where have you gone Joe Johnson?

[7footer]

One of the keys I believe in Game 3 will be Joe Johnson. Having him as a scoring threat was key down the stretch. So far in the playoffs he looks a bit tenative-much like his early season troubles at home.

The 3-pointer also needs to come back for them which will help open up the inside. Johnson can also help out in this regard. Marion at times though has been too quick to take the three instead of giving a fake and driving inside where he will either get a layup or draw fouls

Suns havn't drawn enough of them

 

[jbeecham]

I agree with pretty much everything you said. Joe Johnson needs to score in double figures and so far in games 1 & 2 he's been tentative. The pressure of the playoffs looks like it has shattered his confidence and he's afraid to miss a shot. His teammates need to get on him and let him know that they have confidence in him and that he needs to take those shots and drive to the basket like he was doing at the end of the season. If the Suns can get 4-5 guys in double figures then we should be in excellent shape to win the series if the officials aren't too bad.

Marion took game 2 off offensively. The majority of the game he stood out on the 3 pt line and watched everyone else play. He forced a lot of bad shots. I know Bowen is supposed to be a good defender, but Marion is so hard to defend because his style is so erratic with his off-balance shots. Here is the play that the Suns haven't been running much lately and they need to bring it back, Marion runs along the baseline and gets a double screen from the PF and the C and he curls around the last screen towards the middle of the paint and recieves the entry pass and has a wide open 10 ft shot. I haven't seen them run that since early on in the year and it used to get Marion very good looks at the basket.

 

[Goldfield]

JJ is a big key for us...


But he is very young and this is his first time in the playoffs.

This whole team is very young. I hope they can dig down and beat this team!

I feel we can beat the spurs, we just need everyone to step it up somemore...

GO SUNS!!!