<font face="Arial"><font color="purple">Who: Phoenix Suns @ San Antonio Spurs</font> <font color="black">When: 9:00 PM EST, Saturday, May 28, 2005 </font> <font color="purple">Where: SBC Center, San Antonio, Texas</font> <font color="black">TV: ESPN </font> </font> <font face="optima"><u><font size="5">Projected Starters</font></u></font> <font size="3"><font color="purple"> Phoenix Suns </font></font> <font size="1"> <font color="orange">Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, Quentin Richardson, Shawn Marion, Amare Stoudemire</font></font> <font color="Purple"> CLICK PLAYERS FOR STATS</font> <font face="Arial"> <font size="3"><font color="black">San Antonio Spurs</font></font> </font> <font color="black">Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan, Nazr Mohammed</font> CLICK PLAYERS FOR STATS! <font face="optima"><font color="black"> <u><font size="5">Key Matchup</font></u></font></font> <u>SEASON STATISTICS</u> Amare Stoudemire 26 PPG 8.9 RPG 1.6 APG 2.36 BPG Tim Duncan 20.3 PPG 11.10 RPG 2.7 APG 1.92 BPG <u><font size="4">My Analysis</font></u> This is going to be a great just like every game of this series has been so far. The Suns are a great road team and has to win this game to keep up with the Spurs who lead this series 2-0. Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire will be ready for this one and will go off. I think these two along with great play from Shawn Marion will be to much for the Spurs to handle. Also, Joe Johnson will be back which will add some firpower to the Suns lineup. I think that Manu Ginobili will have a good game but it won't be enough for the Spurs to win. Steve nash will put up another MVP performance with 23 points and 12 assists. Amare Stoudemire will have 34 points and 9 rebounds. Tim Duncan will have 20 points and 11 rebounds in a losing effort. <font color="black"><u><font size="3">Swish15's Predicted Score</font></u></font> <font color="purple">Suns-114</font> <font color="black">Spurs-108</font> <font color="purple">WINNER:</font>
I'm not sure if I posted this in the right place. Maybe it should be merged with the other Suns-Spurs seires thread.
56-31 at Halftime! Manu, Parker and Duncan have a combined 40 points and are all playing well. Duncan already has 10 rebounds at halftime and I think that is what is killing the Suns. Oh yeah and Manu has 4 steals which has hurt the Suns bad.
If the Suns are unable to put up a charge and win this one, the series is essentially over. It also doesn't seem like Joe Johnson's return had much of an impact. I guess the Suns' Cinderella season will come to an end now.
'My God... The Suns are getting raped in this series. JJ doesn't seem like in game shape. Duncan is just man handling the Suns interior defense and taking advantage of their lack of size. Nash... 1 Ast.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Banks:</div><div class="quote_post">'My God... The Suns are getting raped in this series. JJ doesn't seem like in game shape. Duncan is just man handling the Suns interior defense and taking advantage of their lack of size. Nash... 1 Ast.</div> raped is da exact word. nash finishes wit 3 ast. i dont think suns can dig out of da hole their in now.
This just goes to show that defense wins games. I wish it wasn't true though, just so I could see the Spurs lose. God damn I hate them.
I don't know if you guys share my view, but the Suns look scared of the Spurs. I've seen the way that they play and it seems like the Spurs are just man-handling them. There defense is horrid. I can remember many times when I feel they should have given some pressure on the ball-handler full court or called a half-court trap. They just "go back" on D, even if they should pressure the ball-handler. Was it game 6 with the Mavs when the Suns gave up two buzzer beaters? If a team has 5 seconds to get the ball up-court for a shot, you at least put someone in his face.
The spurs are just playing phenomenal basketball and the suns are only playing decent basketball. The results are obvious. I have nurtured, deep within, a small hope that the suns can make history and win 4 straight. But at this point, I almost don't care. Oh well. It was a good run while it lasted!?!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Banks:</div><div class="quote_post">'My God... The Suns are getting raped in this series. JJ doesn't seem like in game shape. Duncan is just man handling the Suns interior defense and taking advantage of their lack of size. Nash... 1 Ast.</div> JJ seemed like our best player last night, he was fine. Sure no one has come back from a 0-3 deficit, but that was true for the MLB last year...look what happened. If the Suns start playing Phoenix Suns basketball then they may have a chance.
