I just woke up early from a dream that had me posting reasons that I'm angry at Barbosa. About how he's been lost and unable to connect on anything. Which is all true. And I am angry, but I think I'd rather not post about that.
I want to post asking why in a game like last night's, we played without Jalen Rose or Marcus Banks. A shooter like Rose with fresh legs? A player who has purportedly good D like Banks? Get them out there when we still had a lead. Rest the guys who looked so sloppy in the fourth.
I was so giddy and elated in the first half. It was like the team that I fell in love with last year in the playoffs was back. No one plays basketball like they did last year, not even this year's team. Last year everyone counted them out and they got so far playing such amazing and beautiful ball. They had so much to prove. This game was shades of that, and I really was excited to see them come out and do it again.
And then midway through the third they started getting tired. They started losing that beautiful lead. In the fourth when it was all gone, I thought I'd cry.
I don't know if I'm on the conspiracy bandwagon, that this was fixed by the NBA, but I can tell you that I think that it was an unfair ruling that did benefit the team that perpetrated the flagrant. I know that if Duncan and Bowen walked on that court following the Elson and Jones incident, they should have been suspended too. There is some bias in that, even if it's not intended to be game-fixing bias. If rules are rules and we should suck that up as Suns fans, then rules should be rules for everyone.
The latest I've heard about that (and this hasn't been confirmed, just word of mouth) is that Stu Jackson (NBA exec vp of basketball operations) said that Stoudemire and Diaw got their suspensions as a result of leaving the bench to participate in the near brawl, but that Duncan seemed to get up out of concern for Elson, and therefore wasn't suspended.
Do I really need to address that asshattery? No I didn't think so. (It does briefly bear mentioning that that's been Diaw's story about why he left the bench from the get go. He was worried about Nash.)
Whatever. I feel robbed by fate, frustrated by the outcome, and angry at Barbosa.
Tomorrow's game had better be awesome.
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You do know, by the way, that you have an outstanding invitation to come over to our house whenever you are feeling irritated with Leandro. In fact, we currently have a list posted on the fridge detailing the reasons we are irritated with Leandro, so you'd be right at home. 15 bucks and a ride on my hover scooter if you can guess who started said list from the first three items on it:
"1. does not ask before borrowing other people's shoes"
"2. expensive shoes required in order to impress masses of shiny haired women at night clubs"
"3. and then leaves you pathetic 'sorry!' notes. NO, LEANDRO, THE 'LAYDEEZ' DO NOT LOVE GARDENING CLOGS."
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