Phoenix Suns Victory Thread. Celebrate Beating the Celtics!!
by East Bay Ray on Jan 20, 2012 7:54 PM MST
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PrintThis was ugly? No, I think this effort is sexy as hell. Celebrate a win over the Celtics! I love me some Marcin Gortat!
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Phoenix with the win!
I rock so get used to it.
by Colton Dodson on Jan 20, 2012 7:58 PM MST via iPhone app reply actions
There is a certain person I know who will never hear the end of this.
I rock so get used to it.
by Colton Dodson on Jan 20, 2012 7:58 PM MST via iPhone app reply actions
Well, Duds didn't get 27, but he did good.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
Best of all, we can say we swept the season series with BOS and NYK
You gotta love a shortened season for that.
I'm Michael Beasley's imaginary friend.
by suns68 on Jan 20, 2012 8:00 PM MST reply actions 6 recs
Damn Skippy.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
Are you kidding me?
This was bloody marvelous!
It almost reminded me of Detroit Championship defense!!!
And my mind spins from all the different shots Gortat hit…
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:01 PM MST reply actions
Pistons? Not quite
But has been improved these last two games.
Grant Hill for prez.
by sun-arc on Jan 20, 2012 8:32 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Ugly win, but a win is a win
1 step away from drafting high, 1 step closer to another pick in the teens with no playoffs appearance
@jatrex
is the Phoenix about to rise after burning or the ashes has been blown away
by jatrex4suns on Jan 20, 2012 8:01 PM MST via mobile reply actions
23 total TO.
But we forced 18.
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
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by Omaha Sun on Jan 20, 2012 8:02 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
some of it was celtics swarming Defence...
causing indecision and mistakes..but some of it was sloppiness.
Didn’t really help that the refs swallowed their whistles, letting them mug us, and allowing them to really swarm with no consequences.
What is it about swallowing whistles in Boston, and Boston sports teams getting away with murder?
Don’t get me wrong, we must have benefitted from the no calls a few times, but there were quite a few plays where suns were just mugged and got no call, making you assume that the C’s got away with playing very physical.
Thats the truth
These refs are gonna have to start treating Gortat like he is somebody. Gortat’s Defense was amazing.
by Wolf Make-Shift on Jan 20, 2012 8:10 PM MST up reply actions
We won?
Sweet! Wish I could have seen it.
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
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Love the "going back to the gym" comment
WORK ETHIC
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:07 PM MST up reply actions
You know what's almost as good as a Suns win?
A Lakers loss. Dwight Howard currently outrebounding Bynum and Gasol… combined.
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But Shaq said Bynum is the best big in the game!
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Shaq would say I was the best big in the game
as long as it wasn’t Dwight Howard.
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But what's wrong with Morris? 0pt(0-4 shooting)-4reb-1stl-1blk-4TO
@jatrex
is the Phoenix about to rise after burning or the ashes has been blown away
by jatrex4suns on Jan 20, 2012 8:04 PM MST via mobile reply actions
LeBron laughs at the flu.
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King Crab laughs at nothing
He just dunks on it
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:08 PM MST up reply actions
He's green
he may be hitting that rookie wall offensively. He will be fine
by Wolf Make-Shift on Jan 20, 2012 8:05 PM MST up reply actions
He's young, that shouldn't be a problem
@jatrex
is the Phoenix about to rise after burning or the ashes has been blown away
by jatrex4suns on Jan 20, 2012 8:10 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
You're both right
He’s green from having the flu
I'm Michael Beasley's imaginary friend.
by suns68 on Jan 20, 2012 8:09 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
agreed..
he is also a little sick…
Morris is a very promising rookie, but he is no, (not yet anyway) Tim Duncan or Derek Rose, who will just come out of the draft flying. Suns need to not hand over all of Frye’s mins to him just yet.
Rotation is close to perfect.
I think Markieff is the perfect addition to the starting line up. His defense makes up for Stat’s departure. He need not take as many 3s
by Wolf Make-Shift on Jan 20, 2012 8:16 PM MST up reply actions
what about Hak?
He had this amazing start….
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:17 PM MST up reply actions
With Price playing the 2
Dudley is back to playing the 3.
And Hak has been mostly horrible at the 4.
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agreed...I do like the rotation..
Telfair has actually been quite good in his limited mins.. Lopez is also contributing and having Frye and Duds with the bench is a definite plus.
But it will be key that Morris can regain some of his very early season scoring..if he can do that, this will be a decent team to watch again.
Celtics are in shambles
I think Boston sucks but this was a good chance to see in the rotation changes have helped.
by Wolf Make-Shift on Jan 20, 2012 8:07 PM MST reply actions
That was fun!
Hill and Price with lockdown D
Duds with the timely shots
Gortat, WOW! Can you say Allstar?
33 points in the 2nd half
We need to amp our offense up somehow.
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."
No we don't
with this kind of defense will be all right.
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:10 PM MST up reply actions
um were r gonna need more offense
so far in this 2 game D streak weve played the crappiest guards in the league minus allen. if you think were going anywhere with no offense you guys are dreaming. morris is key
"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose"
but we also played against great defense in Boston garden
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 21, 2012 4:58 AM MST up reply actions
Looking at the box score,
Boston’s offense kinda sucks without Rondo, huh? Allen, Pierce, and Garnett were terrible.
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Pierce was ok I thought
We defended Allen well.
Garnett played like shit.
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He missed those elbow 20 footers he always makes
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:11 PM MST up reply actions
And he's really old.
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Not sure it's age
See how Grant slowly gets back to normal?
All the older players need some extra time to recover after the lockout.
Both Grant and Garnett will be much better in a few weeks.
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:14 PM MST up reply actions
Hollinger said it well
Garnett can’t jump – pretty much AT ALL. Garnett gold old in, well, a year.
In a day more like
Having your ligament stapled to your bone will do that to you
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Yep.
He just looks so… ordinary. Like any other jump-shooting big man.
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When you're an aging athlete, the first thing to go is your athleticism.
People forget Garnett’s been in the NBA for almost 17 years. He’s got a lotta mileage on those legs. The same applies to Kobe. They may still be play well and perform at an All-Star level but they’re shadows of their former selves. It just so happens those shadows are still pretty damn good.
Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.
Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.
KG has about 1.5 seasons left...
He is aging fast due to starting out so young..It’;s a testament to his desire that he has played this long…As much as I hate his ass, I gotta respect that determination…
Let's do this...!
I thought God's name was YHWH.
You’re telling me it is really Daryl?
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What prompted the change?
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missing Rondo hurt for sure
Their big 3 didn’t shoot that bad, its just how they play and the swarming defence of the suns really clamping down..
Ronnie Price needs to be nominated for the Tony Allen award this year…an unsung 1/2 that is really effective by doing all the little things, tough D, steals, hitting the occasional shot.
He doesn’t have the whole game that Tony Allen has, but he is working in a similar way.
Grant Hill 9 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, 3 assists, 2 blocked shots. Yeah, he's old.
I couldn’t see the game. Can anyone tell me that Grant Hill really traveled three times?
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
by haremoor on Jan 20, 2012 8:10 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Hill was probably our MVP
in both this game and the one @ Knicks. It’s all about the D.
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Gortat is the MVP
24/12 and damn good defense. Holy cow if we’d had home back in the SSOL days. Or even in ‘09-’10.
Grant Hill for prez.
by sun-arc on Jan 20, 2012 8:40 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
I am not sure how he and STAT would have operated together...
It’s always easier to second guess the past…We’ll never know how that would have worked out…
Let's do this...!
Remember how well Robin did with Amare?
Gortat and Amare would’ve been AT LEAST 5x better.
Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.
Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.
He did
Especially one was a no-brainer.
He did some work on Pierce though.
Feed the cutter!!!
by Piotr Szczesniak on Jan 20, 2012 8:12 PM MST up reply actions
Grant Hill made Paul Pierce look 40.
I love it.
Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.
Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.
by NashMV3 on Jan 20, 2012 8:13 PM MST up reply actions 2 recs
Nice.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
haremoor here = SUNS WINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by SteveNash, QuantumPhysicist on Jan 20, 2012 8:15 PM MST up reply actions
His reappearance started our 2 game winning streak.
Coincidence?
Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.
Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.
Awww, shucks.
But you see that 360 dunk I made, bitch? That was badass.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
You only get one chance, Nashty.
Just…one.
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
How about "The Enema" ?
because he’s going to be up the opponent’s ass all night, making them uncomfortable
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by jc79 on Jan 20, 2012 8:19 PM MST up reply actions 3 recs
with friends like these, who needs enemas
by SteveNash, QuantumPhysicist on Jan 20, 2012 8:20 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
double enema?!?
sounds painful
by SteveNash, QuantumPhysicist on Jan 20, 2012 8:57 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
What about constipation?
He’s going to be up the opponent’s ass all night clogging them up, and there won;t be any relief.
Price gets a steal, they need to play this on the jumbo tron
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As I said before he reminds me of Tony Allen of the Grizz and formerly of the celts...
does a lot of little things that really help, a serious pest and gets a lot of steals…Still needs to develop his offence to be as effective as Allen..
It would be just great if the suns could continue to get a decent number of steals every game…that has been really missing over many of the last years.
Actually getting a few stops that way, plus starting some fast breaks would be very nice.
Paul Coro (twitter)
FINAL: #Suns 79, Celtics 71. The Suns had not won a game with fewer than 80 points since November 2002 (75-72 at Denver)
Steve Nash = The Best
Grant Hill = All Star
(Excuse the typos)
That we are now a slow, grinding team.
Which I’ll take if they win.
Grant Hill for prez.
by sun-arc on Jan 20, 2012 8:42 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
We're a defensive juggernaut, bitch!
Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.
Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.
Nice game from a lot of guys..
Lopez and Telfair also had some moments…Brown hit a few shots. Frye hit a big 3 and played ok defence, Dudley definitely a nice game…obviously Gortat and Hill were very big…Nobody, except maybe Morris who didn’t do a ton, can say that they didn’t contribute.
Telfair did have 3 quik steals and played hard.
Seems to be the most enthusiastic of the bench at cheering also.
Telfair's a nice kid.
He is my new Dowdell. Except I like Telfair a lot more. And Telfair is better. A lot better.
Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.
Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.
Still looks like a tough slog to make the playoffs, as the west is really deep as usual..
but you have to like the way they are playing now at least.
Only possible if the suns team with energy shows up for all the games left.
Grant Hill for prez.
by sun-arc on Jan 20, 2012 8:44 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
and they are in a big hole already..
those 3 losses to NJ, cleve and NO at home really hurt.
You're not as dedicated as the rest of us.
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But she's clearly just as nuts.
Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.
Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.
Oops, cover blown.
I did see Steve miss a FT. Isn’t that enough?
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early for score board watching...
but the spurs go down to the queens…nice
Lakers lose, Knicks lose
:)
by SteveNash, QuantumPhysicist on Jan 20, 2012 8:59 PM MST up reply actions
lol
you notice that Howard had the same numbers as Bynum and Gasol put together? dont see Orlando making a trade for just Bynum now
sorry meant to have it here..
yes that is nice, as well….
but seriously how do we challenge for the playoffs…look at who is ahead of us..all of last years playoff teams, but you need to replace NO with the clips,
so we would need to pass, Utah, Min, Houston who are all a few ahead of us already and are competent plus, we need to pass, one of last years winners…the grizzz maybe, but they look tough again and were top 4 last year…the clips? the Lakers
ya it looks impossible wit hthe current team we have.
i say tank this shortened season and get a future PG in the draft. and go from there. hopefully by the time we are good again (2-3 years) the older teams will be were we are now
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