Neither of these teams would be able to beat San Antonio or Dallas, the Spurs/Mavs series is the true Western Conference finals in my opinion..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clutch_Melo_061 @ May 6 2006, 11:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Lol, the clippers will destroy the suns. Kurt thomas won't be 100% and elton brand will eat him alive.</div> They can win without Kurt Thomas, it doesn't matter if Brand scores a lot, the Suns will just out run and gun you.</div> God i'm smart...Brand goes for 40pts and they lose, someone give me some love.
Game started,I expect the Clippers to make some adjustments and I expect Kaman to have a huge game with possibly Brand also.They have to put pressure on Nash by making him play both sides of the floor I will go ahead and predict the Clippers will take game 2.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ArizonaFan @ May 10 2006, 06:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>i think the Suns can beat the Mavs in 7, but no one is beating the Spurs.</div>If the SUns had a healthy Amare this year, things might be different though.
It definitely would because with him I could see the Suns in the NBA finals. He could've helped mightily this year. The Suns should be better next year though, it should be fun to watch them
Lol@suns beating the mavs. I'll leave this board if Suns do actually beat the mavs [if they actually meet up]. The suns were exposed in series 1 and are going to be further exposed when the clippers throw them out in 5.
I am rooting for the Clippers in this one, I think the series is wide open right now, but I will say it will be a seven game series.
The Clippers exposed the suns defense like I predicted at the beginning of the series. No way the suns can guard Elton Brand with a small forward. The mavs put a center on Brand and to me that is how you guard him best.
I think it'll be the Suns in 6. Last night they were poor, and didn't look like they were giving a full effort. I guarantee that Coach D won't let that happen again. I do like to see the Clippers do well after so many years being the joke of the NBA, but this year will be a bit too early for them.
The third quarter of this game three was not a good quarter for the Clippers. They were missing layups, and getting offensive fouls called on them. Maggette is playing a bit to fast and out of control, as he i watched him miss two or three open layups, and get called for offensvie fouls. The entire team as a whole scored only 15 points that quarter, and so far are loosing by nine.
OH MAN! Shaun Livingston crossed up Steve Nash and Nash fell on his ass, Livingston goes to the hoop and gets fouled! What a game! :rock: Sam Cassell is playing in the 4th quarter....
Shaun Livingston is playing for Sam Cassell right now, why? Shaun's been playing the whole quarter.The Clippers played passivly on offense the last 3 minutes and thats what killed them, stupid.
Your right, the Clippers got that three point lead and played like they just wanted to hold onto that lead, instead of putting anything onto the lead. The made some lazy and bad passes, didn't catch the ball, and didn't attack at all.Radmanovich was on fire from the beginning till about 6 minutes into the quarter hitting four three pointers and a getting that layup that for a three pointer. Then after that he just hurt the Clippers, causing turnovers, making a bad pass, and just not catching the ball. Cassell came into the game, after being out most of the third quarter, and automatically put up a bad shot that he should not have taken. Maggette played well on defense getting in perfect position for most of the game to get defensive rebounds, but offensively he played horribly getting over the back fouls, turning the ball over, and missing open shots. The Clippers played well defensively most of the game, really doing well against the pick and roll that Nash and Diaw like to run. The Suns were also missing alot of there three point shots, which helped make the defense look good for the Clippers. Unfortunately Marion was getting his, making shots from around the paint and basket, while getting rebounds and playing great defense.
Great game. To bad the Clippers lost :no1: . Well fought game by both teams. I see this series going to a possible 7 games.
Yeah I was surprised the suns were actually rebounding well in this game. The Clippers offense was not playing too smart in this game.
If Shaun Livingston would ever learn how to finish strong, my lord it seemed like he missed 4 layup/drives to the basket in the fourth, doesn't finish strong at all.
