Clippers @ Suns 5/16/2006 game thread -Yahoo/ESPN previews

[az1965]

Let's finish the quarter with strong momentum...

 

[SirStefan32]

NICE! Finally they are playing like the Suns we've watched all year.

 

[az1965]

There we go again... chance to close quarter close and we give up 5 points

 

[Evil Ash]

Another qtr, another horrid finish.

 

[az1965]

Fast break pts 13-0 Suns!

Let's come out strong. Gotta hit shots. JJ provided good energy coming of the bench. We need high energy from everyone and run away with this game.

 

[Ryanwb]

Tim Thomas rules!

 

[az1965]

Nice start of 2nd half!

Let's keep them on their heels...

 

[az1965]

Bell ringer!!!

Up by 18

 

[az1965]

Matrix - 2 huge offensive put backs

 

[S_Nash]

Kevin who?

Give this guy another 15 million. You can't buy that sort of athleticism

 

[Absolute Zero]

TT picks up #4, but sure is nice seeing the Suns pull away for a change. Keep it up!

 

[Evil Ash]

Stop leaving Vlad open for 3. Double off anyone else but him

 

[Absolute Zero]

Clipps on a run, how bout a timeout Mike?

 

[az1965]

They are on a run - lead down to 10

 

[Evil Ash]

Clipps on a run, how bout a timeout Mike?

How about driving?

Down to 8. We always do this, start well at the beginning of the qtr and then stop doing everything that worked to give up the damn lead.

 

[az1965]

Make that 8... we don't know how to close quarters...

 

[hsandhu]

We're gonna let a 19 point lead dissapear in 6 mins, in the game of our season, and d'antoni waits forever to call a timeout. After the 3 to cut it to 14 he should have called a timeout, you could sense the momentum swing.

 

[Evil Ash]

19 point lead down to 5 and will be down to 3 shortly. We lead the league in stupidity

 

[hsandhu]

After having a 19 point lead, if we lose this game, we will lose the series, and the last 6 mins of that 3rd quarter should be right up there with the worst moments in suns' playoff history.

 

[az1965]

We just seem to go into a shell after getting good leads

 

[Nasser22]

It's a 6-point lead now. Nice job by Marion so far.

 

[HooverDam]

no way was that a flagrant by Thomas

 

[jlove]

so what's gone on in the game so far? I'm at work and can't watch or listen to the radio or even check the sports pages to find out.

 

[Evil Ash]

no way was that a flagrant by Thomas

It wasn't. Ross lost his balance and started to shoot a fadeaway. TT almost blocked it cleanly

 

[az1965]

so what's gone on in the game so far? I'm at work and can't watch or listen to the radio or even check the sports pages to find out.

It was pretty even 1st half. We were up by 9 but they had a mini run and closed it to 6.

2nd half we came out very strong and took 19 pt lead but then thought we had the game in the pocket so everyone went into a shell and they evened the quarter.

Right now we are up by 6 in 4th with 8:26 to go.