Phoenix @ Indiana GameThread, Nov 5, 2008 5:00 PM MST

Where's everyone?

by Coolbean04 on Nov 5, 2008 5:27 PM MST reply actions

At work...it's early here

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 5:31 PM MST reply actions

Amare is blowing up!

21 points in the 1st Q!
But the Pacers can’t be stopped either – 38 – 27.

D-Fense…D-Fe….ddddd

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 5:38 PM MST reply actions

Barnes

Perhaps Barnes last minute departure has thrown the team for a loop

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 5:40 PM MST reply actions

Definately

Everybody looked lost in those lineups, especially when Boris came on for Shaq.

by hcblankscreen on Nov 5, 2008 5:40 PM MST up reply actions

Pretty sloppy first quarter

I don’t think anybody read their scouting reports, hopefully they know Murphy shoots 3s now.

Thank god we have our MVP.

by hcblankscreen on Nov 5, 2008 5:40 PM MST reply actions

Amare shooting 100%

8 – 8

Is there a basketball equivelent of a perfect game?

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 5:41 PM MST reply actions

The Pacers

won’t keep shooting this well….

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 5:49 PM MST reply actions

I can’t help but really, really, really want Dragic to hit every shot he takes. Not in the sense that it’ll be a couple of points for the Suns so much, but that he’s just a kid and I want him to succeed.

That probably doesn’t make any sense.

by Black Jesus Disciples on Nov 5, 2008 5:50 PM MST reply actions

It does

You are known for your love of all things Slovenian.

I think they call that Slovenianphile

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 5:53 PM MST up reply actions

Leaving the office now

Later gents and others

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 5:53 PM MST reply actions

Lou's making the most out of his minutes

Hard screens, hands in the passing lane, couple of offensive rebounds, dude’s fighting out there.

by hcblankscreen on Nov 5, 2008 6:05 PM MST reply actions

jinxed him

Too bad he can’t make a lay-up

by Black Jesus Disciples on Nov 5, 2008 6:07 PM MST up reply actions

did lopez play at all in the 1st half?

by cah05 on Nov 5, 2008 6:30 PM MST reply actions

Nope

Boris came in and Amare slid to the 5, then Lou.

by hcblankscreen on Nov 5, 2008 6:31 PM MST up reply actions

apparently playing well in the summer league is not a good sign

Bayless is not doind well either and other players that were not that good in the summer are doing great.

by Falcao on Nov 5, 2008 6:36 PM MST up reply actions

Shaq is gassed

Too bad he couldn’t get the whole game off.

by hcblankscreen on Nov 5, 2008 6:39 PM MST reply actions

how good is amare

by cornvillian on Nov 5, 2008 6:59 PM MST reply actions

STAT is going nuts!!!!

It's never just a game when you're winning. - George Carlin

by DennardC on Nov 5, 2008 7:07 PM MST reply actions

I really wish I could watch this game...

…but I’m stuck at work. 4 point difference with 5 minutes left? Amare scoring half the Suns’ points? Wow.

by Genesius on Nov 5, 2008 7:20 PM MST reply actions

Scoring screwup

So Amare’s being congratulated for getting a career-high 51 points after the game and then he’s told he only scored 49? Apparently, they gave 2 of Diaw’s points (on a dunk no less) to Amare by mistake. Sounds fishy to me, kind of like they waited to make the correction until Amare and the Suns thought he had a career high and then he didn’t take any more shots.

by TwinnerA on Nov 5, 2008 7:44 PM MST reply actions

I think he was trying harder

To get a triple double then to get a career high. Sucks if it’s for real, but that game was sheer dominance nonetheless.

by hcblankscreen on Nov 5, 2008 7:52 PM MST up reply actions

Defense

Showed up in the second half holding the Pacers to 29% FG and ZERO three’s

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 5, 2008 8:07 PM MST reply actions

Defense

Pretty nice combination of offense (especially Amare – forget his points his 6 assists were awesome) and timely defense at the 2nd half. I guess Porter’s really hammering defense into the Suns heads. With such defense Suns should be able to survive games when their offense sputters. In the past we’ve seen games where theyre shooting really well for a major part of a game and come out losing or winning close when the other teams defense cranks up …. and the Suns start forcing shots

by toto_l2003 on Nov 5, 2008 8:42 PM MST up reply actions

Lame

The Spurs were about to drop another to the Wolves but they refuse to whistle Duncan for his 6th. Hopefully they can still pull it out.

by hcblankscreen on Nov 5, 2008 9:02 PM MST reply actions

I'm curious

if the dunk in question (the one originally credited to STAT that went to Diaw) was on that broken play where Nash got a loose ball and lobbed an alley oop from 35 feet. Diaw actually caught it and did a reverse slam, and I figure it might’ve baffled the scorers so much they gave it to Amare instead.

by Azreous on Nov 5, 2008 10:02 PM MST reply actions

That's exactly what happened

I read that somewhere last night. Boris joked about it actually that the score keeper (or anyone) isn’t used to seeing him do that.

JSun made a great point that Boris has a fantastic game which was obviously overshadowed by Amare but still was exactly what we want for Diaw. Overall – he’s having a great year so far.

LB is the only one that is still really struggling.

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by Seth Pollack on Nov 6, 2008 8:27 AM MST up reply actions