eastern lowland gorilla
Years ago
my take on the conference finals
In my totally unbiased opinion, i thought phoenix could win this series. Raja bell's value is really shining in this series, i read somewhere that the suns are 1-5 this year without him, and dallas will probably win tomorrow which will make it 1-6. There's no one to stop Terry, and Dallas are something like 25-0 when he scores 20+. So cheap win by Dallas and it would have been a much more exciting series if Bell was playing.
Now i'm not taking anything away from (Ben) Wallace's defense. he can't stop shaq, but he does a pretty good job, better than most. I'm having a go at his complete lack of offensive effort. When watching the game today, it was almost laughable how poor he was, getting it in the paint, not even looking at the hoop, and shaq standing off him like he's on the 3 point line. Why was Bell so effective against Kobe? He made kobe move. made him tired on the defensive end, so he wasn't as effective on the offensive end. Remember the game he didn't play and kobe dropped 50? ben wallace NEEDS to become more of an offensive threat if Detriot are going to win. shoot a couple of foul line jumpers. hey if they go in, Shaq will need to at least take a step out of the key. make shaq tired, so he's less effective on the offensive end. that means there's less bail outs for D wade, less open 3 balls for Posey and walker (because teams don't need to double down)
p.s i am in fact Bell's lovechild
