Phoenix Suns @ Toronto Raptors 1/18/09

[Proteus]

Ugh...2 turnovers by the Suns in the 1st minute of the 3rd.

 

[Ronin]

good help defense by Richardson.

 

[Proteus]

Suns up 82-71 with 7:21 left in the 3rd quarter. Nice job overcoming the slow 3rd quarter start.

 

[Proteus]

Nice steal and dunk by JRich.

 

[Ronin]

Richardson!

 

[LV-Suns]

Punani can surprisingly move really quick for someone with his physique.

 

[Proteus]

Oh geez...Amundson shoots an airball on a free throw.

 

[Ronin]

Nice drive and layup by Nash

 

[Hat]

lmao

Lou airballed a FT. God he's terrible at those

 

[elindholm]

That offensive foul on Richardson was one of the worst calls I've ever seen. There's simply nothing that he did that was even close to an offensive foul.

 

[Hat]

man we've had a bad string of refs lately.

how was that a TO on barbs? the guy reached in!!

 

[LV-Suns]

lol @ Jay Triano trying pull his hair out after the Roko foul. Only to find out there is none on his head.

 

[elindholm]

Wow. There's usually no point complaining about how fouls are called, because those always have an element of interpretation and officials are conditioned not to be consistent (for example privileging stars and changing the rules at the ends of games).

But some of the missed calls in this third quarter were simple issues of fact. On the play where Amundson was called for offensive interference, the Toronto player (Bargnani?) grabbed the net on Hill's attempt, which is supposed to be a goaltending violation. And then the ball was clearly off by the time Amundson touched it (I'm watching all of these on slow-motion TiVo replay).

The Suns are really fighting an uphill battle here. At least they aren't complaining much.

 

[Chaplin]

man we've had a bad string of refs lately.

how was that a TO on barbs? the guy reached in!!

He stepped out of bounds.

 

[Proteus]

Suns up 95-87 after the 3rd quarter. Let's try to actually finish the game this time. Suns are shooting 61% with 5/13 3 pointers, Raptors 54% with 5/11 3 pointers.

Suns have committed 10 turnovers, Raptors 12.

Suns have 5 offensive rebounds, Raptors 6.

Suns have hit 16/17 free throws, Raptors have hit 18/19 free throws.

Nash has 15 assists. Suns have 24 assists on 37 made field goals.

 

[Proteus]

Nice crashing of the offensive boards by the Suns to start the 4th.

 

[Ronin]

Amare working the offensive boards.

 

[Proteus]

Suns up 100-96 with 8:23 left in the 4th quarter. Suns have gone cold from the field to start the 4th, Suns shooting 1/8 field goals in the 4th so far.

 

[Sovereignz]

I honestly don't think there has been a better team in the history of the NBA at making scrubs look like superstars than 2009 Phoenix Suns. The defense on Bargnani and Bosh has been good, that should equal a guaranteed win against this depleted team. Yet we're getting absolutely throttled by the likes of Roko Leni Ukic, Jamario Moon and Joey Graham... christ.

 

[slinslin]

Why is Amare the only one who gets back in transition defense twice? Funny how the Raptors get a fastbreak after we miss a putback.

 

[LV-Suns]

Tie game.

 

[Proteus]

Sigh...another 4th quarter meltdown by the Suns. Suns and Raptors tied at 102 with 7:15 left in the 4th.

Suns have hit 2/11 field goals in the 4th, Raptors have hit 7/10 field goals in the 4th.

 

[Ronin]

The Suns defensive effort has been awful.

 

[Hat]

He stepped out of bounds.

because the guy grabbed his arm and he was trying to get away

 

[Proteus]

Suns up 107-102 with 6:11 left in the 4th.