SUNS V. Spurs
Will this be the year the SUNS can finally send the Spurs home? Can the SUNS reverse the curse?
As mentioned below, the Spurs have a unique ability to look like a championship team no matter what seed they enter the playoffs with or how stinking old they may be. So the Suns beating the Spurs 2 of 3 times this season doesn't mean anything!
So what will make the difference? What will get the Suns over the top?
You can look at the stats all you want...points per game, home court advantage, records, seedings, etc. None of that matters (By the way the Suns own every offensive category and rebounding). The Spurs will be picked by most, they still have the Big 3, plus an emerging Hill, and Ole Trusty Pop.
(Read this section with emotion like William Wallace in final scene of Braveheart!)
But this year, (dramatic pause) this year the SUNS will not go quietly into the night! We will not have to watch the Spurs luck out on buzzer-beating 3-pointers by Tim Duncan! We will not suspend ourselves by letting our toes enter the court during a push fest. We will not break our orbital bones or head butt Tony Longoria! We will play team defense! You think Grant Hill is going to let the Phantom of Argentina-Manu Gawiggly light him up? WRONG! Just asked J. Dunkless with Portland! This is the year that the SUNS will triumph, but it won't be easy! To win the series they must win game 1.
PREDICTION FOR GAME 1: SUNS by 7
PREDICTION FOR SERIES: SUNS in 7
