Even though the season is still in its infancy, the initial Phoenix-Dallas confrontation demonstrated exactly why the Suns, as presently administered and constituted, will not and cannot mount a serious challenge for the championship.
They have absolutely no defense. Every Sun bit on every fake. Without his long, stringy hair emphasizing unfair body contact, Nash's routine floppings went unwhistled. Stoudemire exhibited little lateral movement. Barbosa gambled for steals and overreacted in his assigned rotations. Boris Diaw is out of shape.The basket was always unprotected (Dallas shot 54.8 percent), as was the defensive glass (Dallas had 14 offensive rebounds). Overall, Phoenix collected only 25 rebounds (Dallas had 37).
With D'Antoni wielding the whip, the Phoenix Suns are more of a freak show than anything else. Freaky enough to win a bunch of regular season games, but not sound, or balanced enough to seriously contend for the gold ring
2006-11-11
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