Wow......PHX suns

[TripletDaddy]

Did anyone check that score? Phoenix has already scored 81 points and the 3rd quarter just started. The Clippers have 41 points.

I guess they really are built for a run-and-gun offense.

If I were Shaq, I would be polishing up my resume. Maybe even tonight.

[SteelBlue]

140-100 final score. Yikes.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Did anyone check that score? Phoenix has already scored 81 points and the 3rd quarter just started. The Clippers have 41 points.

I guess they really are built for a run-and-gun offense.

If I were Shaq, I would be polishing up my resume. Maybe even tonight.

Name the last team that didn't have Magic Johnson on it that won a ring pushing the ball at a crazy pace? Oh and Magic had a decent post player on his squads, I think. If PHX is going anywhere it is with Shaq playing a role in the playoffs.

[il Padrino Ute]

Is Westhead coaching the Suns? Or against the Suns? I think his Denver team still holds the record for most points given up in a half - something like 115 or so against Phoenix when he was coaching the Nuggets?

[Donuthole]

Is Westhead coaching the Suns? Or against the Suns? I think his Denver team still holds the record for most points given up in a half - something like 115 or so against Phoenix when he was coaching the Nuggets?

You pretend to hate the NBA, but you're not fooling anyone.

[Donuthole]

Name the last team that didn't have Magic Johnson on it that won a ring pushing the ball at a crazy pace? Oh and Magic had a decent post player on his squads, I think. If PHX is going anywhere it is with Shaq playing a role in the playoffs.

Agreed. The net result of this will be that fans will turn out for the next few weeks as PHX makes a push for a 6-8 seed. Ultimately, though, they will run out of gas, Nash will wear down, and the fans will go back to realizing that their team turned down Joe Johnson at 8 million per and ultimately ended up with Jason Richardson at 13 million per to show for it.

[MarkGrace]

Name the last team that didn't have Magic Johnson on it that won a ring pushing the ball at a crazy pace?

And those 80s Lakers team surprisingly didn't play as fast as you might expect relative to the league at the time.

The 5 championship teams that decade ranked 4th, 8th, 8th, 10th, and 11th in pace.

[il Padrino Ute]

You pretend to hate the NBA, but you're not fooling anyone.

No, I hate today's NBA. If we could go back to the NBA of the 80s and 90s, I would be a huge fan.

[FN Phat]

Agreed. The net result of this will be that fans will turn out for the next few weeks as PHX makes a push for a 6-8 seed. Ultimately, though, they will run out of gas, Nash will wear down, and the fans will go back to realizing that their team turned down Joe Johnson at 8 million per and ultimately ended up with Jason Richardson at 13 million per to show for it.

Jason Richardson ejoys the run and gun mentality of the Suns. So much so that he trys to out-run the fuzz with his 3 year old in the back seat of his car....not in a car seat.

[Flystripper]

No, I hate today's NBA. If we could go back to the NBA of the 80s and 90s, I would be a huge fan.

Today's NBA is a much better product than the of just a few years ago. Today's NBA is every bit as good as the NBA of the 80s and yes I am very familiar with the NBA of the 80s. If you like basketball you should really give it a chance again.

[il Padrino Ute]

Today's NBA is a much better product than the of just a few years ago. Today's NBA is every bit as good as the NBA of the 80s and yes I am very familiar with the NBA of the 80s. If you like basketball you should really give it a chance again.

I dunno. I really hate what it became.

Perhaps I'll give it another try sometime down the road.

[Flystripper]

I dunno. I really hate what it became.

Perhaps I'll give it another try sometime down the road.

what it became? I don't think it is what you think it became.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Today's NBA is a much better product than the of just a few years ago. Today's NBA is every bit as good as the NBA of the 80s and yes I am very familiar with the NBA of the 80s. If you like basketball you should really give it a chance again.

I agree, I had this argument with my oldest brother a couple weeks ago when he was here visiting. The NBA went through a bad stretch after Jordan retired from the Bulls for the second time. But the NBA is great right now, lots of talent, a great western conference and guys play like games matter again.

[il Padrino Ute]

what it became? I don't think it is what you think it became.

Lots and lots of one-on-one? Free throw shooting contest? It didn't become this?

[Donuthole]

Lots and lots of one-on-one? Free throw shooting contest? It didn't become this?

It became that for a time. But it is no longer that. So perhaps what he meant was "It isn't what you think it is."