On Saturday night, the Phoenix Suns will face the Denver Nuggets outside at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (home to Pacific Life Open--one of the major events on the men's and women's pro tours) in a pre-season match-up. This is only the second time in NBA's history that a game will be played outdoors. The first being a 1972 preseason game where the Suns defeated the Bucks in San Juan, Puerto Rico at a baseball stadium.
Shaq
9 October 2008
12 September 2008
ast year's debacle, with the trading of The Matrix (Shaun Marion) and the signing of Deputy O'neil (Shaq), I already sensed the "setting of the Sun's". Dusk is on the horizon. Twilight.
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Posted by Michael L. Wilson | 2 comments
24 April 2008
The addition of Shaq hasn't changed the Suns late-game woes. Throughout the year, and the past decade, the problem for the Suns has been finishing out games. This has led to questions about age, ability, and tenacity. Are these guys hard enough to win it all? They need to reach down deep and find out what they are made of if they hope to pull themselves out of the two game hole they dug in San Antonio. How do you give up two double digit leads in the playoffs?! Where is the moxey, the guts? The Suns are showing that they can score on San Antonio. But can they when it counts? Not so far. Stoudemire is called for a charge with twelve seconds left in regulation of Game 1, the Spurs get the ball back down by three, and Tim Duncan hits his only three of the year! Suns eventually lose in double OT. Game 2: the Suns can only muster eleven points in the third quarter. That's embarassing. Eleven points...are you kidding me?! They put up eleven in a couple of minutes with Nash on the bench...in the first half. This Diesel truck hasn't shown that it is up for the long haul through the two halves of a game, let alone the two months of the playoffs. If the Suns want to win, they'll have to be able to play man defense late in the game, which means playing smart through out the game, keeping
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