2010 Playoffs: Round 1, Game 1 - Trail Blazers At Suns Game Thread

[Billy Bob]

I saw a game that the suns could have won easily, Suns will return and dominate!

 

[mjb21aztd]

Yeah I still don't seeing the blazers beating us this series without Roy, but amare better show up next game cause we really need him to have a chance. sigh

 

[Billy Bob]

Positives we outrebounded them despite shooting horribly and getting up 10 more shots.

We shot horribly and portland shot well, they wont be able to keep it up.

 

[Covert Rain]

I saw a game that the suns could have won easily, Suns will return and dominate!

Then we had seen a different game. Portland out hustled the Suns and missed a ton of wide open 3's. I saw a game that could easily have been Portland by 15.

This team came out with zero passion. I am sorry but when the other teams best player is out there is no excuse to come out and play like this. Barkley was right. Was a monumental disappointment out of the Suns.

P.S. We didn't shoot well because Portland defends well. Look at the stat sheet. Portland has held us under our averages every time we play them. So our poor shooting is not a fluke.

 

[cly2tw]

Our game plan is apparently insufficient. They could shut Amare well but we couldn't do Miller and Bayless? LB was absolutely bulled by Miller and even JRich. If LB could get more emotional like he did with Deron Williams last game, we might have a chance. Also, Bayless is an actor. They got fouls called on Amare that were harsher than otherwise in the game.

Also, we should have stuck with our bench a little longer in the 2nd. After the halftime break, LB lost his shooting touch completely. And Dudley and Frye are not clutch 3-pt shooters yet. We should have made better effort to get the ball into Nash and JRich's hands.

 

[JS22]

Terrible game. Nothing positive about losing game 1 at home to a team missing their best player.

Portland, again, dominated the Suns defensively, and forced Nash to control the ball for way too long. (No shock there. Teams always make Nash dominate the ball in the playoffs.) If nothing changes, the Suns will lose this series in 6.

 

[Billy Bob]

Then we had seen a different game. Portland out hustled the Suns and missed a ton of wide open 3's. I saw a game that could easily have been Portland by 15.

This team came out with zero passion. I am sorry but when the other teams best player is out there is no excuse to come out and play like this. Barkley was right. Was a monumental disappointment out of the Suns.

key words "could have"

 

[Covert Rain]

key words "could have"

No I caught that. I just don't agree. Portland "could have" beaten us worse. The Suns were never in control of this game. So I don't see how the Suns "could have" done anything.

 

[mjb21aztd]

man I don't even know if I want to watch game two lol, If I cussed so much this game I can't imagine what i'll do if we play like crap again next game lol.

 

[AfroSuns]

If they dont stop starting Collins, they will lose in four. It is like we are 4 players. He is useless

 

[Suns_fan69]

We shot horribly and portland shot well, they wont be able to keep it up.

They've done it 3 of 4 games with us already. I think they're keeping it up just fine.

 

[Covert Rain]

If they dont stop starting Collins, they will lose in four. It is like we are 4 players. He is useless

They are sagging down on Stat because of Collins. The other Collins (Doug) called it before the game started. He said Portland was going to leave Collins by himself to help out on Amare.

It worked.

 

[Billy Bob]

No I caught that. I just don't agree. Portland "could have" beaten us worse. The Suns were never in control of this game. So I don't see how the Suns "could have" done anything.

Maybe I should have said should have won easily.

 

[O]

The Suns bought into the hype and their own press.
Classic!

 

[Proteus]

P.S. We didn't shoot well because Portland defends well. Look at the stat sheet. Portland has held us under our averages every time we play them. So our poor shooting is not a fluke.

Portland was 18th in opposing team's field goal % and tied for 13th in defensive efficiency.

 

[95pro]

im surprised we didnt see more zone in the 2nd half.

 

[Billy Bob]

They've done it 3 of 4 games with us already. I think they're keeping it up just fine.

we played and bad game and they dont have brandon roy. we will win this series!

 

[AzStevenCal]

Does anybody want to consider the possibility that we just aren't that good? Our bloated record down the stretch was mostly against bad teams or teams with key injuries. We haven't played all that well since we lost Robin. Add to that, the fact that Portland is a bad matchup for us and we're in trouble here. I still think we can win this series but I never thought it was going to be easy.

Steve

 

[Treesquid PhD]

They are sagging down on Stat because of Collins. The other Collins (Doug) called it before the game started. He said Portland was going to leave Collins by himself to help out on Amare.

It worked.

I doubt it will happen until Lopez comes back, when Gentry or really coach Kerr evaluates the game, they'll see the missed wide open shots long before they cue into Collins. If anything, you'll probably see a move in the start of the second half, especially if the game is favoring Portland.

I do agree though, Collins is worthless on O, but so were Grant Hill and J-Rich and Dudley.

 

[slinslin]

We outrebounded them despite shooting 10 more shots and shooting worse then them.

We won't lose another game if we keep outrebounding them.

Dudley,Hill, Jrich = 7/28 = 25%FG.

 

[Treesquid PhD]

We outrebounded them despite shooting 10 more shots and shooting worse then them.

We won't lose another game if we keep outrebounding them.

Dudley,Hill, Jrich = 7/28 = 25%FG.

wow nice support timing there, I should hire you to back up my posts with facts.

 

[mjb21aztd]

i bet for some reason the suns thought this would be a cakewalk game no roy, at home, and in the playoff's.... i'm hoping this sparks a fire under them to let them know this is the playoff's and no matter who your playing you bring 100 percent every night. Just feel so upset trying to think of good things to keep me more calm. Maybe we will turn out like the celtics when they lost game 1 to the bulls at home lol.... UGH UGH UGH

 

[mojorizen7]

P.S. We didn't shoot well because Portland defends well. Look at the stat sheet. Portland has held us under our averages every time we play them. So our poor shooting is not a fluke.

Why is it so hard for folks to understand this?
I watched the game too(except for the 1st qtr) and Portland was in the face of our perimeter guys ALL NIGHT LONG. Amare was facing a couple bigs whenever he tried to get free....
the SUNS defense was decent and at times was very good but if anyone expects our poor shooting to just miraculousy get better for game's 2,3,4 & 5 they'd better wake up.

The BLAZERS are missing a MAJOR offensive piece(Roy)...the SUNS need to hone in on Aldridge/Miller and shut them down. Period. They'll be lucky to score 80 points if we can just get in their grill and D up.
Let our offense and jump shooting find itself IMO.

Focusing on just better shooting is shortsighted and misguided.

 

[cly2tw]

Does anybody want to consider the possibility that we just aren't that good? Our bloated record down the stretch was mostly against bad teams or teams with key injuries. We haven't played all that well since we lost Robin. Add to that, the fact that Portland is a bad matchup for us and we're in trouble here. I still think we can win this series but I never thought it was going to be easy.

Steve

We are not as good as the fans think we are. Dudley, Frye, Dragic don't have much playoff experience and Nash is older. But we should be able to shut Miller and Bayless with our bench. In the start of 2nd q. and 4th, we seemed to have it.

We outrebounded them despite shooting 10 more shots and shooting worse then them.

We won't lose another game if we keep outrebounding them.

Dudley,Hill, Jrich = 7/28 = 25%FG.

And LB lost his good touch in the 2nd half. In the first half, Hill and JRich were so lacking confidence that they hesitated to shoot right away on Amare's passes. Their drives into paint were challenged because Amare already drew 2 defenders in there waiting for rebound. They need to talk it through.

Amare had a bad game. But he seems to be fine with general decision making. We should be fine with proper adjustment, for rest of the series.

 

[95pro]

we got to switch-up/confuse miller a bit with different defenders, we have hill dragic and duds.
barbs and nash on him was a bad idea all game long.

aldrige was confused when we threw a quick double on him, that i liked.

less dribbling by nash, we need to move that ball or else their D gets too comfortable.

collins = the suck