Post Game Thread: Suns beat Spurs 116 - 104
by Seth Pollack on Dec 15, 2009 9:19 PM MST
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The Suns blew a big lead (again) but came back strong in the fourth behind an amazing game behind Amare, Nash and Dragic.
Discuss. Recap coming.
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What a game!
Amar’e, Nash and Dragic were awesome!
"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"
I went to bed early
but some kind of divine intervention got me out of bed to watch this. So freaking glad I did.
Grant Hill is totally the next MJ!!
WHO WAS THAT GUY WEARING NUMBER 1 FOR US
HE LOOKED FAMILIAR
I hope Amare killed that fool who was impersonating him for the past few games XD
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
He looked as explosive as ever
it was really fun to watch him play tonight.
"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"
I don't even think he was as "explosive" as he used to be.
He was ENGAGED and AGGRESSIVE. I don’t think we’ll ever see the Amare who used to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2JzsJOjRG8 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjo_DNqe8A , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmmmzVwNxxM , etc., but that’s okay! I just wanted the AGGRESSION back, and it was there tonight.
One more for old time’s sake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S51YDMLtdWM
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
plus even without injury...as he gets older the explosiveness would leave anyways
he just needs to continue to expand his game
He was motivated
It wasn’t skill or health or anything. It just happens to be his “I’m effing doing it!!” games…
… which sadly, happens around twice a month.
Grant Hill is totally the next MJ!!
i know duncan just got his season high tonight and shot really well BUT
did anyone else think we played pretty good D on him in this game? amare was all over him in that fourth quarter, and had that great poke away steal that led to the dragon leading the one-man fast break all the way to the hole. after that play, pop took duncan out for the night.
Amare's potential
wish to see another gorilla game on thurs. Dragic was simply amazing knocking down those big shots out hustling ginobli. god i hate ginobli… and mason jr… and…
we need that on thurs
National TV….thats when we need it….but rarely get it
screw the curse. We got this!
I understand that sentiment
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
That's just Spurs fans being stupid
The Dudley 3 happened with > 1 minute remaining. It was still game time
The next possession there was a 7-8 sec differential between game clock and shot clock. Unless we volunteer for a 24sec violation, we had to get a shot up.
And we weren’t like doing 360 dunks or anything.
Grant Hill is totally the next MJ!!
we also
nearly blew a huge lead and lost the game. why would they be pissed.
TO THE NBA - " Yeah, you have created a rift within me ; Now there have been ; several complications ; that have left me feeling nothing ; I might say, you were ; wrong to take it from me ; Left me feeling nothing " - Disturbed, "Numb"
You can't take your starters out like that
with a minute or so. That’s a no-no for any coach.
It wasn’t exactly a blowout.
Grant Hill is totally the next MJ!!
Yeah. But still
If my team lost I’d blame my team…
you know, unless there are obvious things like other team hipchecking your player into the scorer’s table at the tail end of the previous game which led to 2 of your starters being suspended for this game. Something like that.
Grant Hill is totally the next MJ!!
by gadogry on Dec 15, 2009 9:31 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
so many great things about this game
all those great hustle plays that the suns WON. wow. i think the bench hustle that dragic and lou started has really been contagious on this team. it is so completely different to see a suns team build momentum (and quell opponents momentum) by winning hustle plays. here were a couple i saw.
-dudley being dudley and getting rebounds all over the place
-spurs deflect a nash pass, but nash saves it in midair by throwing it back in to our team. this happened twice
-nash taking two AWESOME and really well-placed charges to break spurs momentum. there was another charge he took, but it wasn’t as intentional
-amare RIPPING down offensive boards right in timmy’s face. he also went HARD against blair all night. even tho blair is stronger amare knew he had the edge in skill so he used that to dance around blair all night for five fouls
-Jrich not hitting anything but still being aggressive. this was really huge for us because he made the spurs play defense on him as opposed to letting them focus on other players. there was a play in the fourth quarter where jrich missed a layup that he normally makes (hope that hand gets better soon!), but then got his own miss. he put it up again and missed (again! got i hope that hand gets better), but then the rebound got tipped out. jrich dove for the ball along with blair, and blair ends up getting called for the foul.
-there was also a sweet, sweet play where the suns offense just didnt give up, getting offensive board after offensive board. i dont even remember if it resulted in a bucket or not; what matters is the effort.
YES GO SUNS!!!
you know another thing... we didnt blow a huge lead.
the spurs had a what ? 10 point run… i would expect that from a team such as them.
TO THE NBA - " Yeah, you have created a rift within me ; Now there have been ; several complications ; that have left me feeling nothing ; I might say, you were ; wrong to take it from me ; Left me feeling nothing " - Disturbed, "Numb"
15 point run
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
Glad to see they pulled out the win.
I had to run to the store during what seems like an impressive fourth quarter.
Some comments on the win...
Dragic was great… but somebody above got it right… as a shooting guard. does this mean LB or Jrich may now become more viable as trade bait for a rebounder?
Dudley got about what 4 pts only? but he earned each and every single 30mins he played…
Nash… no surprise he comes up with this kind of game a lot
Amare… this should stop all “we should try to trade amare for bosh/ tyrus thomas/ etc.” talks for the next couple of weeks (including myself)…now if only we get at least 75% of this rebounding/ defensive effort from amare nightly.. or even just 2 out of 3 games…
if we can continue to play Goran as a combo guard then I'd love to move Rich for a defensive big man
Dalembert maybe?
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
I think we play Goran in both spots
and do a 3 man rotation at the guard spots
But if we do decide to trade anyone, we have to get back a good point guard from it, otherwise we’re trading down for nothing. And trading JRich, a starter, for a backup pg makes no sense. If we trade him for a defensive guard, it will only help if he shoots 3s, otherwise he wont fit in the offense.
We don’t need another big man. We may not have the best bigs, but Channing works well on the outside, letting Amare work inside. Robin off the bench gives us size, and he’s young.
So I doubt we move JRich and hope we don’t, unless we get a sweet deal.
missed the game
but it feels soooo god reading recap and your comments… I hope to download it later on and enjoy… hey, win over spurs villains is always a treat… so happy for dragon…
download games?
dude where are u able to download games from??? i’d love to be able to do this….currently if i miss the game as its happening i have on way of watching it…
Game comment
Amare Stoudemire 28/14….nice
Goran Dragic 18 pts……cool
Steve Nash 25/13…….what we’ve come to expect
Look on Tim Duncan’s face…..priceless
April 29, 2008 Total Eclipse of the Sun. Is the sky falling?
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