bircan

This hurts coz Houston and Lakers won their respective games. So we are tied with Spurs at 5.

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Seuss

lol

That game guaranteed, by creepy Men's Warehouse Voiceover. I like it.

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Dissonance19

I would've done my normal posting during this, had I not been watching it away from my computer.

I hate games like this. Stings for awhile.

IceMan23and3

Note: there's a lot of basketball left in this season and the Suns are playing well and in the playoffs. That's all that we need. This year is different from other years in that No 6 CAN beat No 1 in a 7 game series.

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Seuss

Mr. Bipolar over here.

Went from the most negative fan, to the most optimistic. ahahah

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Dissonance19

I thought the same thing in another thread.

Aylwin

Well, I did expect a close game. It's just too bad we were outnumbered on the court. The Suns played well so at least this wasn't a step back in terms of the team coming together.

My only concern (again) is the rotation. Nash and Hill played about 40 minutes each and Shaq played 42. That's a lot for a bunch of middle-aged men. We have the toughest schedule in the West for the remainder of the season. That probably means they'll continue to play heavy minutes until the play-offs because D'Antoni won't use the bench in tight games against tough opponents.

The Pistons, on the other hand, played 11 guys and (regardless of officiating) they beat us. But will D'Antoni change? No. Because it's not about doing the right thing anymore. It's about pride, being stubborn, and as a matter of principle insisting that his 8-man rotation works.

Dissonance19

Watching the Warriors last couple of nights, you guys don't like the heavymins/short rotation? You'd be glad that Nelson isn't the coach. Jackson, Ellis, and Davis played 50 to 53 mins tonight. So, most, or all of the game and OT. Ellis just came off a 48 min game the night before.

afobisme

hm, it's not just the warriors though - kobe played 52 minutes and lamar played 53.

i think they just played extra long minutes because it's 1) a tight race in the west (nuggets fighting to just make the playoffs at all) 2) late in the season and 3) a bunch of younger players who are at the peak of their careers. none of the warrior's main rotation players are over 30, whereas the suns have nash/hill/shaq.

Seuss

Once we have a more set playoff seeding, we'll see less minutes. But it's all about positioning right now. I just hope D'Antoni knows when he needs to stop chasing the #1 seed.....

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Aylwin

Exactly. Amare played 41 minutes but he's young. He can handle it. And our 30-something players are past their mid-30's so they're actually closer to 40 than 30.

I can understand though that's it's a real fight right now for playoff positioning. But I don't think the seedings are going to be set until the last game of the season. It's going to be that tight. The only sure things are the Jazz at number 4 (because of a stupid rule) and the Lakers at number 1 (not because they're so much better than everyone else but because their remaining schedule is too easy).

Dissonance19

True, but he does play those 3 around 40 mins a game though. All career highs, except Baron by a min. They get pretty tired though regardless of age. I also read lately Nelson's been giving Baron more of a break for the stretch. Or at least try.

Dissonance19

Seeding's might come down to the last game though lol.

Seuss