Suns-sational

I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.  When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May.  -The Temptations

Public Service Announcement:  OK, here we go!  The Phoenix Suns.  Sun-sational.  Sun-stoppable.  Sun-believable. 

I know, I know.  Let’s not carried away.  Carry on my wayward son.  There’ll be peace when you are done.  Lay your weary head to rest.  Don’t you cry no more.  Even if it was the lowly Griz, Suns fans can stop their sobbing.  At least for a little while.  The Griz have all that ails ya. 

The Suns scored 132 points against the Grizzlies.  617 points in their last five games against the Grizzlies.   The most points by one team against another over a five-game span since these said same Suns had 618 over five games against the Wizards Bullets from 1993 to 1995.  Memphis is terrible.  Abominable.  Deplorable.  Despicable.  Memphis has lost fifteen consecutive road games.  The Suns can’t worry about that.  I don’t care what they say about us anyway.  I don’t care ’bout that. 

They can’t.  They got business to take care of.  Growed folks business.  Post-season business.  The Suns remain in sixth place in the West.  The Suns have won consecutive games for the first time since February.  The Suns are doing it with defense.  Knock ‘em down, roll ‘em around, c’mon defense work! Work!  The Suns have been working it on defense.  Not shirking it on defense. 

The biggest knock on the Shaq trade was losing the Matrix‘ on other end of the floor.  They discounted his perimeter defense.  They discounted his ability to guard the point.  They discounted the numbers made by the mismatches he created.  It appears they’re finally figuring out life without Marion.  The Suns have finally put two games of good defense together.  Together, forever, that’s how it will be.  The Suns held San Antonio to 34.9 percent shooting Sunday.  The Suns limited Memphis to 41.7 percent shooting last night.   

Larger than Jim Backus, it’s the Cactus.  The Big Cactus took only one shot in 16:36 of playing time last night.  It’s the first time in his career that Shaq has played more than two minutes without taking at least two shots.  How about that?  How about this?  Shaq may have only taken one shot last night, that’s fine.  He still had fitty cent.  He still had three big blocks.  Mike D’Antoni:  “He controlled the whole game.”  He did, he really did.  

And his boy, Amare Stoudemire, was just a beast.  Twenty-nine points and thirteen boards in thirty minutes.  Yowza!  Stoudemire:  “We’re just scratching the surface of how good we can be.”   I second that emotion.  Be afraid Lakers fans.  Be afraid Spurs fans.  Be afraid Jazz fans.  Be afraid Hornets fans.  Be afraid Rockets fans.  Be very, very afraid.

Public Acknowledgements:  Kansas, Weezer, Dionne Warwick, Third Bass, The Miracles, Peter Vecsey and AZ Central

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

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