the playoff drive: Suns@ Pacers thread

[Chaplin]

Nope, I'm watching this ESPN2 stuff here in LA as well. They must have lost the feed.

Dammit! And League Pass doesn't have the game going either.

 

[JS22]

Will someone tell me why Amare has been out since mid first after scoring at will against the Pacers?

 

[Joe Mama]

Originally posted by WastedFate
Will someone tell me why Amare has been out since mid first after scoring at will against the Pacers?

I was wondering the same thing, but it's hard to complain about the move when they outplayed and outscored the Pacers with him out of the game.

I still think Isaiah Thomas is not a good coach. The Pacers really should be the best team in the Eastern Conference. If they have arguably the best center in the Eastern Conference, the best power forward, one of the best small forwards, a savvy veteran shooting guard, and by far the best bench. They've been pretty good this year, but I think they should be better.

Joe Mama

 

[slinslin]

WTF!

Erick Strickland.......

 

[Chaplin]

Amare is single-handedly keeping us in this game.

 

[Chaplin]

All 3 of Marbury's fouls are total crap.

 

[JS22]

Suns down 6 now.

WHY THE **** DOES FRANK KEEP TAKING AMARE OUT!?

 

[Joe Mama]

Originally posted by WastedFate
Suns down 6 now.

WHY THE **** DOES FRANK KEEP TAKING AMARE OUT!?

I think he was trying to keep him from picking up that third foul. They were actually playing just fine without him in the game. They had a few unfortunate turnovers at the end of the second quarter, and that's why the Pacers have a 6 point lead at the half.

Does anybody else feel like I do that Ron Artest should have been thrown right out of the game for that elbow to the back of Bo Outlaw's knees? It was just no reason for it.

I can't believe the Phoenix Suns are down by only six points. Penny Hardaway, Joe Johnson, and Stephon Marbury are a combined 3-17 so far. The Suns are shooting just 39.5% compared to 54.1% for the Pacers.

Joe Mama

 

[JS22]

It just annoys me that every single time Amare picks up a foul Frank pulls him out of the lineup. Frank is the sole reason Amare plays soft on defense sometimes. He wants to stay in the game. Let the guy learn how to play proper defense instead of pulling him after every single little foul.

 

[sunsfn]

When they took Amare out one time it looked like the coach (?? from Miami heat...can not think of his name) asked him how he was.....Amare kept saying I'm all right, I'm all right........I think that is what he was saying.

I thought a few games back that they are resting Amare every so often to keep him fresh in the games.

He has already played more games than he did in his two years of high school basketball and they are probably worried about him getting tired at this late stage in the year.


WHERE THE H......... IS BIG JAKE?????????

What is going on, why are they not playing him?
Do they think he is not in playing shape and do not want to change the team while they are going for the last place in the playoffs????
They need his big body to stop some of the layups other teams are getting, and also for the playoffs!!!!!

 

[PhiLLmattiC]

Is the game back on espn?

 

[JS22]

******** officiating.

im turing this off.

 

[slinslin]

Why is Frank Johnson taking Amare and Steph out in the 3rd quarter??

 

[JS22]

because he's a ****ing moron who shouldnt even be an assistant.

 

[Joe Mama]

Originally posted by WastedFate
******** officiating.

im turing this off.

I fell asleep for a few minutes. What did I miss? The only bad call I saw was when Jermaine O'Neal show that Amare Stoudemire and downs on the baseline, and they gave the ball to Indiana instead of calling a foul.

Also, Jermaine O'Neal has only come out of the paint (on either end of the court) a few times the entire game.

Joe Mama

 

[JS22]

Down by almost 20. So what do you do? Take out your only player who is doing anything. (Amare)

Nice job Frank.

 

[Joe Mama]

Originally posted by WastedFate
Down by almost 20. So what do you do? Take out your only player who is doing anything. (Amare)

Nice job Frank.

OK. Now I'm with you. What's worse is that when he is in the game Marbury and the rest of the Phoenix Suns have totally gone away from him. They need to spend this summer learning how to get Amare Stoudemire the ball more often.

Marbury really needs to move the ball around right now. The ball just isn't going in the basket for him very well today.

Joe Mama

 

[slinslin]

LOL

Casey Jacobsen

1. Tries to drive and gets his shot blocked.

2. Tries once again to drive and once AGAIN picks up the offensive foul.

What a great move by Frank Johnson to start playing him in this game...

On top of that he has absoultey NO medium range game, his jumpshot is mediocre at best, can't take his defender off the dribble and pull up, needs quite a lot time to get his shot off and is one of the worst defenders I have ever seen.

Remember when Amare said that he would like to have Casey's jumpshot? Ugh he might have to find someone else to learn that from.

 

[JS22]

When will Jerry hire a real coach? With some good coaching this could be a 5-7 seed team. I cant even count anymore how many bonehead moves Frank makes per game.

I have officially jumped on the "Fire 4QF Bandwagon"

 

[Joe Mama]

Originally posted by slinslin
LOL

Casey Jacobsen

1. Tries to drive and gets his shot blocked.

2. Tries once again to drive and once AGAIN picks up the offensive foul.

What a great move by Frank Johnson to start playing him in this game...

I do not understand this move at all. Not only is Casey Jacobsen the disaster on the offensive end of the court, but on the defensive end he keeps getting matched up with Harrington. Jacobson has absolutely no business being in this game right now.

FJ's lineups have been very suspect in this game.

Joe

 

[slinslin]

Casey will have to do some dramatic improvements to justify that first round pick.

Shawn Marion needs to learn how to take care off the ball. I know his turnover average is pretty low, but every game he has to handle the ball more than spotting up or making a few drives after he has set up his defender and he loses the ball WAY too much.

17 turnover for the Suns already and 7 for Marion.

 

[fordronken]

I don't mean to offend anyone, but I'm getting awfully sick of the people on this board complaining about poor officiating in every single game. No wait, it is a bit toned down when we win. That just goes to show that if the refs were calling the games right, we'd be 82-0 at the end of the season.

 

[JS22]

ford, if you have noticed we have complained about the overall officiating also. Face it, the officials in the league SUCK.

 

[JS22]

This is why Frank is a complete moron:

Amare goes 15/7 in 23 minutes. He started out dominating the game so what does frank do? Pull his ass. Amare starts to get rolling, commits a ticky tack foul. What does frank do? Pull him again.

Now, Amare has been playing extremely well today...in the 23 minutes frank has allowed him to play! there's no excuse for that!

edit: NBA.com just updated his minutes at 34. Is that right?

 

[PhiLLmattiC]

Penny hasn't been playin either.