Who do you want the Suns to face in the 1st round?
by phxsuns on Mar 4, 2010 4:03 AM MST
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Since I drank too many Dr. Peppers, I can't sleep. So I decided to do a poll about who Suns fans want the Suns to face in the 1st round. Match ups after the jump.
Los Angeles Lakers W-L 46-15
Jason Richardson < Kobe Bryant
PHO bench > LAL bench
Suns 1-2 VS Lakers
Dallas Mavericks W-L 41-21
Steve Nash > Jason Kidd
Jason Richardson = Caron Butler
Grant Hill = Shawn Marion
Amare Stoudemire < Dirk Nowitzki
Robin Lopez < Brendan Haywood
PHO bench = DAL bench
Suns 1-2 VS Mavs
Denver Nuggets W-L 40-21
Steve Nash > Chauncey Billups
Jason Richardson > Aaron Afflalo
Grant Hill < Carmelo Anthony
Amare Stoudemire > Kenyon Martin
Robin Lopez < Nene
PHO bench = DEN bench
Suns 2-1 VS Nuggets
Utah Jazz W-L 38-22
Steve Nash = Deron Williams
Jason Richardson > Wesley Mathews
Grant Hill = Andrei Kirilenko
Amare Stoudemire = Carlos Boozer
Robin Lopez < Mehmet Okur
PHO bench = Paul Milsap
Suns 0-2 VS Jazz
Oklahoma City Thunder W-L 36-24
Steve Nash > Russel Westbrook
Jason Richardson > Thabo Sefolosha
Grant Hill < Kevin Durant
Amare Stoudemire > Jeff Green
Robin Lopez > Nenad Kristic
PHO bench > OKC bench
Suns 1-1 VS Thunder
San Antonio Spurs W-L 34-24
Steve Nash > Tony Parker
Jason Richardson > George Hill
Grant Hill = Richard Jefferson
Amare Stoudemire < Tim Duncan
Robin Lopez = Antonio McDyess
PHO bench = SAS bench
Suns 1-1 VS Spurs
Portland Trailblazer W-L 37-27
Steve Nash > Andre Miller
Jason Richardson < Brandon Roy
Grant Hill = Nicolas Batum
Amare Stoudemire > Lamarcus Aldridge
Robin Lopez < Marcus Camby
PHO bench > POR bench
Suns 0-2 VS Trailblazers
This is just my opinion on the matchups. I'm sleepy so vote.
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No doubt the Nuggets...
Of all the current playoff teams, this is the one that the Suns matchup to the best….After that it would probably be Portland. Teams we definitely don’t want to face first is LA (Too Big, too long and too quick on the perimeters..); Dallas (Since the acquisistion of Haywood & Butler, Dallas is looking a lot like LA): San Antonio (Not sure why as we are a better team..guess they just wear out our collective psyche…)
"I especially liked the part where I dunked on the McDonalds All-American dude..."
Anonymous high-school player after a Virginia basketball state championship game...
Wouldn't mind
facing the Thunder and the Mavs too.
The Thunder are so young, which is why they are under .500 against winning teams. They are like Portland was. Talented, dangerous, and ripe for a playoff series loss.
The Mavs would also be okay to face. Suns always play them tough, and the Mavs are breaking records for their string of close wins. Eventually, that evens itself out. It really does. Statistically, even the best teams EVER are 50/50 on 1-point or 2-point wins.
I would really NOT want to face the Jazz or the Lakers.
You'd rather face the Jazz & San Antonio than Portland????
Say it ain’t so…
"I especially liked the part where I dunked on the McDonalds All-American dude..."
Anonymous high-school player after a Virginia basketball state championship game...
Agreed
Portland would be a nice opponent. mainly because that means we got the 2 seed, and won’t the Lakers till the WCF. I dont see Portland getting higher than 7 seed.
3rd is the highest I think
not sure
Steve Nash plays D!!
My man crushes:
Steve Nash
Goran Dragic
Amar'e
Lady Gaga
actually, the Lakers
I expect to be called an idiot for this, but I would like the Suns to meet the Lakers in the first round. Why? Because if they want to win a championship (many of us think they can’t this year, but are they supposed to believe that?), they will have go get through the Lakers unless someone else upsets them (which I think is possible with this Lakers group). If that’s the case, the Lakers will be less fired up, less motivated in the first round than they would be in the conference finals. This goes for all Western playoff teams, really. So they might as well get down to it right away—taking their shot at upsetting the Lakers.
The converse of my idea is that if they made it to the conference finals against the Lakers, perhaps the Suns would be the ones really motivated, not the Lakers. It could happen—the Lakers have gotten lazy and arrogant before.
Like this
OKC
Nuggets
Utah
"What I've achieved now is something that I always figured I would as a kid. I've had that type of determination since I was a youngster playing around the playgrounds, getting dirty after school." - Amare Stoudemire
how come almost nobody wants the Mavericks?
Are we supposed to be particularly afraid of facing Dallas?
Robin is not ready with Haywood and Kidd has been outplaying Nash at critical games
Dirk and Amare will cancel each other.
Dragic against Barea
Can GH and JRich proven talents like Butler, Terry and Dampier (if they heal in time)?
Dallas are a physical team with their line-up.
haha. yeah i hope we play them in the second round.
Banzai!
by Suns' Sensei on Mar 4, 2010 10:31 PM MST up reply actions
Spurs
Bring on the Spurs. It’s time for US to put THEM out of the playoffs. I bet if we can do it two or three years in a row we can get Pop fired!
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