Spurs vs. Suns: Game 5

[SD2042]

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Who: San Antonio Spurs(3-1) vs. Phoenix Suns(1-3)
When: Tuesday, April 29th
Where: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX
Time: 8:30 PM CST
TV/Radio:TNT /WAOI 1200 AM
Playoff Series: Spurs lead 3-1
Team Trivia Connection: Tim Duncan and Raja Bell are both natives from St. Croix, Virgin Islands.


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Suns Starters




What's the Spurs mission tonight? Here's your answer.

[Ballings7]

Spurs win

I'd be surprised to see Diaw/Bell playing like that again, because Amare wasn't really involved last game, and part of Bell's success was off Diaw's touches.

If not tonight, I think we'll get game 6

[scootfu602]

No matter the outcome in game 5. As a Suns fan, I have a lot more respect for your Spurs. I have been a Suns fan for years and years, and I will admit that after last season I was all over the "refs screwed us" bandwagon. But your team is just great, thats all there is to it. I haven't seen the Spurs getting all kinds of one sided calls at all this series. The BAD calls have really been effecting both teams. I have said on the Suns board already, the only way to even try to get into the heads of the Spurs is to blow them out like game 4 in there own home court. If this thing is close in the 4th qtr tonight then.........congrats and good luck.

[DBMethos]

No matter the outcome in game 5. As a Suns fan, I have a lot more respect for your Spurs. I have been a Suns fan for years and years, and I will admit that after last season I was all over the "refs screwed us" bandwagon. But your team is just great, thats all there is to it. I haven't seen the Spurs getting all kinds of one sided calls at all this series. The BAD calls have really been effecting both teams. I have said on the Suns board already, the only way to even try to get into the heads of the Spurs is to blow them out like game 4 in there own home court. If this thing is close in the 4th qtr tonight then.........congrats and good luck.

Great post.

I think this series will be over tonight.

[LyMinh]

Let's dominate

[Magz50]

I must admit i've grown alot fonder of the Suns fans this series than in the past, my hate for them has dissolved a fair bit.

However it is time..

[scootfu602]

I must admit i've grown alot fonder of the Suns fans this series than in the past, my hate for them has dissolved a fair bit.

However it is time..

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That was a nice touch, hopefully untrue....but hilarious none-the-less

speaking of the picture of course. Thanks for the comment though, sometimes ya just gotta man up and give credit where credit is do.

[Adde91202]

MUST WIN for the Spurs, we need to close it out TONIGHT. I believe that Dallas will win tonight just because they are desperate, and if we do pull off a win it will give us a nice little break that we do need. I however would like to see the Hornets in the second round rather than Dallas.. LETS GO SPURS, FINISH IT OFF TONIGHT PLEASE!

[Blame Rasho]

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[Blame Rasho]

Well I will say this...there are some excellent suns posters like SDU,rsavaj,nashill... but it also helps that most of the bad posters that were Suns fans have been banned before the playoffs...lol. I don't think anyone has been suspended outside of a few Raptor/MAgic posters during the playoffs.

[Ballings7]

I must admit i've grown alot fonder of the Suns fans this series than in the past, my hate for them has dissolved a fair bit.

However it is time..

I'd say that's because the series path has been different

[Blame Rasho]

Thanks for the thread SD...

[SD2042]

No problem. The Spurs should take care of business and extinguish the Suns tonight.

[SMRattler]

May the Spurs win!!!!!

I thought about game 4 a while now. The good news here is that the reasons the Suns won were really simple:

1) Turnovers/Fast-breaks: we had twice as many TO's as they did I think and that leads to easy points they get on the other end a lot of times. We are usually good at those things, taking care of the ball and transition D.

2) 3-point game-within-the-game: Another area we are usually good at, protecting the 3-point line and winning that +/- part of the game. They were a +15pts in game 4 behind the arc. We never, ever give up 3 pointers and fast break points to anyone in the playoffs, regardless if it was the Suns, Nuggz, old-Mavs, etc. Any team that relied on fastbreaks and 3-pointers to win always sealed their fate with a Spurs draw in the playoffs.

Pop is Pop and will nicely tell them: It would be nice if we protected the ball, got back on D and tried not to let them shoot an open -ball. Just a thought guys.

Still, they played us tough in our building before without fastbreaks and 3-pointers, so, it wil still be a tough game. But a tough game is Ok and winnable. Better than giving up fastbreaks and 3-pointers because that leads to blowouts.

[Ballings7]

I love Kurt Thomas' start here on both ends

[LyMinh]

Well it looks like we won't be going down by 20 in the first quarter, the only thing I was worried about. I don't think the Suns can beat us without a fast start.

[Magz50]

Good first quarter, parker once again is on fire, 13 points and 3 assists. Although Manu with 2 fouls kinda sucks

[LyMinh]

Watching Nash try to stay in front of Parker (the rare times he gets caught on him) is comical.

[Magz50]

Ok can we please stop playing Finley on Diaw??? Put Udoka or someone who can actually defend him in.

[Magz50]

WTF both Amare's feet were well inside the circle and it's a freakin charge on Duncan?? God i hate Joey Crawford.