Suns @ Spurs

[Zobaczcie suki]

Huge game, another must have.

Go Suns!

Everybody please deploy as many reverse jinxes as you can!

 

[boisesuns]

I hear Horry has signed a 10 day contract with the Spurs. They're bringing him in for "defense"

 

[Mainstreet]

I hear Horry has signed a 10 day contract with the Spurs. They're bringing him in for "defense"

Are you sure Bruce Bowen is not part of the package?

 

[boisesuns]

Are you sure Bruce Bowen is not part of the package?

he'll be at the scorers table in one way or another. He wouldn't miss it for anything.

 

[FArting]

Go Suns!

Payback time vs the Sterns.

 

[sunsfan88]

Gonna miss this one but I'm gonna try to be home to catch the last few minutes of the game. Will have it on DVR, but hopefully the game is favored in our way when I start watching the later parts of the game live.

Hopefully we don't choke in the 4th QTR like we do against every other elite team...

Go Suns!

 

[AzStevenCal]

Gonna miss this one but I'm gonna try to be home to catch the last few minutes of the game. Will have it on DVR, but hopefully the game is favored in our way when I start watching the later parts of the game live.

Hopefully we don't choke in the 4th QTR like we do against every other elite team...

Go Suns!

This just makes no sense. First off, we have beaten some fairly good teams. Secondly, we are struggling to break into the bottom of the playoff barrel so how in the world could it be called a "choke" if we're playing an "elite team"?

We're still primarily an offensive team and yet we don't have a go to scorer and we don't have a guy that can draw a shooting foul in the critical moments. We are ill prepared to fight on equal ground as the game comes to a close. It's not a choke, it's a byproduct of our lineup. We have Nash and a lot of solid players. Elite teams have a hell of a lot more than that.

Steve

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

STARTING LINEUPS
Point guard

Spurs: 9 Tony Parker (6-2, 11th yr)
Suns: 13 Steve Nash (6-3, 16th yr)
Nash on pace to lead NBA in assists for 6th time, only behind John Stockton (9).
Shooting guard
Spurs: 4 Danny Green (6-6, 3rd yr)
Suns: 26 Shannon Brown (6-4, 6th yr)
Brown erupted for career-best 32 points in Spurs’ March 27 win in Phoenix.
Small forward
Spurs: 2 Kawhi Leonard (6-7, 1st yr)
Suns: 3 Jared Dudley (6-7, 5th yr)
After averaging 11.1 points in March, Leonard down to 5 ppg in April.
Power forward
Spurs: 21 Tim Duncan (6-11, 15th yr)
Suns: 8 Channing Frye (6-11, 7th yr)
Spurs are 9-1 this season when Duncan tallies at least 20 points.
Center
Spurs: 45 DeJuan Blair (6-7, 3rd yr)
Suns: 4 Marcin Gortat (6-11, 5th yr)
Gortat can post Suns’ first double-digit reb. year since Shawn Marion in ’05-06.
SPURS RESERVES
25 James Anderson, G, 6-6, 2nd yr
15 Matt Bonner, C/F, 6-10, 8th yr
33 Boris Diaw, F, 6-8, 9th yr
20 Manu Ginobili, G, 6-6, 10th yr
3 Stephen Jackson, F, 6-8, 12th yr
8 Patrick Mills, G, 6-0, 3rd yr
14 Gary Neal, G, 6-4, 2nd yr
22 Tiago Splitter, C, 6-11, 2nd yr
SUNS RESERVES
1 Josh Childress, G/F, 6-8, 6th yr
33 Grant Hill, F, 6-8, 17th yr
15 Robin Lopez, C, 7-0, 4th yr
11 Markeiff Morris, F, 6-10, 1st yr
2 Ronnie Price, G, 6-2, 7th yr
22 Michael Redd, G, 6-6, 12th yr
31 Sebastian Telfair, G, 6-0, 8th yr
21 Hakim Warrick, F, 6-9, 7th yr
COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Suns: Alvin Gentry
INJURIES
Spurs: None
Suns: None
PROJECTED INACTIVE PLAYERS
Spurs: Cory Joseph
Suns: None
NOTABLE
With win tonight, Spurs will clinch 18th division title in franchise history, and ninth of the Popovich-Duncan era. … Spurs have won five in a row over Suns, including a pair of meetings this season. … In 53 career games vs. Phoenix, Duncan averaging 22.2 points, 12.3 rebounds. He averaged 25 points and 11 rebounds in first two matchups this season. … Once the NBA’s offensive gold standard, Phoenix ranks 11th in scoring at 97.8 ppg. Spurs are third at 101.8. … Nash and Parker are two of four active players to rank as their franchise’s all-time assist leader. Dwyane Wade (Miami) and Jose Calderon (Toronto) are the other two. … Since All-Star break, Spurs’ bench supplying 44.5 points per game, tops in the league.
- Jeff McDonald

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...t-spurs-41-16/

Whew! Corey Joseph will NOT play tonight for the Spurs.

 

[95pro]

i like lopez on duncan better, his length and height might give duncan some issues. it seems like duncan always has a good game against gortat. at least when we had amare, he was there to neutralize the spur's bigs offensively.

 

[95pro]

13-35, all spurs.

pretty sad. nash has nothing in the tank tonight

 

[SunsFanVegas]

Ugly...Ugly...Ugly game

 

[Mainstreet]

13-35, all spurs.

pretty sad. nash has nothing in the tank tonight

Correct.

 

[SunsFanVegas]

Suns can't buy a bucket

 

[95pro]

just watch, the spurs make a shot here to end the half.

 

[BC867]

13-35, all spurs.

pretty sad. nash has nothing in the tank tonight

Are we going to have to give him nights off on back-to-back's as well as three-in-a-row games?

That is not the basis for another contract at the age of 38. It's three years now that Steve is dragging during crunch time.

I'd love to see him retire as a Phoenix Sun, but until he is gone . . . well, how many backup Point Guards have we gone through trying to run Nash's system? Telfair has been the only one who hasn't failed and it has taken him half a season to be mediocre.

 

[95pro]

our two old goats are out for the rest of the game.

 

[95pro]

gortat has been such a puss. he hasn't once attacked duncan. and all his shots have been short. duncan by being duncan, is in his head.

 

[95pro]

when things were going good, we let them drain a 3 to end the 3rd. we were close in making this a game.

 

[Proteus]

We won the 2nd through 4th quarter, outscoring the Spurs by 8.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Per KTAR... BOTH Nash and Hill were hurt and our "out"... whatever that means. No idea if they are "out" for the season??

 

[Jersey Girl]

Per KTAR... BOTH Nash and Hill were hurt and our "out"... whatever that means. No idea if they are "out" for the season??

Yeah, I got a text from them to that effect. WTH?

 

[Manu4five]

Nice easy win. Spurs had 13 players playing 11-24 minutes after having a great, sharp start for once. Sloppy play by the Spurs in the second half but that often happens in games like this. Still hope you make it to the POs.

 

[sunsfan88]

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[Cheesebeef]

so... THIS is what you guys are all excited for as we try to make the 8 seed? To have to watch this, or something similar vs. OKC for 4 straight games? Sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Nice easy win. Spurs had 13 players playing 11-24 minutes after having a great, sharp start for once. Sloppy play by the Spurs in the second half but that often happens in games like this. Still hope you make it to the POs.

We're a bit of a longshot to make the playoffs, obviously, much moreso if Steve's injury lingers. The Spurs do a better job than most teams at maintaining their focus when the game appears out of reach early. We've always been at the other end of the spectrum when it comes to playing with a big lead.

Steve