May 31, 2005

Whew - No Sweep

The Suns won!!!

What a great game, too! Very frustrating to watch the Suns get called for fouls when they look at one of the Spurs sideways, and the Spurs not even get called when they are mugging one of our guys. Gratifying to know that, had they capitalized on the lopsided officiating and been able to sink their free throws, they would have won - but they couldn't do it. San Antonio lost by 5 points, Tim Duncan alone missed about 10 free throws. Hah!

Q is still not up to form, and Shawn Marion was only there about half the night (but when he was on - he was ON). Nash is practically carrying us, though having Joe Johnson back seemed to make a huge difference tonight. Amare is just a stud, plain and simple - hard to believe he is so young. That block that he made at the end was HUGE, as soon as I find a picture I will post it. It is definitely poster material...beautiful.

I am, however, sick and tired of Ginobili and his acting. Anybody gets near him and he is faking a stroke, flopping to the floor and flailing about. This is one of my big pet peeves in basketball and, I think, shows a lack of faith in your talent. If you think your only chance is to get unwarranted fouls called, you obviously don't think your team can win on skill. He is not the only one by any means, you can look to Dallas and see Nowitski - heck, I remember being irritated way back when by Bill Laimbeer (for his histrionics and other things). I just wonder, since these players have that reputation, why the officials ever believe them - I would be disinclined to give them the call unless I saw someone nail 'em with an uppercut...twice.

Anyway:

The Suns won!!!

It looked like the game would be decided by the officials but we still managed to pull it off. What a nail biter...what a win!

Posted by Vox at May 31, 2005 12:47 AM | Sports
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