Suns vs. Heat

[arthurracoon]

No game thread already half way through 1st quarter?!?

 

[arthurracoon]

WHERE IS EVERYONE!!!???

 

[arthurracoon]

I can hear my echo in here!

HELLO!!! ANYONE THERE!!!

 

[jbeecham]

Violet Palmer Sucks. She's blown about 4-5 calls already that has either given the Heat points or taken points away from the Suns. Also that pick set by Jahidi looked pretty legal. The play where Eddie Jones went up leading with his elbows into Jake's face should have been an offensive foul (it's the same as using your off arm to clear space).

 

[arthurracoon]

Originally posted by jbeecham
Violet Palmer Sucks. She's blown about 4-5 calls already that has either given the Heat points or taken points away from the Suns. Also that pick set by Jahidi looked pretty legal. The play where Eddie Jones went up leading with his elbos into Jake's face should have been an offensive foul (it's the same as using your off arm to clear space).

The ref is a lady? I didn't know the NBA had women refs.

And yes. She does suck.

 

[jbeecham]

Hopefully Voshkul will be able to come back after halftime (with some stitches in either his chin or mouth) because he was playing pretty well. Scott Williams has been hitting his outside shot in the last 3 games and he had 2 dunks tonight. It's been really good to get production from our centers the last 3 games. I also liked how JJ shut down Eddie Jones in the 2nd qtr.

 

[slinslin]

We outrebound them, have more assists and same turnovers, shoot 21% better from the field but are up only 5 points?

 

[dyle_ph1]

Originally posted by slinslin
We outrebound them, have more assists and same turnovers, shoot 21% better from the field but are up only 5 points?

Free throw difference?

 

[slinslin]

You have to wonder what's up with Marion's rebounding now. He sure didn't fill up the boxscores lately.

 

[dyle_ph1]

Originally posted by slinslin
You have to wonder what's up with Marion's rebounding now. He sure didn't fill up the boxscores lately.

Based on that suns-magic game, I noticed that most of the plays are run thru either Marbury or Soutdamire. Lots of pick and rolls. JJ and Penny sometimes does a pick and roll with Marbury too but I noticed that marion never does it with him. He's usually just waiting by the three point line.

Marion's a pretty quiet person but you gotta wonder how he's feeling after signing that big contract and not being able to put up the same type numbers he did before.

 

[slinslin]

It is funny Frank Johnson lets Amare sit on the bench for so long when he dominates the Heat. Just sucks.

 

[slinslin]

If we lose this one FJ HAS to go.

 

[carey]

Neat, we won!

 

[elindholm]

No one's mentioning the best part!

C. Jacobsen DNP - COACH'S DECISION

 

[George O'Brien]

It was strange that the game should have been so close. The Suns shot 53.5% from the field to only 37.8% by the Heat. The Suns shot a sizzling 46.2% for threes.

I only caught the first quarter of the game, but it indicated one of the reasons the Suns victory was so close: the Heat had 14 offensive rebounds to only 7 by the Suns. The Heat outrebounded the suns by 4 and were net +3 on turnovers and took 11 more shots than the Suns.

Equally disturbing was that the Heat shot 36 free throws (and hit 30) to only 24 by the Suns who hit only 18. The Suns only made 6 more fouls than the Heat, so apparently the Suns fouled people while shooting more than the Heat did.

The Suns new style offense generated 25 assists and had six players in double figures. Marbury only went 4 of 10, but passed for 10 assists. Hardaway hit only 1 of 5, but had 5 assists in 20 minutes.

The Suns got the ball into Stoudemire who chewed up the Heat's big men with 8 of 10 shooting (plus 8 of 10 from the line) and 8 rebounds.

Williams had another strong offensive game, shooting 6 of 9, but only had 3 rebounds and five fouls in 23 minutes. Voskuhl went 3 for 4 with 2 rebounds in 13 minutes, but had 4 fouls. White was in for 12 minutes and had 2 rebounds. The Suns three headed monster scored 23 points but only had 7 rebounds. By contrast, Cabakapa hit only 2 of 6 from the field, but he did have 5 rebounds in only 10 minutes.

Marion had another weak rebounding night, grabbing only 3 but Johnson grabbed 8. Statistically, this might have been JJ's best game this season, shooting 7 of 13, 3 of 5 for three, grabbing 8 rebounds, dishing out 5 assists, and making 3 steals.

 

[schutd]

So, was it a fun game to watch/listen to?

 

[arthurracoon]

yes...

And the suns did win the game!!!