Phoenix Suns News, Suns Scores, Game Recaps & Commentary : detroit pistons

Suns Get Screwed in Detroit, Lose in Overtime

chowell — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:08:00 GMT

I'm usually one to see both sides of things and/or to find rational explanations for everything that happens in life. However, in watching the end of the Suns/Pistons game last night, I found myself yelling at the officials for their poor calls which...(read more)

2004-2005 NBA Finals - San Antonio Wins 3rd Championship since 1999

chowell — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:08:00 GMT

This year's NBA Finals came down to which team played better defense down the stretch and who actually wanted the championship more. In this case, San Antonio escaped Game 7 with the victory and the trophy. Detroit did a great job taking the series to a Game 7, but the Spurs weren't going to lose 2 games in a row on their homecourt, where they'd dominated all year.

There is some debate about who should've been the series MVP... Personally, I think Manu Ginobili should've won it as he was the most important factor in them winning the series (aside from Game 5 savior Robert Horry). Duncan played very constistent throughout the series, but did not play at an MVP-caliber level. His free throw shooting is at least partially responsible for 2 of their losses to the Pistons.

NBA Lockout (resolved) Phew...
I'm really glad to see the NBA and the player's union come to an agreement for the collective bargaining agreement for the foreseeable future. The movement of players this summer should be interesting to watch and the NBA Draft should be exciting as well. Here's looking forward to 2005-2006!

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San Antonio / Detroit NBA Finals, Game 2 recap

chowell — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:40:00 GMT

Wow, San Antonio almost scored 100 points in a game against Detroit... wouldn't this have been great if Detroit had actually reached 90 themselves? I've written about this horrible NBA Playoff series in a prior article (read more). I'm not the only one with this opinion though, checkout Mike Kahn's article on FoxSports.

I do have to give San Antonio credit, as they've been able to score at-will against a suddenly porous Pistons defense - the Spurs hit 11 3-pointers (45%) in Game 2. Detroit might be in better shape if they could hit a shot also; they followed up a 37% shooting drill on Thursday with a whopping 40% nightmare Sunday evening. Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace have yet to show up; Antonio McDyess has played better thus far, especially after his 15 pt, 7 rb performance Sunday.

Despite the schooling that the Spurs are putting on Detroit, this series still sucks. About the only bright spot is Manu Ginobili... sort of reminds me of Kobe Bryant in his 2nd & 3rd years in the league. Ginobili's creativity is currently unmatched in the NBA, which is great for basketball. His hussle in the 4th quarter of Game 2 helps to show why foreign players are so successful in today's NBA. Ginobili made several deflections and a key steal that led to a 3-pointer to seal the game (actually, it was sealed a lot earlier than that).

Here's hoping San Antonio closes this out in 4 games so we can start talking about the impending NBA lockout.

My2Cents

2005 NBA Finals... Yawn

chowell — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:59:00 GMT

The matchup for the 2005 NBA Finals is set and I couldn't be more disappointed. San Antonio versus Detroit - wow, what a barn-burner this series is going to be. I've been complaining about how ABC isn't airing the playoffs during the week (or weekends for that matter), but with these two teams playing, I've changed my opinion. Put the entire series on cable so the nation won't have to watch a horrible series. I can see it now.... 85-78, 82-80, etc.

Basketball purists are talking about how this is going to be a great series, but they couldn't be more wrong. See Chris Sheridan's article on Yahoo! Sports - Spurs-Pistons: A matchup to delight the purists, with a subplot or two on the side. Can you say garbage? Because that's what the series will be.

At this point, I'm looking forward to the NBA Draft and free agency more than I am the NBA Finals - if the collective bargaining agreement gets worked out that is.... Who knows, there might not be basketball next season.

I don't like Detroit or San Antonio, but I'd have to give the Spurs the edge in this series; 6 or 7 games.

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