On offense the adjustment to go to Diaw in the post Shaq on the other block obviously worked well. I wonder now if that move got into Amare’s head and he sulked his way through the afternoon. They very rarely got Amare the ball in positions he’s used to and while that adjustment helped the Suns in one way it will hurt if Amare can’t step up and adjust his game as well.

Yet another chink in his MVP armor. MVPs, particularly champions, always find a way to help their team win. Not scoring? Rebound. Hustle on defense. Hell, simply freak out and cheer from the sidelines. Whatever the case, he needs to keep his head in the game even if he’s not getting the ball in his hands.

The Spurs are focused on NASH, STAT and SHAQ – so contribution from everyone else is crucial.

Having gotten those contributions, perhaps this will open things up for our MVP stable.

Perhaps we could feel good to win with those other guys, knowing that you can’t keep our MVPs down forever – they still have big games to come.

I truly believe winners bring it every night, up or down. Losers wait until the last moment and go for hail marys. The Suns will not be winners until they develop a killer instinct and treat every game with unmerciful intensity.

So I’m with you and JVG:

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2008/4/26/461520/game-4-the-last-stand#5496221

Here I am… ready and at peace to let you go…and you come up with this win. Just like Mike said, it’s even more frustrating because we all know that they can beat this team. Why don’t they perform like this every night they play?? Who knows…..
Tha fact is that they won and (keeping in mind that we have beat them in their house before) you guys gotta be kidding me if you don’t feel at least a slight feeling of hope. If any team can come back from this type of deficit is the Suns.

As a Yankee fan in 2004, I will never forget what happened. One of my sport heroes, Mariano Rivera, blew the chance to shut the door on the Red Soxs and the rest is history. Could you imagine how the Red sox’s fans felt after they won that series? I want to know that feeling, I want to be on the other side this time.

The Suns have looked like this all year, and I know I myself have posted many times on it, this team runs on heart and effort. It’s sort of reasonable to expect that that might be missing on a February night in Memphis. It’s inexplicable and unacceptable to see that at home in game 3 of a series you’re down 2-0.

On the other hand, the Spurs really were flat out unconscious on Friday, more than the Suns coming out flat the Spurs were dialed in from the jump ball. I’m not sure they could have been beaten that night. What that unfortunately really highlights is how costly letting game 1 slip away was.

Still, we are where we are. Everybody knows the Suns have it in them to win games against the Spurs. The question is will they find that on Tuesday or not?

we figure we can win when we have to and only play our hardest once in a while (as a team), it sucks to watch the energy level be on one end of the scale for one game, and the opposite the next. Whomever is leading this team (coach..player..) I hold them somewhat responsible for this, but, maybe this team is just parts and doesn’t really have a leader.

Something very interesting came across my mind, many were talking about amare and how he didn’t score much in the last game. In my view, from what I read (AZrepublic) quote from Amare kind of trashin the coach and the 7 seconds or less idea, I bet some of the Suns are like F… Amare, lets win this on our own. We almost did it 2 years ago, and now we have shaq, I can’t help but think Bell, Diaw, Nash, etc were ticked off at amare turning on his coach so easily. Leave it to our version of J.Howard (dope using mav’s player) ...meaning amare to say stupid stuff. I disagree with some of the coaches decisions…sure, but we were close to winning that first game in which we lead throughout, and I feel the next game is all about one thing, energy….Sadly…with this team…you don’t know until the game starts playing what that energy level will be. Me, personally, I meet Jason the jet terry on a plane and I’m doing “the jet” (with my arms) for days after. I’m an excitable, happy, motivated guy, the suns are off and on,

I’ll tell you how the nba could easily become the most watched and followed sport, it’ll not happen but the idea is great. Simply have all nba players earn $450,000 a yr. Then all players get all the $$$$$$ extra based on playoff performance of their team. As it currently is, too many nba players get paid way too much….out of control. Players (in general…not all) might talk a good game about wanting to win the title, but with the money they’re making, do you really think they’re that beatup about not winning….oh man…we lost…time to fly to jamaica