Phoenix Rises

The Suns were able to bounce back from a sub-par performance to win Game Four in L.A. rather handily, by the final score of 113-100.

An MVP-like, 23 assist performance by Steve Nash led the Suns who also got a combined 49 points and 32 rebounds from the frontcourt All-Star tandem of Amare Stoudemire and Shawn Marion.

Amare took Kwame Brown's game three performance personal and dominated the paint - pulling down a Barkley-like 21 boards. Marion was his typical Matrix self, getting his 22 points on a variety of dunks and putbacks.

The Lakers used all 12 of their players, and none of them really showed much of an effort. As a team the Lakers had 21 assists, two short of Nash's individual total. After dominating the boards in game three the Fakers were outrebounded 44-39 by the smaller, quicker Suns. It appears things are back to normal in Fakerland. The Grim Raper took 25 shots - scored 31 points - and the rest of them stood around watching. All day long, The Grim Raper whined and cried as he put up bad shot after bad shot and the Fakers hopes and dreams that developed after game three faded away into oblivion.

The series returns to US Airways Center on Wednesday night for the Fakers last game of the 2006-07 season.

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More Wins

They're Not Dead Yet

Despite what everyone thought was going to happen, the Fakers didn't roll over and die last night. After the Suns started the game on an 11-0 run, the Fakers (and the officials) came storming back.

Behind what perhaps was the first strong performance of Kwame Brown's life, the Fakers were able to hold off the Suns and take a 95-89 victory in game three. The Suns still lead the series 2-1 with game 4 coming in L.A. on Sunday.

There was really three main components to the Fakers win.

1) Kwame Brown

After faking an ankle injury, Brown had three straight dunks in the third quarter as the Fakers pulled ahead. Amare Stoudemire decided to lay off of Brown and allowed him to have the game of his life. For some reason, Kwame decided to actually CATCH the ball in the post for once. This most likely isn't something that the Fakers should be able to count on happening ever again. Kwame Brown is still the worst #1 overall pick in the history in the NBA, and in game 4 should go back to his normal self of dropping passes and missing layups.

2) Rebounding

It seemed that every time the Fakers missed a shot they were able to get the offensive rebound. They outrebounded the Suns 44-30 and were able to pull down 19 offensive boards, compared to the Suns 6. Despite the Suns outshooting the Fakers 48% to 42%, the Fakers second and third chances were more than able to make up for this deficit.

3) Officiating

The Fakers took 28 free throws to the Suns 12. The Suns were not able to play any defense on The Grim Raper because if he missed a shot a foul was called. There was one play in the fourth quarter when the Grim Raper missed a shot, the Suns got the rebound, were halfway up the court, and the official called a foul AFTER the fact. The Grim Raper shot 13 free throws himself, compared with the Suns 12. It was almost like Joey Crawford was officiating that game.

I'm pretty confident that the Suns will win game 4. Things always even up in a series, and a classless, talentless team like the Fakers won't win more than one game due to poor officiating.

Now, a note about Fakers fans

Obviously, I haven't met every Fakers fan in the world, but judging from the ones I have met, Fakers fans seem to be the most unintelligent people on the face of the earth.

None of them can make a valid argument, so they resort to the same old, tired argument they have always used - "We have rings"

News flash - you people don't have Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Wilt Chamberlain on the court. Your team is not good anymore. Your team will never win another championship until you actually get some good players, and the Grim Raper is not on your team any longer.

Reading the responses in my blog, you can see the mentality of the Faker fans. Dallas fans make intelligent basketball arguments. Faker fans make personal attacks and can't say anything coherent. The Fakers are a joke. Fakers fans are a joke. You people are the reason that the Fakers are the most hated team in the NBA.

Get the Hell Out of Town Kobe!

Recipe for a Suns victory:
Attack the basket - Check
Hit jumpers - Check
Play defense - Check
Demoralize opponent - Big Check

Game two was a dominating performance by the Suns. The Fakers had no chance from the opening tip to the ending buzzer. The Suns started the game by going to the hole early. By attacking the basket, the outside was opened up for the jumpers to fall. After one quarter the Suns were up 31-25. The second quarter was where it began to fall apart for the guys from L.A. - It's not a coincidence that the second quarter is when the new NBA 6th Man of the Year Leandro Barbosa entered the game. It took him a few shots to get going, but Barbosa picked up where he left off in game one - another 26 point performance on 11-18 shooting including 4 from three point land. Amare Stoudemire and Shawn Marion dominated the paint - Amare with 26 points, 9 boards, and 4 blocks - The Matrix chipped in with his standard 17 points and 10 boards.
At halftime the Suns had a commanding 68-47 lead. That's when Kobe Bryant quit.
In a move that reminded many of game seven of last year's playoffs, Kobe only scored two points in the second half, on a breakaway showboating dunk that cut the Suns lead to 24.
After the game Kobe said that his teammates aren't too talented.
This guy is a complete joke.
He shot his team out of game one, and in game two he quit. Until Jerry Buss realizes what a douchebag Kobe Bryant is, the Fakers will never win again - not that I'm complaining.

Game Three will be tomorrow in Los Angeles. If the Suns play half as well as they did last night it will be an easy win.
Some stats:
Points in the paint
Suns 56
Fakers 34

Fast Break points
Suns 39
Fakers 7

FG %
Suns 54.3%
41.4%

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More Wins

Barbosaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

Game one goes to the Suns. Final score 95-87. Just three more wins to go send this garbage Fakers team fishing for the summer.

This game wasn't as easy as expected. In the first half the Suns struggled to find their offense. The shots weren't falling, meanwhile on the defensive end of the court nothing was working. The Grim Rapist kept shooting, and kept hitting. He hit shot after shot in the first half despite being off balance, fading away, or being double teamed. Going into the locker room at halftime the Grim Raper had 28 points and his Fakers had a 48-39 lead.

In the second half, the Suns defense and the offense of Leandro Barbosa took over. In the third quarter the Suns outscored the Fakers 35-29, capped with Barbosa's three pointer at the buzzer. Barbosa finished with 26 points - 19 in the second half.

That Rapist guy? He was ice cold. He only scored 11 second half points, highlited by a dreadful 1-11 fourth quarter performance. If you ask me I'd rather get hot in the fourth quarter than the second quarter...but I'm not the most arrogant individual on earth.

Let's face it. The Grim Raper will never win. He is too cocky. Too arrogant. Who takes 33 shots in a game when the ball isn't going in? Who takes fadeaway three pointers against double teams when four teammates are standing 10-15 feet closer to the basket wide open? Nobody but the Grim Raper.

The Suns played some great defense, and Leandro Barbosa had a huge performance, but the Grim Raper's second half exploits are as much of a factor in the Suns win than anything else.

I'm pumped about game two, on Tuesday night. Let's hope the Suns shooting returns and that the game isn't as close.

Once Again - It's On!

It's playoff time in the NBA again, and this year the Suns first round opponent will be a familiar one - the hated rival Los Angeles Fakers. The Suns are hoping for a quick series in order to prepare for a possible matchup against the tough San Antonio Spurs in the second round. In case you forgot about last year's matchup - these two teams met in a hard fought seven game series that included the following:

The Grim Raper throwing elbows

Raja's retaliation

Officials stealing a game from the Suns

Luke Walton playing dirty

The emergence of Leandro Barbosa

Tim Thomas saving the season

The Suns fighting back down 3-1

The Grim Raper quitting on his teammates in game 7

Now...I'm hoping that this series doesn't have quite all that excitement. In fact, a 4 game sweep would be nice.

Honestly though, I think the Fakers may win one game. But that's it. The Suns are better in every aspect of the game than the Fakers (except throwing elbows).

I can't wait until Sunday.

See ya later, Asshole!

JOEY CRAWFORD IS SUSPENDED!!!

Now if you're not a huge Suns fan as I am, this may not mean anything to you. If you follow the Suns intently you'll know that our chances to win a championship this year just got easier.

Joey Crawford is the WORST official in the NBA. He holds grudges, is arrogant, and generally is a piece of crap. He HATES the Suns for some reason. Every time the Suns are involved in a game in which Joey Crawford officiates, the Suns lose. I don't know why, it just is. He sucks, and he hates the Suns.

Apparently though he hates the Spurs even more. On Sunday he called two technical fouls on Tim Duncan...while Duncan was on the bench. The second tech was the result of Duncan laughing. Yes, I said it. He kicked a guy out of an NBA game for LAUGHING. ON THE BENCH!

According do Duncan, Crawford also challenged him to a fight.

Justice was served today, however. Joey Douchebag Crawford was suspended for the rest of the season, including playoffs and the Finals. I can't imagine he'll be back next year after these antics.

This amount this helps the Suns is unknown, because we don't know what his playoff assignments would have been...but no doubt it is a positive!

A Nice Email I Got From a Blog Reader

Someone named mehul rupani Sent me this email. This person apparently was quite upset after the Suns beat the Fakers last night.

I have a feeling this particular person looks something like the fat loser in the picture on this posting.

Feel free to email him at mehul.rupani@hotmail.com if you wish to comment:

Your a complete ignorant moron. Seriously, reading your ridiculous blog
about the best player in the games today, Kobe Bryant, makes me wonder what kind
of idiot are you. Why in he hell would you say he is a rapist when he wasnt even
convicted. Saying that he payed off that slut Faber or whatever her redneck name
is. You dont even know shit about basketball and i think you need to see a damn
doctor. You never support your facts about any of arguements. I go on niketalk
everyday and see you suck the Phoenix Bums penis's and ride Steve Trash's jock
strap. Dude shoudnt of even been MVP. What did he do? Cant play defense for
shitt, all he can do is pass. The Bums suck. In the past 30 years, what have
they done? Made the playoffs 9 times out of 30 years. hahahahahahahhahahahahaha.
what a sucky fucking team. the lakers have gone to finals 4 out of the 7
seasons since 2000. the suns just wave the division title. Shawn Marion sucks
ass. Amare is the only person i respect. Raja Tinkerbell sucks as well. Saying
Kobe is a punk. What kind of immature idiot closelines someone. If he was a real
man, he would sock him. Also, saying Kevin "the beast" Garnett has no heart?
What kind of complete idiot are you?? He suits up every night, plays 1000% every
night. Puts up monster numbers while steve trash sucks D'Tonis cock. Yea SUNS
WILL NEVER WILL WIN!!!!! I hope your son doesnt end up like you. Go kill
yourself

Why Kobe Bryant is a Douchebag

Being that the Suns play the Fakers again tonight I thought I'd post where my intense hatred for the Grim Raper came from.

It's not what you think. I hated the dude long before he raped an innocent white girl. I have hated the pompous arrogant individual from the day he was drafted.

In case you forgot, the Grim Raper wasn't drafted by the Fakers. In fact, he was drafted by the Charlotte (Now New Orleans) Hornets.

As a punk ass high school kid, the piece of shit said he wouldn't play for any NBA team but the Fakers. Instead of telling the cocky bastard to shut the fuck up or not get paid, the Hornets gave the little baby his bottle and traded him to the Fakers for Vlade Divac.

This kindled my hatred of the single most arrogant person in the history of professional sports.

As soon as he came into the league he showed no ability to play team basketball. In fact, he airballed a three pointer in the playoffs during his rookie year when his team needed the shot to win a game. Maybe it's just me, but rookies don't take game winning threes in the playoffs...especially rookies just a few months removed from going to the prom.

Soon the Fakers won some championships...and the hate for the Grim Raper grew. Everyone that knows anything could see that Shaquille O'Neal was responsible for the Fakers success...however, the Grim Raper decided that he could not share the spotlight. So what did the Fakers do? They traded the most dominant player in the NBA so the Grim Raper wouldn't have to defer. The Fakers have seen lots of success since the Raper took over as the #1 and only option for their team...one lottery appearance, one first round exit as the #8 seed, and this year they're in danger of missing the playoffs once again. Shaq? Oh yeah, he won a championship with the Heat. Where was The Grim Raper in the playoffs last year? Quitting on his teammates in game 7.

Now...I haven't even mentioned the rape yet...and I hate the guy.

Let's talk about the Colorado rape case.

The Grim Raper's people leaked this girl's name to the press so she would suffer even more than she suffered from his heinous acts. Then the Bastard paid her off to drop the charges so he could go on with his NBA career making millions of dollars.

Now, again, maybe it's just me...but if you were accused of rape...and you KNEW you didn't do it...wouldn't you want to clear your name in a court of law? Paying her off just proved his guilt. Rapists deserve to die...just like murderers. He should stand trial and be put to death, not make millions in the NBA and have his own shoe.

I am sickened when children wear #8 or #24 jerseys. What kind of parent would let their kids represent this piece of human waste?

I will be at the Suns - Fakers game tonight...and you know that the "KOBE SUCKS" chant will be in full effect. I just hope that Raja can injure him.

Down goes the Rapist!

Another game vs. the Fakers, another Suns win.
It seems that every time the Suns play the Lakers when a certain Rapist plays, the Suns win. The Rapist took lots of shots, scored 34 points, and his team lost. That's what usually happens when the Suns play this team. Raja Bell did a great job...making the Rapist take bad shots all game long. Steve Nash was baalin'...he scored, he dished, he did everything an MVP should do in leading the Suns to the win.
It was especially comical when the Fakers fans started the MVP chant when the Rapist went to the free throw line late in the game. Do these morons not realize that a team that is the #7 seed in the playoffs can NOT have the MVP.
The Fakers may not even make the playoffs. They keep losing games down the stretch...It would be nice to see the Rapist make a lottery appearence. It would shut all those Faker fans the hell up that don't know anything about basketball.
Maybe they'll finally realize that #24 is a cancer and their team - and the NBA in general - is better off without him.

NBA Awards: My take

Who said the Suns don't play defense?

Well, the regular season is coming to an end (finally) and it's almost time to hand out the hardware. So here are the much anticipated NBA award picks from me. (I have anticipated making this post).

MVP: Is there any question? STEVE NASH is hands down the Most Valuable Player in the NBA. He is having his best season, better than the previous two years...and he was MVP those years. Besides, why would I want to give any award to that soft German in Dallas? Seriously though, Steve has always hit the big shots when we've needed him. He continues to step up and lead this team to new heights. He is more important to the Suns than any player is to his respective team in the league.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: THE MATRIX (SHAWN MARION). Why? He blocks shots. He gets rebounds. He gets steals. He defends guards, small forwards, and power forwards. He is not only the most versatile defender in the league, but one of the best. His defense is underrated due to the Suns high octane style of play, but he is as good of a defender as there is in the NBA.

COACH OF THE YEAR: This is a tough one - but I'm going with Jerry Sloan. The Jazz have had a great season, but due to the success of the Suns and Dallas they have been all but forgotten. If it weren't for the injury to Carlos Loozer, they'd be among the top records in the league. He has done a great job with a team that lacks depth and must rely on 3 players (Boozer, Williams, and Okur).

MOST IMPROVED: Josh Smith. This guy used to be a dude that dunked and did nothing else. He has really expanded his game to become more of a complete player. He's become a good defender. If he gets a jump shot he'll be a star one day.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: They all suck but I give it to Brandon Roy. He's the best of a bad group (Nice trade Kevin McHale)