate getting embarrassed in the post if he won't be able to say, "but wait! The double team was late!"

The way Nash is playing lately, I think Amare is now the best player on this team. That's not exactly a great thing for the Suns, because in the past, Nash's ability to dominate the game whenever the team was challenged - be it in the fourth quarter, or when the opposition made a run, or anything like that - was so often the difference between winning and losing. If Amare wants to win a championship, he has to start making the plays that nobody else on the team can make. And that starts on the defensive end. Instead of D'Antoni figuring out gimmicky ways to hide Amare's deficiencies, Amare needs to find out ways to stand on his own and help the other guys on this team that can't do it themselves.

 

[Yuma]

Even Tom Chambers is complaining on how 3D could be playing like this every night. C'mon Boris, you could be a hero!

 

[Michael]

Thanks for the link, dodie53!

 

[Mainstreet]

http://www.janeironation.5gigs.com/cc.html

use Firefox.

Great link. Does it work all the time?

 

[tobiazz]

Are Chambers and Leander drunk or something?

 

[Proteus]

Great 1st half by Boris.

Now why can't he play this way much more often?

 

[Kody Rumin]

Are Chambers and Leander drunk or something?

They were acting a bit goofy.

 

[dodie53]

Great link. Does it work all the time?

i hope so.

 

[KloD]

Great link. Does it work all the time?

Damn dodie... stealing my thunder.

It's the same page raptorsnation links to. I had it saved as a favorite rather than raptorsnation. It's worked since for me.

 

[Proteus]

Argh...enough with the turnovers Nash. (2 more in the 1st 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter.

6 more fast break points for the 76ers in the 1st 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter.

 

[dodie53]

bring Diaw and LB in

 

[dodie53]

Damn dodie... stealing my thunder.

It's the same page raptorsnation links to. I had it saved as a favorite rather than raptorsnation. It's worked since for me.

oh sorry.
just want to help other fellow Suns fans.

 

[dodie53]

why foul Raja?
shot clock winding down..
tsk.

 

[Yuma]

This will sound like blasphemy, but we need to draft a PG in the upcoming draft.

 

[Alan]

What's the other site to watch games? Raptor something ... ?

 

[Kody Rumin]

What's the other site to watch games? Raptor something ... ?

Raptorsnation.net

 

[Proteus]

Sigh...the pathetic Suns are back.

 

[Roca Dolla]

what the hell is up with this garbage team ???

 

[Andrew]

Wow I just get back and they scored 20 to our 10

 

[Yuma]

what the hell is up with this garbage team ???

PG is turning the ball over, no one will get back in transition D, and Andre Igodola is the second coming of AI!

 

[dodie53]

that's the time you call timeouts.
nice move by Cheeks.

 

[KloD]

oh sorry.
just want to help other fellow Suns fans.

I don't mind, I was just kidding.