I met a couple of young Hawaiians with The Valley shirts on my plane flight home from Phoenix. They became Suns fans in the Nash years. They had flown out from Hawaii to go to game 2 and were on their way back home. Pretty cool to see.
They better start showing our fans now too during the games 3 & 4 broadcasts. Enough with the Deer Valley.
I really don't want to jinx anything, but I am not sure we will see another game in PHX this year!
Heres how long Ive been away. Arent the finals 2-3-2?
I'm not too worried about Foster. He typically calls slightly more fouls than the average ref and while he and Paul have history, the list of players that feel the same way about him is quite lengthy. He's often named as the most disliked referee in the game but he tends to grade out at or near the top by the NBA. CP3 and Booker just need to not push the guy's buttons.
The players just can't let themselves get wrapped up in who the ref is. We have shown multiple times in these playoffs that we can overcome the refs favoring the opponent. I would argue game 2 of this series is one of those games.Say what you will but I don't want to count to 12.
Whether Foster is against Paul or not it isn't going to help him or the team to dwell on it. They just have to play their game and focus on doing what they can to win the game.
Foster has a short trigger and does not allow sustained reactions from the players but the players already know that. If we allow this to become a problem, that's on us not Scott.Say what you will but I don't want to count to 12.
They should show suns fans in deer valleyThey better start showing our fans now too during the games 3 & 4 broadcasts. Enough with the Deer Valley.
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so damned predictable and awful. Foster gets to add to his “legacy.”
While this may be true, how many of those players have an 0-11 mark with him him reffing? Can’t be many bc some players have to end up on the other wiser of those games. The probability of that stat being a pure accident is difficult to believe given Paul’s overall winning percentages.
I honestly don’t think book and Paul are hunting fouls. With most midrange jump shots you’re floating a bit from the launch spot which would cause your foot to rise and Paul’s jumpers almost all have a lean back which also requires a leg to rise as a counterbalance. Do I think some players (including Paul and book) do it purposefully to attempt to get a foul? Yes. Do I think every instance of a leg kick is such an attempt? No. And in fact I think the one that was called an offensive foul on book was a bad call.
I think the stat relates to playoff games. In that case Pauls winning percentage probably isn’t much higher than 50%. If the games are mostly second round games his percentage is probably under 50%. In that case the chances of 0-11 is still low but not as low as one might assume.
