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[Kirobaito]

Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff

You know, Suns could walk all over Dallas is they'd make a shot once in a while. Y'know.

Kinda hard to make a shot when the other team plays good defense, which the Mavs without a doubt did tonight. Perhaps you don't recognize it, because the Suns are perfectly happy with not doing it. That said, the Suns want to be a jump-shooting team. Get used to them not falling. Welcome to Mavsworld, circa 2002. It's an old story.

This game doesn't mean much, because the Mavs had to have this game and the Suns didn't. Now, time for the Mavs to steal one or both of the games in Phoenix, which they can certainly do, and I expect them to. Mavs in 6.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Either you really hate me or you really hate the Suns or both. I can't tell which.

[Kirobaito]

Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff

Either you really hate me or you really hate the Suns or both. I can't tell which.

I far from hate you. I don't even hate the Suns. I just don't understand why teams are still trying to pull the same crap that the Kings and Mavs did 5 years ago. Both teams proved then that it didn't win championships. Why else would both of those teams now be trying to win with defense? The Mavs led the league in scoring for like 5 straight years and never got past the conference finals. The one time they GOT to the conference finals was the season they gave up 95 ppg, but lost because of Dirk's injury and the fact that they were a terrible rebounding team. The Suns score a lot, but don't play defense and are one of the worst, if not the worst, rebounding teams in the NBA.

In Game 1, the Mavs decided that they were going to slow the tempo by attacking the offensive boards. This didn't work, as the Suns got plenty of fast break opportunities. The Mavs realized that they could outrebound the Suns with one arm tied behind their backs, and didn't need to attack the offensive boards. So in game 2, so they got back in transition and didn't give up easy buckets, and still outrebounded the Suns by 9.

I make fun of the Suns because they've put together a Euroleague roster and not an NBA roster. Teams win in the NBA from the inside-out. The Suns work from the outside-in. It's as simple as that.

[edczxcvbnm]

The Heat have been dominating the Pistons. They are now up 3-1 and will likely go to the finals. Detroit looked bad against the Cavs and that has not changed. Instead of Detroit taking it in 5 or 6 like everyone has said(including some here) it looks like the Heat will take it in 5 or 6. The Heat had a bit of early trouble against the Bulls but they pulled everything together during the Nets series.

[The Captain]

Boy, that Dwayne Wade sure is something.

Take care all.

[Raistlin]

Miami has definitely surprised me. But it's more that Detroit has been surprisingly disappointing. Good god, they've been sucking.

The Suns are in trouble. They've been hanging in against the Mavs even without one of their best players (Amare). If the Suns had Amare, I think they would beat the Mavs again this year. But they don't, so they don't have much rebounding or post-up ability. However, I've been very impressed with how well they've done so far. I expected the Mavs to walk all over them.

[edczxcvbnm]

Originally Posted by The Captain

Boy, that Dwayne Wade sure is something.

I will say that Wade is really good but if you look at the rest of the team and most of the the subs they put in...are they bad? Hell no. Most of the Heat is really good. Good enough to be afraid to always double team Wade like you would do to Lebron. Wade can get more open shots because there are enough other threats on the court.

That isn't to say he isn't one of the best new talents in the NBA but it does make it easier for him to put those crazy numbers.

[Del Murder]

Yeah the Heat is pretty good all around. Just goes to show what having Shaq in the center can do. He certainly isn't dominant any more, but having him there certainly helps put the puzzle together.