Worthy of Your Attention
I hate both teams. As a Laker fan, there is no other choice. And yet, there I was on Saturday afternoon, leaping off of my couch and yelling like a maniac as they played in one of the greatest postseason games in NBA history. Game 1 of the Suns/Spurs series was one for the ages, and there’s no reason to believe that we’ve seen the best from these two.
Phoenix showed that they can play against, and possibly even beat this team. Were it not for Shaq and Amare’s foul trouble, it could very easily be the Spurs facing a must-win situation tonight. Of course, it’s kind of hard to beat a team that forces a second overtime thanks to its Hall of Fame power forward deciding to knock down his first three-point bomb of the season.
Whoever comes out of this series is going to be bruised, battered, and more than anything else, exhausted. The winner should be given at least two weeks off before playing in the following round.
Also on tap tonight…
Toronto @ Orlando, Game 2: Can the Raptors do anything to slow down Dwight Howard? I’ll take “no”, Alex.
Dallas @ New Orleans, Game 2: I never thought Erick Dampier would be part of any storyline during this (or any other) series, and yet, here we are.
50 Responses to “Worthy of Your Attention”
Apr.22 at 3:03 pm
TADOne says:
CP34MVP.
Apr.22 at 3:07 pm
Cheryl says:
I’m going to be up late.
Apr.22 at 3:13 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
toronto zzzz…
Apr.22 at 3:13 pm
TADOne says:
Me too, Cheryl.
Apr.22 at 3:28 pm
JackBrown says:
I enjoy the Suns of Phoenix basketballers club. They are quite nice at passing the round ball through the hoop. Indeed.
Apr.22 at 3:32 pm
JackBrown says:
…sorry.
Apr.22 at 3:32 pm
Kevin says:
the winner of the Suns/Spurs series deserves a trophy just for that series. Suns should’ve won Game 1 though, now i’m nervous :/
Apr.22 at 3:33 pm
Darksaber says:
Go DIRK Werner!!
Apr.22 at 3:35 pm
albie1kenobi says:
it’s definitely possible that suns can beat the spurs, but you also forgot to mention that the spurs played as terrible as they could during the first half of game 1. if it wasn’t for that robot they’d have lost the game. i’m rooting for the spurs but if the suns take the series i won’t be surprised one bit.
Apr.22 at 3:59 pm
Jim Mora says:
Maybe this time we’ll have a recap from slamonline. I understand game 1 did not deserve one because of the poor level of play, nor did the series because of the low expectations…just sayin’
Apr.22 at 4:08 pm
Diesel says:
Spurs need to do everyone a favor and lose so we don’t have to be subject to another boring finals. “Parker passes to Duncan. He holds it…holds it..holds it” Insert quote on how well Duncan uses the glass here.
Apr.22 at 4:41 pm
k.o. says:
i pick all series to be tied tomorrow. let the ‘ur retarded’ rants begin
Apr.22 at 4:42 pm
Mike says:
“im rooting for the spurs”…I never thought I would actually hear somebody say that in my lifetime.
Apr.22 at 4:46 pm
eyehatedirk says:
I need the Suns to keep it going into June so my transitional period to the late July preseason football isn’t as long. No Suns, no care ever.
Apr.22 at 4:47 pm
The Promise says:
Im rooting for the Suns to beat the Sa floppers
Apr.22 at 5:11 pm
G says:
They all Floppers! Go SUNS!!!!!!!!
Apr.22 at 6:06 pm
tenorca says:
Even though I loves me some Babyeater Howard, I can’t really muster any excitement about Raps/Magic. Am I the only one? Thankfully its on NBATV, where no one watching happens.
Apr.22 at 6:12 pm
J-Bird says:
Yea, the Raps/Magic series dosent really grab me, but DET/PHI just got a little more interesting.
Apr.22 at 6:24 pm
tenorca says:
Yeah, J-Bird. I think Detroit needs to man up and remember they’ve lost to inferior teams for several years running. The “We’re smugger than Kobe” act is failing them. Mo Cheeks for president.
Apr.22 at 6:28 pm
Captain America says:
Raptors are dead meat. CP3 kills Mavs.
Apr.22 at 7:52 pm
Hursty says:
Paul after 1 q. 6 points, 2 boards, 8 yes 8 assists.
Apr.22 at 8:12 pm
albie1kenobi says:
yes i enjoy watching spurs play ball. i enjoy duncan luring people to sleep with his fundamental post game, i enjoy the extra pass to the open man for a corner 3, i enjoy watching stiffling defense that cause terrible shots and 24 second violations, and i love watching ginobili’s unorthodox style of play.
and no, i’m not being sarcastic in any of above statements.
Apr.22 at 8:12 pm
TADOne says:
NO crowd chanting MVP for Paul. Kid is killing it.
Apr.22 at 8:20 pm
tenorca says:
When is it too early to stop taking the Mavs seriously? My vote was last year, after Matt frickin Barnes chumped Nowitzki, but they look baaaaaad right now.
Apr.22 at 8:27 pm
TADOne says:
Hornets had a franchise record 39 pts at the end of the 1st quarter, and are up 17 at the half. I think NOW is about a good time to stop taking them serious.
Apr.22 at 8:31 pm
tenorca says:
Yeah. Check the sheets; Mavs are sh!tting the bed.
Apr.22 at 8:33 pm
the biggest shaq fan eva says:
suns are gonna whoop the stinkin spurs butt
Apr.22 at 8:33 pm
TADOne says:
Well, Dirk already wet himself in game 1. Time for a diaper change.
Apr.22 at 8:34 pm
TADOne says:
Ona related note: Kidd looks like anything but a kid. He is old and slow.
Apr.22 at 8:35 pm
TADOne says:
*On a
Apr.22 at 8:40 pm
TADOne says:
Peja is killin too.
Apr.22 at 8:50 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I guess the Hornets aren’t bothered by their inexperience. Who goes this summer, Dirk or Avery? P.S. I demand frequent shots of Mark Cuban—we had to see him all season, let’s get a look while he’s miserable.
Apr.22 at 8:56 pm
vmcb says:
I love Tim Duncan! His cyborg body be damned!
Apr.22 at 9:27 pm
TADOne says:
Avery goes. I think Cubes has a man crush on Dirk.
Apr.22 at 9:28 pm
TADOne says:
Oh, and CP3 has 32 and 17. 22 pt lead. Even West has hit a 3.
Apr.22 at 9:30 pm
TADOne says:
Also, just mentioned how the Hornets have lost 22 straight in Dallas. Something tells me that streak gets broken.
Apr.22 at 10:39 pm
FLUXLAND says:
Dirk has to go. Cubes is paying for the karma police for not willing to pay up for Nash and forking over boat loads of money for some clown name Booth and now getting Kidd the wife beater.
Apr.22 at 11:12 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Amare can score.
Apr.22 at 11:34 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I’ll never get tired of Hack-a-Shaq.
Apr.22 at 11:58 pm
Hursty says:
Russ, at the end of the 3rd? unethical but intelligent by Pop. Pop has used 11 players. suns-8.
Apr.23 at 12:03 am
Russ Bengtson says:
Totally unethical, I still love it. Also, interviews with coaches DURING games has to stop. If it doesn’t, I fear something terrible will happen–like Jerry Sloan murdering Michelle Tafoya on live TV.
Apr.23 at 12:06 am
Hursty says:
in game 1 sloan gave huge death stares, esp. at the end of the 3rd. Adelman justs grumbles.
Apr.23 at 12:08 am
Hursty says:
at the end of quarters is inappropriate. They can just watch the coaches in the locker room cant they? The suns commentators told “Stern should get off his fat but and so something about this travesty” referring to hack a shaq.
Apr.23 at 12:11 am
Hursty says:
if it were at the half just after they come out of the locker room for maybe 10-15 seconds then fine. If it ever starts on the sidelines then thats just BS (it happens sometimes here but its on football grounds where the coaches influence is not so drastic.)
Apr.23 at 12:29 am
mike says:
Did Tony Parker just take a stab at Shaq about him being divorced when asked about getting hit by Shaq saying, “I’ll be ok, my wife will take care of me tonight.”
Apr.23 at 12:46 am
Hursty says:
no, just saying that he has a really hot wife (in some opinions), TP sounds like a pretty classy dude, I dont think he would take a cheap shot like that at Shaq.
Apr.23 at 1:27 am
Sarah says:
Yeah, I don’t think that’s what Tony was trying to do at all. Apparently, he misses the little woman now that the writers are back to work. By the way, as Chuck said, TP’s defense and offense were on point tonight..
Apr.23 at 3:46 am
chico says:
classy - of stylish quality
efficient - producing significant outputs efficiently classy - san antonio spurs
Apr.23 at 3:00 pm
unme says:
Kobe already won MVP?
Apr.23 at 9:39 pm
Dacre says:
I’m a little concerned by the none-event that was the 3rd quarter…i was listening on NBA LISTENLive….were the Spurs really shutting down the offense? It seemed as the Leandro particularly was getting to the basketball just nothing dropped…!?
In any event - as much as I want the Suns to win the whole thing…its something that must be said - WHOEVER drops out of the first round here in this series doesn’t deserve to. I think the loser should play the winner of the Lakers / Nuggets series for a 2nd chance.