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Steve Nash, that’s all it is. If you look at this team (now) and go back to when they had the best record in the West (Conference) when Mike D’Antoni was there, the only constant has been Steve Nash. This is the perfect situation for him. It’s an honor and pleasure for me, living in Phoenix, to watch this team every team. This guy has the heart of a lion, he is unbelievable.

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Hornets sting Suns 110-103

Peja showed that he can still shoot the three.

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Peja showed that he can still shoot the three.

During this game, The Phoenix Suns were victims of a severe case of Amnesia. They forgot to not underestimate an opponent. They forgot that they need to earn every win. They forgot to do the little things that have led them to have a good record to start the season. They forgot that they still have a lot to prove.

The Suns went to New Orleans with a 10-2 record, tied for the best record in the NBA with The Atlanta Hawks and had a chance to improve to 11-2 facing a young team without their best player. Most of us thought this game was going to be easy for The Suns. There's nothing wrong with that. We are fans and after comparing their team to ours you can say it was a logical and educated guess. But Basketball is a crazy game and unlike fans...professional players can't afford to think like that. You actually have to play and earn it, because regardless of who you're facing, this is the NBA and any team can beat you. Any team.

Back when I was in High school, we were playing in a Tournament Finals against a team who was clearly inferior to ours. So we showed up to the game feeling good about ourselves and thinking that it was going to be piece of cake. We were relaxed and some might even say that we were cocky at times.

And so the game started and everything was going their way. Shots were raining, three point plays, fast breaks, steals. We couldn't by a bucket to save our lives but even under those circumstances we were thinking: "they can't stay this hot for a long time" or "our defense will get better" but none of those things happened and we ended up losing the game. We argued every single whistle that was called against us, our coach was thrown out of the gym and I fouled out of the game with still 10 minutes to play. My dad, who was watching from the bleachers, had to listen to me bitch about the refs on the way back home until he said the following:

"Jose, the refs didn't make you lose that game. You guys lost it. You didn't hustle, you didn't execute, and you didn't rebound the ball. It's like you were expecting them to suck at some point but it never happened. The fact that all of you, including your incompetent coach, were arguing calls throughout the whole game and blaming them for your misery just proves the fact that you are so arrogant that you can't even tell that you were beaten by the better team tonight and that it had nothing to do with the refs taking it away from you. Suck it up and learn from it"

Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting the Suns were cocky tonight but it certainly looked like they were thinking (just like we did back then) "They can't stay this hot all night"

But they were wrong and just like me...they need to suck it up and learn from it.

That's enough of my stories. Let's talk hoops now.

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Game Thread: Suns vs Hornets


Final - 11.19.2009 1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix Suns 22 27 27 27 103
New Orleans Hornets 26 26 26 32 110

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GAME PREVIEW: SUNS VS. HORNETS (less Chris Paul and Byron Scott)

See, Sean Marks everyone! (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

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See, Sean Marks everyone! (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

My how the mighty have fallen. The New Orleans Hornets plight is one that every Suns fan can relate to. Sucking, then becoming a contender, and then sucking again. Going through a coaching change, etc. Of course the Hornets  descent from up-and-comers to down-and-outers was much shorter than the Suns. What in God's name happened to these guys? In 2008 the Hornets picked up 56 wins, and barely lost in the Western Conference Semifinals to the dreaded San Antonio Spurs. That team was 5th in the league in offense and 6th in the league in defense. That lineup included the youngster CP3, the up and comer David West, the tenacious Tyson Chandler, and Peja Stojakovic. On the bench was Pargo and Bonzi. That year they owned the Suns, taking all 4 of the match-ups.

But last year the Hornets were one and out in the playoffs. Tyson Chandler fought the injury bug. CP3's main target for assists was gone, leaving David West to shoulder the scoring burden, while the gimpy Peja Stojakovic and James Posey attempted to carry the offensive and defensive load.

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Daily Links: MVP Steve Times 3 ?

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Ouch....(Photo by Max Simbron)

Basketball-Reference.com Blog " Blog Archive " Nash Gunning For a Third MVP?
The Suns' performance so far has been both surprising and commendable, but the jury is still out on whether they can maintain it, because the best predictor of future results says they're not quite as good as their record says they are.

I have to agree with this....The Suns have played great but in many ways it's been done with hustle and grit and a bit of smoke and mirrors. I am no where near ready to say that the Suns can beat the Lakers, Spurs or Nuggets in a playoff series. And as GREAT as Nash has been he has tendency to slow down as the season wears on.

Enjoy the early season success but this ride will still be more roller coaster than rocket ship....

Now go prove me wrong, Phoenix Suns and keep winning!

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The 10-2 Phoenix Suns Are Tough

The 2009/10 Phoenix Suns have shown tremendous resiliency and mental toughness in their 10-2 start to the season. (Photo by Max Simbron)

The 2009/10 Phoenix Suns have shown tremendous resiliency and mental toughness in their 10-2 start to the season. (Photo by Max Simbron)

Gone are the days when the Suns ran teams off the court with high-paced fun and gun basketball. This version of the Phoenix Suns has already proven to be more versatile, mentally tough and resilient than any of the earlier Nash-era teams.

Asked before Sunday's game against the Raptors what his favorite part of this year's team is, Suns head coach Alvin Gentry quickly mentioned the teams resiliency. His favorite win up to that point wasn't the big upset over the Celtics at the Garden. He was impressed with his team coming from behind in Philadelphia on the last night of a long road trip. It was a game the team easily could have let go but they battled back and got the win.

Five times in ten wins the Suns have been trailing going into the fourth quarter and five times now the Suns have overcome double digit deficits to get the win. Obviously the Suns don't want to have to come from behind but what it shows about this team are a few things that have been missing in Phoenix for the past 5 years.

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Suns Tighten Defense, Come Back to Down Rockets 111-105

BACK WITH A BEARD AND A VENGEANCE!

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BACK WITH A BEARD AND A VENGEANCE! (AP Photo/Bob Levey)

Be honest, did you think the Suns were going to pull this one out? Of course you did, because this team never quits. Tonight the Suns overcame a very slow start by outscoring the Houston Rockets 33-23 in the fourth quarter to win 111-105.

Tonight encapsulated the Suns season of a new hero every night. We could credit any of a number of players with the hero tag:

  • Steve Nash with 16 assists
  • Amare Stoudemire with 23 points
  • Jason Richardson with 20 points
  • Leandro Barbosa with a key block on an almost certain Chase "Air Bud" Budinger layup
  • Jarron Collins with 6 big points and 6 big rebounds in place of the foul plagued Channing Frye
  • Channing Frye with a huge 3 pointer before he fouled out to give the Suns a 5 point lead.

Or why not credit the whole Suns team? 10 players took the floor tonight, and 9 Suns had at least one rebound, and 7 players had at least 3 rebounds. The Suns tightened up the defense when it mattered, as usual this season, forcing the Rockets into jump shots down the stretch in the 4th quarter while containing Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry for their 10th win of the season. 

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Phoenix 10 3 .769 0 Lost 1
Los Angeles Lakers 9 3 .750 0.5 Won 2
Sacramento 5 5 .500 3.5 Lost 1
Los Angeles Clippers 4 9 .307 6 Lost 2
Golden State 3 8 .272 6 Lost 3

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Louis Amundson 17 F 12.7.82 238 6-9 U-N-L-V
Leandro Barbosa 10 G 11.28.82 202 6-3 None
Earl Clark 55 F 1.17.88 225 6-10 Louisville
Jarron Collins 20 C 12.2.78 249 6-11 Stanford
Goran Dragic 2 G 5.6.86 190 6-3 None
Jared Dudley 3 F 7.10.85 225 6-7 Boston College
Channing Frye 8 C 5.17.83 245 6-11 Arizona
Taylor Griffin 32 F 3.16.89 238 6-7 Oklahoma
Grant Hill 33 F 10.5.72 225 6-8 Duke
Robin Lopez 15 C 4.1.88 255 7-0 Stanford
Steve Nash 13 G 2.7.74 178 6-3 Santa Clara
Emir Preldzic - G 6.9.87 220 6-8 Bosnia
Jason Richardson 23 G 1.20.81 225 6-6 Michigan State
Amare Stoudemire 1 F 11.16.82 249 6-10 None
Alando Tucker 29 F 2.11.84 205 6-6 Wisconsin

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