So the Phoenix Suns lost to the Dallas Mavericks 140-116 on Sunday, a game in which officially closed the door on any playoffs hopes for the Suns this year. This was also a game in which the Suns gave up 80 first half points, which begs the question: how the hell do you give up 80 points in the first half on your "World Cup" game? (Grant Hill's words) Also, how do you make 58 year old Jason Kidd look like Magic Johnson in his pride? This bald SOB pictured above had 16 assists in the first half. He was making passes from all over the court, and topped it off with his last one to Josh Howard who hit a 70 footer right before the half. It was ridiculous, the Suns had no interest in playing any defense (and boy did Mark Jackson let us know about it on ABC) and gave up halfway through the 2nd quarter.
This brings me to my next point; the Suns bench played much better than the starters on Sunday. In fact, they have been for the past week. Every time Dudley, Amundson, Dragic, Swift and Tucker (and now Barbosa) go out there, they outscore the other team and hustle their asses off. The most exciting part of the game on Sunday was the beginning of the second quarter, in which the Suns bench outplayed the Mavericks bench and closed the lead to 3 points.
Maybe it's for the best that the Suns lost in this way, because now they know for sure that they are not good enough to be in the playoffs and shouldn't harbor any leftover feelings for this season. I'm ready to move on to what will be one of the most interesting Suns offseasons in recent memory and I hope the front office is as well.
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