FlipBoardI'll say two things about the Spurs' win last night: (1) Phoenix played the kind of gutsy game that made me like the team even more, and (2) if the Spurs win this series, these NBA Playoffs are dead to me. Period. I will refuse to write another word about them. Fuck, I'll switch to hockey. Choke on some cock, David Stern.
In NBA games I'm willing to talk about, the Nets were eliminated in Game 5 against the Cavs last night after scoring only six points in the fourth quarter. Wait, what? They won? They scored six points in the final quarter of a win-or-go-home playoff game, and they won. Huh. Ladies and gentlemen, the Eastern Conference.
"The fourth quarter wasn't pretty," [Nets guard Jason] Kidd said. "Both teams were on fire defensively, not on the offensive side."
So… it was the Cavs' defense that made him miss five free throws in the final minute? Interesting. Show of hands: who wants the rest of the playoffs canceled while the Suns and Spurs play best-of-seventeen?
I wouldn’t mind seeing a pistons/suns match up, but I think Stern just fucked all that up
Damn shame the Robert Horry to fuck up a perfectly competitive series.
dont give up hope, i mean, the suns couldnt win without stoudamire but now the spurs have to try to win at home without Robbert Horry so it evens out.
Matt – let me know where I should send the Red Wings, Senators, Sabres or Ducks jersey.
Was I the only one hoping for more Bonner on Burke action?
DeBerg- Probably.
I was calling for more Oberto.
Lets go Spurs. But lets go Utah right after. And since the Raptors are out, lets go New Jersey in the East.
Utah v. New Jersey! Ratings domination!
I’m a die-hard Cavs fan, and I was disgusted with the game. Boringest 4th quarter I’ve ever seen. They had every chance to win the game, but decided to pick at their asses (and make millions doing it).
And the fact that they’re saying LeBron’s mind was elsewhere (his g/f had to be rushed to the hospital at halftime) was complete bullshit.
Oh, and fuck Reggie Miller. I can’t fucking stand hearing to that moron announce games on TNT.
screw that… bring back the mavs to beat the spurs
Thank goodness Joey Crawford wasn’t around to create a refereeing controversy.
In case you couldn’t tell, I was being sarcastic.
Straiga, Is it me, or does Reggie Miller sound like he’s doing a voice? Like he’s in character? My guess is, his voice is really high. The kind of voice you get when your sister’s more of a basketball player and man than you’ll ever be. I hate listening to him. But not as muc as I hate Bill Walton.
C’mon Cavs, gotta make it happen.
@Tim…Bill Walton is in a league of his own Douchebaggery. Reggie is a douche-bag in training. I think the thing with his voice is that he’s trying too hard to put emotion into it, when even he sees that the game is more boring than Tim Duncan.
The real fucked part is, despite missing their 2 guys the Suns were kicking ass the entire game. The Suns just ended up blowing it big time in the 4th. The Spurs have a better chance at home, even with Stoudemire and Diaw back, then the Suns had at home. I laugh at Phoenix fans everywhere.
Deberg…Pistons / Suns? Are you kidding? If the Suns think the Spurs are Rough and “dirty” they might actually walk off the court crying like a kid holding an empty ice cream cone and a mess on their shirt if they played Detroit. Nash would flop himself into convulsions and then Dantoni could come out and give him an adrenline shot right on the court (hmm…I like that. That might work.)
Eastern conference should be allowed to play with bigger rims…maybe shorter too.
if by the suns kicking ass, you mean the spurs played like shit for three quarters, then i agree with you bigphil. the spurs should’ve been exploiting their duncan matchup advantage all night, but he couldn’t buy a shot the first half. and all the spurs perimeter players couldn’t buy a three until the fourth quarter. also, i never complained that the spurs were dirty just bowen, which he has been for many years. and rojo, if you wanna talk flops, you should talk about the bell flop with a minute and a half left when manu “pushed” him. it was the greatest moment in karma history. bring on game six.
i second that. Let the Spurs and Suns keep playing games until one of them submits, kind of like a Last Man Standing match. There series is as good as its going to get for the rest of the playoffs, so let them keep playing until each team has lost all their players to injury with the final showdown being Duncan vs Stoudemire for all the marbles in a Hell in a Cell match.
We seem to have a Phil-on-Phil flamewar brewing. I tend to agree more with BigPhil than with his Philthy counterpart on this one…I know Duncan has an advantage in the post, but give Kurt Thomas some credit–he’s a great defender, and he always seems to give Duncan fits.
Can’t disagree about Raja’s flop though. I like the Suns’ energy and play (and, of course, I think the Spurs are worse than Hitler and want them to lose every game they ever play), but they ARE pretty soft.
PS, this might be the greatest title for any blog entry ever.
i’m just trying to point out that the spurs played their worst first quarter of the season and their worst first half of the season. thomas did an amazing job on duncan first half, but duncan was missing shots that he was making all series. once the second half started i think he made his first five shots on thomas. kurt is a good defender, but duncan is probably the best low-post player in the nba along with rasheed. no way thomas was gonna shut him down all game while avoiding fouls. then once the rest of the spurs remembered how to hit open three pointers in the fourth it all went to shit. the suns may have had the lead all game, but they were shooting horribly and the only reason they were holding it for so long is cause the spurs were shooting worse. nice work spurs. you found a way to disappoint me in a game were i thought we had almost no chance to win. bring on game six.
OK…I repent. The Bell flop was epic. I actually think at halftime Manu / Raja Bell / Nash / Derek Fisher / Valde Divak / and John Stockton should come out and have like, a total free-style Flop-Off!
It would be more fun that the Eastern Conference.
flop-off while kicking toddlers! yes!
and yeah the spurs did suck for 3 quarters and yet the suns failed to take advantage and lost so they sucked also.
the suns had a pretty damn good excuse for sucking. what was the spurs excuse?