goldseraph
Irrelevance Sucks :(
I personally would like to face the Thunder or Mavs, I think the Jazz, Spurs, and Nuggets would give us more problems with their defense.
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2008 - A Duncan three at the buzzer decided game one. Phoenix never came back.
Spurs won 4-1, did not win the championship.
The consensus opinion that somehow Duncan's 3 had such a demoralizing effect that the Suns couldn't recover to compete for the rest of the series is puzzling to me. I think the Suns lost because Shaq couldn't guard the pick and roll.
Denver, OKC or Portland
Denver - Because they are the worst of the teams without Martin and Karl and we have their number so far
Oklahoma - Because they have no good PF or C and have absolutely no playoff experience
Portland - Because they are without Oden and Przybilla, Camby usually plays great against us but they are the least threat of the other teams.
I'd like to face a team that is not known for getting the benefit of every questionable call. But since we can't play ourselves, I guess I'll go with OKC. Judging by last night's result, they certainly aren't getting those calls. Yet.
"You're a funny guy."The consensus opinion that somehow Duncan's 3 had such a demoralizing effect that the Suns couldn't recover to compete for the rest of the series is puzzling to me. I think the Suns lost because Shaq couldn't guard the pick and roll.
That one 3 pointer was the difference between losing 4-1 and being 3-2 coming back to Phoenix. Had Duncan not made that three, Game 6 is in Phoenix and a possible win shifts momentum into Game 7. So I believe that one three was demoralizing
Why didn't the Spurs fall apart when Amare and Marbury made those crazy shots in game 1 of the 2003 series?
The shot was demoralizing, but I don't think it was the reason why the Suns lost the series. The Suns lost because they weren't any good.
We weren't going anywhere in 08 but neither were the Spurs. We were almost evenly matched and that near miracle shot by Duncan may very well have decided the series (reverse it and it wouldn't be the case but mentally tough and defensive minded go hand in hand). But we were way outclassed in the Marbury/Amare year. It's just not a reasonable comparison IMO.
Steve
Why weren't the Spurs going anywhere? Weren't they the defending champions? Didn't they get to the conference finals?
Both years the Spurs were good, and both years the Suns weren't good. That's why the Spurs won both times. It wasn't some fluke psychological advantage.
I don't think it was some "fluke psychological advantage". Would you contest that the Spurs were a stronger team mentally over the past decade than the Suns? If not, toss out the word fluke.