Yes it was the first game of the regular season, and yes Womanu was hurt and didn't play, BUT the Suns went into San Antonio and gave the Spurs the business! Duncan and Parker had nearly perfect games and Planet Spuranus still came up short. The Suns defense wasn't that great (again) but The Fredstrom spoke with Coach Porter and he says that he will make these adjustments: 1)Going under the screen instead of following Parker around it allowing him to further dissect the Suns "D" drawing fouls, etc. 2) Letting Tim Duncan shoot outside instead of taking it to the rack again drawing weak fouls, 3)Making someone else shoot the ball Duncan and Parker combined for 45 shots making 26 of them, etc.
The Suns on the other hand hit Coach Mtn. Man in the beard with a balanced attack. Five players scored in double figures and the Suns bench outscored the Spurs bench 42-24. The Suns looked good, they out-rebounded the Spurs (just barely), were able to get some big stops, were able to run and hit some big shots down the stretch, and most importantly were able to run an effective pick and roll completely rendering the Spurs helpless. By the way Pop, Hack-a-Shaq is Whack! It may be within the rules but if The Fredstrom were a Spurs fan he would be pretty upset that he paid good money to watch his team fouling continuously turning what could be a fun game into a free throw shooting exhibition.
Tonight the Suns face another tough Western Conference team-The Hornets. The Fredstrom looks forward to the Suns home opener hoping to see another big victory, with BIG "D" and FAST "O". Prediction: Suns 107 Hornets 104.
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Last nights game verse the Hornets was not good, duh! The Suns played horrible and were just a few stops away from making that game interesting. Again the Suns chose to go over the pick and allow CP3 to penetrate the lane causing the Suns to suck in leaving 3 point shooters to "Do Work". This lane penetration, similar to the Spurs game is causing fouls and defensive confusion. The Fredstrom can't count how many times Steve Nash ended up on a miss match last night. The Suns also had 14 MORE turnovers-that's 14 more possessions for the Hornets. The Fredstrom did pick the Hornets to be 1st in the West. They are young, fast, can shoot the 3, and play really solid defense. They beat our Suns 4 times last year...so the Fredstrom isn't too concerned.
The Suns will go .500 in their first 12-14 games or so because of this adjustment period.
Let's talk cards....they rocked this weekend!!
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