Well Terry is fine now since there's no one who will defend him with Raja gone. Barbosa may have a good defensive game like he did in Game 6 in Round 1 but Terry will have a great series now. It sucks.Yes Rok, I hate when people do that to me too. It makes me mad especially when they beat my team, lol. So that's what I do, I get the easy lay-up and then when the other team is going to the other side I go from behind and steal it. :-D My friends don't like it either, lol.
I think the Suns won't be THAT much better offensively either, without Bell.I think, as a Sun fan, you are underrating Bell's play for your guys.He isn't going to light up the scoreboard, but he does hit timely shots, and is one of the more clutch players on that team. Not too mention his defense causes alot of quick and easy baskets because he deflects, blocks, steals the ball, and causes TO's...So Bell hurts your guys offense too...if Barbosa has an "A" game, then the Suns offense won't suffer any...but if he has a so-so game, it will.
I know perfectly well how important Raja Bell is to the team... He'll hurt us on offense because he's our most consistant 3-point shooter and can score a lot some games. But if Barbosa plays like he can with his speed we can be better on offense. Raja's absense will kill us on D though.
That's all fine and good, but at best, the Suns offense will be ABOUT as good, and I don't think it'll be as good.But Barbosa would have to have an amazing game, for their offense to be considered better...I mean what, are the Suns going to score 125?I mean is that MUCH better offensively?
I guess the biggest lost offensively is that Phoenix can't play Nash, Barbosa, and Bell together. That is a matchup nightmare at the 1, 2, and 3.
Suns' Bell out for Game 3 vs. MavsBy Craig Morgan, TribuneSuns guard Raja Bell will miss Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Sunday against Dallas. After experiencing marked improvement in his left calf in the first 24 hours after the injury, Bell was stiff and sore following the team's flight home from Dallas after Game 2 ? and walking again with a noticeable limp following treatment and exercise administered by the Suns' training staff Saturday morning at US Airways Center.Suns trainer Aaron Nelson told Bell that the earliest he could possibly be back is Game 4 on Tuesday. Even that, Nelson said, might be pushing it.?That's a little disappointing to hear," said Bell, who admitted to getting his hopes up after the calf responded well in the first 24 hours.?It wasn't as (improved) as I wanted to see today," he added. ?That's just the nature of the injury."Bell suffered a partial tear in the calf muscle in the third quarter of Game 1 while chasing his own missed shot. He will undergo further treatment again Sunday morning.
