phoenix/detriot thread

[Chaplin]

Originally posted by Joe Mama

I thought the referees were kind to the Phoenix Suns in the first half. That kindness is gone now.

Come on Joe. I know you are the biggest referee evaluator on the board, but if the refs were kind to us in the 1st half, they were kind to the Pistons too.

I hope Jerry is at least trying to find out why Jake and Googs aren't playing. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[PhiLLmattiC]

Originally posted by Chaplin
Googs could do as well as Voskuhl, and he certainly wouldn't be any worse than Scott Williams. Besides, we could use his outside shot, don't you think?

With the amount of time that Googs sits on the bench i don't think he'll be hitting many of his shots. He'll probably be ice cold out there and start hangin around the rim. If Lil Jake and Outlaw don't get in foul trouble i don't see any reason to put him in. I would put him in before Williams though.

 

[JS22]

Suns are falling apart.

Nice.

 

[Chaplin]

Good shot by Penny. Man, did we need that.

 

[PhiLLmattiC]

Penny's clutch.

 

[elindholm]

I don't really see the Suns as "falling apart." They've lost their halftime lead, but it has happened gradually. Detroit is playing very good defense and is using their strength advantage consistently. The Suns have been outplayed in the first 18 minutes of the second half, but it's not like they're giving the game away.

 

[PhiLLmattiC]

Alright maybe that last message was a little to early. Just a little. I lost track of time.

 

[JS22]

Marbury is freaking clutch. The Kidd trade actually looks like its in OUR favor these days.

 

[JS22]

I almost had a heart attack when Steph threw up that 3. ...and I almost passed out when he made it!

35 seconds left. Suns by 4. Keep the lead!

 

[JS22]

I guess Voskuhl wanted to make it interesting.

 

[elindholm]

Well, the final ten seconds should be interesting.

 

[Chaplin]

To expect Jake to hit two straight clutch free throws is probably a little much though...

 

[JS22]

I dont know WHAT Billups was thinking!

HA!

 

[elindholm]

Excellent game! This makes up for the Seattle loss.

 

[Chaplin]

Big win...

 

[boisesuns]

great win. anyone catch marbury talking to billups before the play was run? classic. what was with the tights or socks?


marbury was unstopable.


suns on espn on sunday against indiana too. indiana scored 140 points tonight????? tim hardaway looked pretty good for his first game back.

 

[elindholm]

The Suns won this game at the free-throw line. Only one miss each from Stoudemire and Voskuhl in 21 total attempts. Great to see them make their free throws for a change.

 

[jbeecham]

Originally posted by boisesuns
what was with the tights or socks?

Marbury took a knee to his leg just above his knee so he wore those tights to help keep the muscles warm and loose.

 

[jbeecham]

Is anyone else sick of watching back to back commercials with Kobe and Shaq during almost every commercial break during Suns games?

 

[boisesuns]

thanks jbeecham,

he's looking like a ninja "slashing" through the defense

how's that for cheesy?

i think marbury played clutch, but i didn't see him get it to amare after amare screened for him almost every play. the screen and roll was screen and score. as long as they fall i guess. i think it's pretty obvious amare is itching for the ball too.

great game. time to geep it going against indiana

 

[boisesuns]

Originally posted by jbeecham
Is anyone else sick of watching back to back commercials with Kobe and Shaq during almost every commercial break during Suns games?

i'm no health expert, but isn't drinking sprite the last thing you want to do before or after a workout?

 

[hcsilla]

Originally posted by Chaplin
I can see him becoming a good shooter, but he also seems to me that he can become a player like Rip Hamilton--a guy that can shoot, but he has the body to be a Marion-type slasher as well. Houston actually is an average defender at best, and JJ can actually become quite a good defender given some time.

Johnson reminds me of a better skilled and less assertive and agressive version of Shane Battier.

 

[hcsilla]

Great,great win!

 

[Charles V]

great win. anyone catch marbury talking to billups before the play was run?

http://www.arizonatribune.com/index.php?sty=2474


As the teams came out for the game's final play, Marbury teased the Pistons Chauncey Billups.

Marbury said the two had played against each other since he was 13; he thinks their first meeting was at a BCI tournament in the Valley.

So Marbury said, "I know you're going to try a 3-pointer."
Billups indeed got the ball outside the 3-point line, but knowing the Suns had a foul to give, "He jumped into me to try to get three (free throws)," Marbury said.

Instead, Billups took a terrible, off-balance shot that wasn't close. And the Suns had their big win.

 

[schutd]

Originally posted by elindholm
Elindholm, Its nights like this that your assessment that our inconsistency points to us being a not very good club is hard to swallow.

Sorry! But let's be realistic. The Suns shot 61% in the first half. No team anywhere in the world can do that on a regular basis. Yes, the Suns played well and got good shots, which they made, but 61% is still outrageous. You know that Detroit is thinking, "They can't keep shooting like this." And they're right.

Oh totally. Im just saying that when you sit there and watch a half like that unfold, it's hard to fathom the team playing any other way, you get so wrapped up in that particular performance. I split after halftime. Judgin by the final score on my pager last night, It unfolded exactly as you said.

Im just glad we got the win.