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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Dogg_Pound_Gangsta on February 23, 2007, 11:06:32 PM
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Phoenix Suns are back to their high-octane offence now that Steve Nash is healthy again.
Shawn Marion scored 27 points, Leandro Barbosa added 24 and Amare Stoudemire had 23 to help the Suns beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-104 on Friday night.
Nash had nine points and 15 assists in his third game back after missing four starts with right shoulder inflammation.
"Having him in there passing that ball is good for us. We're not a half-court team," said Raja Bell, who scored 10 points.
Marion is averaging 25 points in his three games since the all-star break.
"The opportunities are there and sometimes they are not," he said. "I'm not forcing the issue. I'm just taking what's given to me and going with the flow of the game and the flow of the offence. ... Sometimes I can get a big night, and some nights I can't get like that. Tonight, everybody was making that extra pass."
Marion also contributed on the defensive end, where he spent the bulk of the night being part of a double-team guarding Kevin Garnett.
"We wanted to contain him a little more, but tonight everybody was helping out," he said. "We sent him some double-teams and different looks occasionally to make him work for everything he got."
Garnett, who had a season-high 44 points the last time the teams met, led Minnesota with 28 points and tied a season-high with 19 rebounds.
Randy Foye had 14 points and Ricky Davis 12 for the Timberwolves, who have lost three straight games, and allowed their second-highest point total in a game this season. Phoenix also scored the most, 131, on Jan. 21.
With the Suns up by eight, Marion blocked three Minnesota shots -- including two by Foye -- in a 23-second span late in the game, before a three-pointer by Barbosa ended the threat.
"That is scary what he did. He did it all tonight," Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni said. "He guarded Garnett real well and did a lot of good things.".
A three-point play by Garnett got Minnesota within five points midway through the third quarter, but a pair of three-pointers and a dunk by Marion put the Suns up 89-78. Phoenix, which averages just under six three-pointers per game, finished 12-of-31 from behind the arc.
"I felt like we should've slowed the pace down a little bit. We had the pace at their rate, how they want to play. That's their advantage," said Garnett, whose team is a season-low five games under .500.
"We have to stop this bleeding. The trade deadline is over. No one is going to come in here with a cape on and make anything happen," he said. "The responsibility is on us, as always."
A jumper by James Jones, who scored 16 points, early in the fourth gave Phoenix its largest lead, 100-85.
Minnesota got within eight points midway through the quarter, but Nash returned to find Jones for a layup and Barbosa, averaging 21 points in his previous four games, hit a long jumper for a 12-point cushion.
"He threw some daggers in. He is starting to do that consistently," D'Antoni said.
Two nights after coach Randy Wittman accused Minnesota players of playing selfishly in a loss to Charlotte, the Timberwolves had 10 assists on 11 first quarter baskets en route to a 30-25 lead, just the third time in 15 games under Wittman the team has led after 12 minutes.
Phoenix, winners of seven of nine against Minnesota, went on an 11-0 run for a 49-39 lead, including a behind the back pass from Nash to Marion for a layup drawing a few "aahs" from the seventh-largest crowd in Target Center history. Marion capped the stretch by stealing the ball from Jaric and driving in for a layup. A putback by Stoudemire at the buzzer gave Phoenix a 64-52 halftime lead.
"You have to have that second, third, fourth rotation against them," Wittman said. "We had it at times, but I don't think we sustained it."
Notes: The attendance was 20,196. ... Minnesota F Mark Madsen, who injured his left ankle in Wednesday's game and was walking with a crutch Friday morning, was walking with a splint around the ankle before the game. "It's responding well to treatment," he said. ... Phoenix F Boris Diaw missed his fifth straight game with a back spasms. "Hopefully I'll be able to play on this trip," he said. ... Six other NBA team mascots joined Minnesota's "Crunch" to help celebrate his birthday. The Phoenix Gorilla was not one of them.
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Nash dish out between 11 and 12 assists a game (don't know the real numbers)... yep it's crazy he dropped 15 ::)... you can do better than this Kobe hater
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um ok here his trophy for 15 assists ::)(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/962/wlf3irdj6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Nash dish out between 11 and 12 assists a game (don't know the real numbers)... yep it's crazy he dropped 15 ::)... you can do better than this Kobe hater
Im a Kobe hater cuz I post something about my favorite player? ::) ::) Laker Logic I guess?
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1-7 FG
0-2 3FG
Why did you post about this game, out of all the games he had this season? :-\
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STEVE NASH: 9 pts (on 1/9 shooting), 15 assists and 4 TO
KOBE BRYANT: 38 pts (on 18/30 shooting), 9 assists and 3 TO
You guys said "we" dickride Kobe, but hey... somebody is better than us about Nash!! ::)
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whats new
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You know Nash cheated on his wife right?
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You know Nash cheated on his wife right?
When how do you know?
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^LOL.
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^LOL.
maybe he never did cheat ::)
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^LOL.
maybe he never did cheat ::)
Rik was making a joke, dude...I thought you'd be much sharper than that.
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Yeah I was joking. Cus the thread starter said he doesn't like Kobe anymore because he cheated on his wife.
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You know Nash cheated on his wife right?
you know kobe snitched on shaq right?
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Hours after Kobe Bryant was accused of rape, he reportedly told cops that his Los Angeles Lakers teammate Shaquille O'Neal had paid women up to $1 million to keep "situations like this" quiet.
Bryant's Shaq attack came July 2, 2003, in a conversation he had with Colorado cops soon after a 19-year-old hotel worker accused the star guard of assaulting her, the Los Angeles Times reported last night.
"Bryant made a comment to us about what another teammate does in situations like these," Eagle, Colo., Detective Doug Winters wrote in a police report obtained by the paper.
"Bryant stated he should have done what Shaq does. Bryant stated that Shaq would pay his women not to say anything. He stated Shaq has paid up to a million dollars already for situations like this."
Bryant, 26, also insisted he hadn't thought of a payoff because he treats women much better than his gargantuan teammate.
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Kobe supposedly said "I shoulda just paid the girl hush money like Shaq does" in an interrogation. Even if it's true, he wasn't snitching on anything. And what does that have to do with this thread to begin with? You can post that in the "Official I
'm a Hater and Kobe's the best" thread.
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^LOL.
maybe he never did cheat ::)
Rik was making a joke, dude...I thought you'd be much sharper than that.
Shit i dont even know if hes married, i dont care about players personal lives. Just like during the whole Kobe Scandal it never changed how i feel about him being the best. I dont pay attention to off court shit, unless someone cant play anymore due to what they did...But married, cheating who gives a shit?
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Kobe supposedly said "I shoulda just paid the girl hush money like Shaq does" in an interrogation. Even if it's true, he wasn't snitching on anything. And what does that have to do with this thread to begin with? You can post that in the "Official I'm a Hater and Kobe's the best" thread.
I don't know where you're comming from, but that's called snitching.
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Kobe supposedly said "I shoulda just paid the girl hush money like Shaq does" in an interrogation. Even if it's true, he wasn't snitching on anything. And what does that have to do with this thread to begin with? You can post that in the "Official I'm a Hater and Kobe's the best" thread.
I don't know where you're comming from, but that's called snitching.
ya feel me? even jim rome was talking about that 20 mins ago. He is a great fuckin player but hes still a snitch.
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What was he snitching on? He wasn't tryna get Shaq in trouble, he was using it as an example...And there's still not even proof that it really happened, some dickhead cop just leaked what Kobe supposedly said in a "confidential" interrogation. LOL@these haters.
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What was he snitching on? He wasn't tryna get Shaq in trouble, he was using it as an example...And there's still not even proof that it really happened, some dickhead cop just leaked what Kobe supposedly said in a "confidential" interrogation. LOL@these haters.
kobe is a great fuckin player everyone knows that. he snitched and that was wrong. facts are facts buddy
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You americans are obsessed by snitches.. Too much gangsta rap..
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You americans are obsessed by snitches.. Too much gangsta rap..
its just a matter of principal imo
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Stop listening to Dipset and maybe you'll realize that snitching involves getting someone or attempting to get someone in trouble... ::)
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Stop listening to Dipset and maybe you'll realize that snitching involves getting someone or attempting to get someone in trouble... ::)
What the hell does listening to Dipset have to do with this? NIK you are the homie but the Dipset hating is uncalled for.
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Stop listening to Dipset and maybe you'll realize that snitching involves getting someone or attempting to get someone in trouble... ::)
What the hell does listening to Dipset have to do with this? NIK you are the homie but the Dipset hating is uncalled for.
The whole "snitching" fad started with Dipset...
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You americans are obsessed by snitches.. Too much gangsta rap..
its just a matter of principal imo
In a civil nation under law the principle should be the opposite. You know something? You expose it. A judge judges it.
This hate against snitches is some typical mafioso shit (i'm italian). And blacks basically copied this culture and imported it to hip-hop.
But hey, those arguments are too serious, let's talk about Nash and Kobe.
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You americans are obsessed by snitches.. Too much gangsta rap..
its just a matter of principal imo
In a civil nation under law the principle should be the opposite. You know something? You expose it. A judge judges it.
This hate against snitches is some typical mafioso shit (i'm italian). And blacks basically copied this culture and imported it to hip-hop.
But hey, those arguments are too serious, let's talk about Nash and Kobe.
You don't fuck somebody in your caste over by telling on him to somebody in another caste. That's just stuff you don't do. Broke people in the gutter should handle their shit on their own and not involve the enemy to take care of their stuff.
On a forum, the administrator is like the government/the police. Telling him to ban somebody because he pissed you off is low.
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You americans are obsessed by snitches.. Too much gangsta rap..
its just a matter of principal imo
In a civil nation under law the principle should be the opposite. You know something? You expose it. A judge judges it.
This hate against snitches is some typical mafioso shit (i'm italian). And blacks basically copied this culture and imported it to hip-hop.
But hey, those arguments are too serious, let's talk about Nash and Kobe.
You don't fuck somebody in your caste over by telling on him to somebody in another caste. That's just stuff you don't do. Broke people in the gutter should handle their shit on their own and not involve the enemy to take care of their stuff.
On a forum, the administrator is like the government/the police. Telling him to ban somebody because he pissed you off is low.
Mmmm.. ok. But since Kobe ain't registered to the forum (.......well i'm pretty sure he ain't..;D !!) and since we was talking about him and Shaq....
Anyway.. i'm not saying it's a good thing to do it. I'm just saying you guys looks obsessed. And the gangsta rappers too.
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You americans are obsessed by snitches.. Too much gangsta rap..
LOL! good reasoning. We dont like Rats, bottom line ;)
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You americans are obsessed by snitches.. Too much gangsta rap..
its just a matter of principal imo
In a civil nation under law the principle should be the opposite. You know something? You expose it. A judge judges it.
This hate against snitches is some typical mafioso shit (i'm italian). And blacks basically copied this culture and imported it to hip-hop.
But hey, those arguments are too serious, let's talk about Nash and Kobe.
You don't fuck somebody in your caste over by telling on him to somebody in another caste. That's just stuff you don't do. Broke people in the gutter should handle their shit on their own and not involve the enemy to take care of their stuff.
On a forum, the administrator is like the government/the police. Telling him to ban somebody because he pissed you off is low.
The point is that he didn't fuck him over...
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fuck snitches