LA Lakers @ Phoenix Suns :: 2010 NBA Playoffs Day 37
by IQofaWarrior on May 23, 2010 5:19 PM PDT
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Must win, JRich. Must win.
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Like the Magic, the Suns are down 0-2 against a tough opponent. Unlike the Magic, the Suns next 2 games are at their own home, so they have a better chance to avoid a series sweep. I still think the Lakers are going to win this series, but I want to see how the Lakers do on the road and whether they are as unrelenting as the Celtics are. I also want to see if the Suns can play any better at home than they did on the road and give the Lakers a real challenge.
Let's go JRich! Let's go Suns!
Series gameflows:
Game 1 |
Game 2
Today's lineup:
Lakers @ Suns Game 3, TNT 5:30pm PDT
Two words to describe the Celtics/Magic series that resumes tomorrow: BROOM TIME.
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Obama grew up an A’s fan in Hawaii.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 23, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, finally got out of my stupor of the Sharks losing, how do the Suns look?
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
Fast paced so far
They’re hanging on, even though they’re not hitting their 3s, particularly Channing Frye, whose role is to hit 3s
by IQofaWarrior on May 23, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard about the Sharks loss while I was watching the A’s sweep the Giants at the Coliseum!
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 23, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Nash to Amare
nice execution of the pick roll
Have the Suns had a lead at all this game?
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
Yes, I think they have
They started out strong and took the lead. The Lakers slowly evened themselves back out
by IQofaWarrior on May 23, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh, everythings better when you play defense! :D
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
LOL sneaky Lopez
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
The zoom-in on Lopez after that foul
Looked mighty fierce
"I tell him straight, 'If you're going to lead, you have to be the first to practice. You have to come in, get your work down and be prepared for practice,' " assistant coach Keith Smart said. "He needs to figure out why he is having stomach problems and he's got to watch how LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) and D-Wade (Dwyane Wade) work. He needs to mimic that if he wants his teammates to speak volumes about him." -Keith Smart on Motna Ellis
Haha
Shannon Brown commit aa dumb foul and give the Suns free points
Haha
Laker scrubs being scrubs
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
OK, I'm going to complain about this Karate Kid trailer
Name of the movie: Karate Kid
Jackie Chan: “I will teach you Kung Fu.”
Say what?
Watching Rich show that emotion after that three ..
Reminds me of his three in game 6 against the Mavs after his thunderous dunk .. Oh the memories :(
That Nash shot might have been the dagger right there.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 23, 2010 8:00 PM PDT reply actions
JRich with the DAGGER 3 from the corner
This game is OVER!
Grr missed the last 6 minutes
but Woot! Suns win!!!!!!
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
And people didn't want Amare over Andris...
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
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Please....
Did you already forget his atrocious games 1,2, and 3?
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 23, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to mention that trade would have meant no Curry
Either way…
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 23, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really
We could have mad the trade without Curry. probably would have had to lose Buki though
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Not likley
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 23, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Curry was a big part of the trade
Hi Lisa. Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers.
by Reverend_Randy on May 23, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
We could have mad [sic] the trade without Curry.
Where did you hear this?
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on May 24, 2010 1:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you already forget
Andris’s atrocious last two seasons?
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Dead horse
On a team needing defense, playmaking, and rebounds, do we need to pay a big paycheck to a player that does none of these?
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 23, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you already forget his atrocious games 1,2, and 3?
In fairness, his game 3 was pretty solid… ;-)
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on May 23, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Oops, meant games 1 and 2 haha
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 23, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid inability to edit
guess I thought this was game 4 for some reason, I meant Games 1 and 2, he was pretty good game 3 :D
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 23, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha. Amare was awesome tonight. Not so awesome the previous two games. In fact, awful. He took an absolute beating in the press for his boneheaded and lackluster play in Game 2, and deservedly so. For the playoffs … 6.6 rebounds per game (in 36.0 mins). Pretty lame from your “power” forward. Yeah, he’s a totally awesome offensive player when he’s on his game. We knew that already.
Also, dude: can you make semblance of an effort to be honest about the terms of the rumored deal? It wasn’t Amare for Andris. It was a one-year rental of Amare, with no guarantee of an extension, for Wright, Biedrins and Curry. Like a lot of people here, I wouldn’t trade Curry for Amare straight up.
Now Curry and Amare together … with a healthy Biedrins and Randolph around to make up for Amare’s uninspired rebounding … that could be pretty cool. A pretty cool pipe-dream…
Anyway … go Suns!
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on May 23, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a one-year rental of Amare
Uhhh…No. We said we wouldn’t do any trade without signing an extension.
Wright, Biedrins and Curry
Is what the Suns wanted. There is always a counter offer.
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Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
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I doubt they would have accepted less
Hi Lisa. Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers.
by Reverend_Randy on May 23, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
We said we wouldn’t do any trade without signing an extension.
And Amare said he wouldn’t sign one, and didn’t want to play here. Had he agreed to one [already in fantasyland here] it almost certainly would have been for max money. As efficient and effective as Amare is on offense, I don’t think it’s very wise to offer max money to players who are good at only one thing.
There is always a counter offer.
You have no idea there wasn’t one, and that the Suns didn’t turn it down. Like the rest of us, you haven’t the slightest idea what went down or didn’t go down with respect to the rumored Amare deal. You’re just whining ‘cos you want a pony and can’t have one.
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on May 24, 2010 2:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't care what the deal was
I’m just pointing out, to the people who didn’t want Amare under any trade that involved Andris and more, that Amare is significantly better than Andris. People cried about the rebounding, the injuries, the ‘ball hogging’.
Not saying we could have had Amare for sure, or that we could have had him for sure if we didn’t involve Curry or whatever. But I’m just saying that people are too high on Andris. What did he do for us the last two seasons? Hasn’t he been more injury prone than Amare?
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
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by LostHawkGSW on May 24, 2010 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Before last season Beans was actually pretty durable.
Even then he still played 62 games last season. Amare played 53 games last season.
Last season we had Beans who was, though slowly, getting better through the years and averaged an efficient double-double before he went down. It was easy to extrapolate that he would continue getting better, maybe not Amare explosive offensively, but definitely worth the contract we gave him. Who could have expected Beans would be historically bad this season? Of course in hindsight you can say right now Amare is worth more than Beans, right now my dirty jock strap is probably worth more than Beans.
The fact still is that Amare does not help to address any of the crucial holes in the Warrior’s roster, and he is not worth the money he wants.
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 24, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just pointing out, to the people who didn’t want Amare under any trade that involved Andris and more
I suspect this describes very few people on this site. Money being equal, I would obviously take / have taken Amare straight up, though I think/thought they’re both pretty flawed players. Naturally, the gap between them looks pretty gaping now, with Amare coming off a fully healthy sesaon and Biedrins coming off a fully injured one. Nothing in their histories would have suggested this kind of disparity in their health. Hindsight is 20:20.
People cried about the rebounding, the injuries, the ‘ball hogging’.
And these are still all legit concerns. Amare’s combined assists, steals, and blocks still barely outnumber his turnovers. Not the mark of a franchise player. After last night’s gem, Amare’s at 6.9 rebounds per game for the playoffs (in 36.5 minutes). Again, where were you after game 2, when Amare was jaw-droppingly terrible?
But I’m just saying that people are too high on Andris.
jae, who’s normally a big supporter of AB, gave him a D- for his performance last season. I think that’s about where “people” are on him these days. If all you want to do is kick Andris when he’s down, that’s cool; you certainly wouldn’t be the first. I just don’t think it’s quite fair to do it when Amare’s coming off the best playoff game of his NBA career. Since we know Biedrins-for-Amare was not the trade on the table, I don’t really see why this has to be a zero-sum thing. Can’t you be happy for Amare, give him his props, and at the same time give AB a fair shot to redeem himself next season with some reasonable health?
There will be no extra point!
by Sleepy Freud on May 24, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
On this Dwight Howard interview
he sounds so depressed and dejected.
Maybe
He’ll demand a trade to come join forces with Larry Ellison?
You know I spit technique to the freshest freak
Gimme a call you will see results in just a week
With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
Ouch......
Take my bags, not my top 3 pick!
"Winning is not enough. All others must lose." - Larry Ellison
by Badly Browned on May 23, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
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