Suns up 3-2 over the Blazers  

Phoenix had a poor start, trailing as much as 11 in the first but as soon as they started to heat up, Portland's got no answer for them. In the Suns 3 wins, they averaged a winning margin of 22.3 points per game. If the Suns would play balanced basketball, they could seal the series at Portland. Pretty sure that it is going to be another emotional night for the Trail Blazers because that could be the last game of the season for them, for sure they won't give it up without a fight. Because the series is heading back to Portland, I am expecting a big game 6 from some of these Blazers: Brandon Roy, Andre Miller, LaMarcus Aldridge, Jerryd Bayless, Rudy Fernandez, and yes, Marcus Camby. Miller and Aldridge has been impressive for the Blazers from the start, as well as Camby. Bayless is an explosive type of player and he's shown some brilliance in this series. Roy and Fernandez are the two players that I think the Suns would be cautious. These two has been silent, especially Fernandez. Should Roy and Fernandez come up big in game 6 and the rest of the Blazers play well, it's possible that the series could return to Phoenix.

As a Suns fan, I'd love to see Phoenix end it in 6. Probably another Jason Richardson outburst in Portland or maybe Amare Stoudemire or Steve Nash play another big night. The Suns bench were impressive in game 5 and if they could come up with the same effort (or maybe more considering that it's Portland's home), then the series will be in the bag. Another Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs second round match in the making.

Hopefully, the Suns can take out the Blazers in the next game. Go Steve Nash. He deserves to win a championship.

Portland's a beast at the Rose Garden and they're going to slow down the tempo to throttle the Suns' attack. Expect Game 7 back in Phoenix.

I guess that this series would end in game 7 where the Sun emerge as the winner. Trial Blazers are good in their homecourt and with the return of Brandon Roy and not a good night in game 5,I think that Brandon Roy and company will bounce back fomr the game 5 loss. This could be a fierce battle in game 6.

as much as i love the trail blazers, they are my pick in the west to make a big splash in the play-offs before that injury to brandon roy, the trail blazers know in their hearts that they are in for a tough ride without their leader in the court. roy playing in game four (or was in game 3?) was really a heroic effort on roy's part. however, it puts the team's long term chances in the future. trail blazers has been a gritty bunch. first they loss their centers, oden and pryz, and before the play-offs they lose roy. i don't think the team had a complete line-up all through-out the season. the pick up of camby has been good for the team no doubt but camby is no spring chicken. imagine how hard it would be for stoudemaire and the other phoenix players to drive into the paint with oden, pryz, aldrige, and camby clogging up the lane. it would have been a different ball game.

going back to the discussion, i think phoenix tries to wrap this one up. they can use the extra rest as they prepare for the next series. if it goes to game seven, both teams have the same chance at winning it. you can throw all the numbers and stats out of the window. phoenix is a veteran-laden team with nash, hill, amare, and j-rich leading the charge. they know that they have to take care of business in the road and they knwo that they can do it. the key here is for them to start fast and establish their running game early on. also, it would help if frye and dudley keep their hot shootign streak from 3-point range. that was the deal breaker in game five in my opinion.