Bell Suggests Toughness

I'm guessing this is just Doug Haller's wild speculation, not anything that's being seriously considered. At least I hope that's all it is.

did anyone see the G.S. Utah game, I'm referring to the Baron Davis elbowing and knocking down Derek Fisher. If you haven't seen it, believe me, it's worth looking at. A lot of people have been praising Davis this playoffs, I hear someone say he's the mvp of the playoffs every other day, this was an act of frustration and his elbow hit fisher's head! I'm thinking there will be a suspension for this, just thought I'd throw it out there. I have much less respect for Davis now. Even Bell, the first example Laker fans, and others bring up with us Suns, the Kobe clothesline, it was in response to being hit in the face or groin again ad again by Kobe. I personally feel Bell is like Thomas, they're the 2 people on our team who will be the reason or influence, when we come back and beat the spurs Monday.

I don't have much to add comments-wise on game 3 that hasn't been said and I won't have time to watch the game in detail today.

I agree that the officiating was HORRIBLE and far worse then game 1. The non-calls on Duncan and the couple of cheap calls on Amare and KT were just beyond belief. You can't call the game one way for one team and another way for the other. I guess it pays off being the biggest Whiners in all of Whine-land. It sucks. There. I'm done w/ my venting. Sorry Dan.

I do think that the Suns let the bad calls into their head and perhaps even the Coach did as well.

I also think there a couple of serious mistakes the Suns made as well:

1.  Boris looked great at first until they started collapsing on him. The Spurs don't double in the traditional way from the strong side and forcing the ball out of your hands. They come from the weak (non-ball) side of the post and wait for you when you make your move. That way you have to go through several of them to get to the hoop. I said that Amare needed to pass out when they did this and I think Boris made the same mistake. After he scored in the post a few times in a row they changed their defense and started that collapse thing. Numerous times from there Boris still tried to go through them and score instead of making the good pass. His team mates were also standing around too much and not moving to give him a good outlet. Maybe this is poor coaching? I don't know how you could not be prepared for it if you are a Suns post player.
2. The last few minutes of the 3rd Qtr were crucial. Props to Manu for maning-up after Shawn hit him in the eye. But w/ Parker and Duncan on the bench the Suns 2nd unit CAN'T let Manu outplay them like that. This part of the game should be a Suns plus and it wasn't. The Sun's let down here.
3. Amare's 5th foul was dumb and he knows it.
4. Duncan continues to be amazing. I keep waiting for him go cold. Maybe KT needs to do something early to get under his skin. There was some points in game 3 where KT was grabbing his jersey and it seemed to bother Timmy. I have lost a lot of respect for Duncan in this series as a person but his game is way better then I thought. He's been unstoppable so far. I don't think they should double him though expect for critical points like in the 4th quarter.
5. In the fourth Qtr when Nash was carrying the team and willing a victory, three times they left guys WIDE open for 3's. Nash was at fault himself here at least twice. And I think there was several times a Sun was back complaining and not covering up on D.

The Suns are a far better team and in a seven game series should win. The Suns will win tonight and come back tied and win it in 6!