<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ballorama @ May 30 2006, 10:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Congrats.. Suns you guys won this game by numerous non calls from refs, and once again flops from Raja Bell.I hope you feel confident...</div>Yeah, the Suns pulled out a 20 point win with flops and non-calls. I agree that the reffing was terrible, but let's not make excuses.I still think Dallas has an advantage here.
How about this? I think it was back when he played with Dallas. Have you guys seen it before?Party animals. :-D
Okay, back to the serious playoff discussion. I think Game 5 is a very important game for both teams. I think the Suns have a good shot at stealing this one in Dallas because Raja's back and he should be a little closer to 100%, we have all the momentum from Game 4 and Nash only played 33 minutes last night so that's good. They really need to stop relaxing after they get big wins. They need to finish this series out in 6 if they can. I hope to see them give as much effort as they did in Game 4. D'Antoni needs to get the team ready, let them know that they have to win in 6.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Raja's back and he should be a little closer to 100%</div> I'm pretty sure he reinjured or reaggravated it during the game. So how can he closer to 100%? I see Mavs coming out for this one, we played like sh*t up to the third quarter before the Suns went unconcious. Thanks in part to Terry and Dirk shooting badly from the field and choosing not to drive. I don't see them shooting like that again and I expect them and the whole team to drive like they had been doing instead of settling for jumpers.
He won't be worse. The medical people said he'd be a little bit better for Game 5 even though it'll feel pretty bad today.
The only weaknesses of the suns are low post and rebounding and so far Dallas has not been able to take advantage of either. The 2 low post players are Daniels and Dampier and neither are getting playing time so it is obvious Dallas playing against the strength of the suns which is perimeter defense. Phoenix would have no chance against San Antonio but against Dallas it is totally different.
Post from a Suns fan, lol...I still expect the Mavs to get the ref advantage for Game 5, but this is good news I guess. I wish my friends dad, who is an NBA ref and a Suns fan, would ref these games. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>will not be ref'n Thursday nights Suns vs Mavs game....Yes, Lets go Suns!!I sometimes wonder if this guy blows his whistle just to catch his breath....he looks so exhausted at times and I wonder if the Suns' speed is just too much for him.BONUS SHOTThe Suns are 3-0 in Game 1 of a playoff series this season - and all threegames featured Bernie Fryer as the lead official. Now the Suns are 0-3 in Game 2 of a series - with all three games featuring Joe Crawford as the lead referee.</div>
Bringing up refs eh, here's one for Suns. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Phoenix is 4-0 when Forte officiates vs. 6-8 without Forte. 100% vs. 43%.In that game the Mavs had 26 pf and the Suns had 20. So in the four games that Forte has officiated the Suns have been called for 72 fouls while their opponents have been whistled 99 times.</div> And another one is the infamous Danny Crawford, the 0-9 record we have when he refs.
THIS IS WHAT DALLAS MUST DO1. GET STEVE NASH THAT GERMAN NAZI-LOVER IN FOUL TROUBLE2. SHOW PHOENIX THEY ARE WEAK AND SOFT AND PU$$I3$!!!!!3. OUT RUN THEM SCHOOL THEM FLAGRANT FOUL THEM4. MAKE SURE DIRK IGNITES THE HALFCOURT GAME
No kidding. Danny Crawford reffed game 6 last year against Houston. That was the worst reffing game I've ever seen. I swear this guy is against Dallas because I've never seen such a lopsided favoritism to one team over another.
More referee blaming. If your team loses by one, you might be able to blame it on the referee. However, if your team loses by 20 like Dallas in game 4, you were outplayed. Period!For this game, I see Dallas coming back and winning by 15+ points. I think they will come out and counter everything Phoenix did last game, and Dirk gets 35+
What do you know Dan Crawford is reffing. That smile before the game was the smile of death to mavs fans season. I hate him so much.
And what do you know, Dallas is owning thus far. The Suns are playing recklessly, and the Mavs are only shooting 40%. This one will be over by half... At the latest!
The suns are not out of this game by any means. Diop going out with foul trouble might allow Phoenix to come back. Griffin is important to Dallas in this series because of his defense and low post game.
