Bulls 115, Suns 104
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have gotten contributions all year from West All-Star starters Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire.
The rest of the rotation players have all spent time as key cogs during some games and utter flops during other games.
My focus will continue to be on guys 3-10 in the rotation when [...]

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The Suns may be sitting at home, but many former Suns are making a dent in the 2009 NBA Playoffs.
The following is a brief analysis of their contributions:
Atlanta Hawks

Isn’t it ironic that the Joe Johnson-propelled Hawks finally cracked the second round for the first time in a decade during the same season in which the Suns [...]

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For the past few days the Chicago Bulls have been rumored as the most likely destination if the Suns pull the trigger on an Amare deal.
Suns fans are in luck because that mediocre offer from the Bulls is now off the table with Chicago having dealt two of the principals to Sacramento in a deal [...]

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It’s getting harder and harder to have faith in the Phoenix Suns these days.
Aside from Leandro Barbosa, Grant Hill and maybe Steve Nash, it just didn’t seem like anybody really cared that awful much while the Suns dropped another one, this time 122-111 to Chicago.
Yes, the same Chicago team whose owner called the Bulls a [...]

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Bulls 122, Suns 111

 
 
 
 
 
 
The Suns will get to see just what kind of a difference Shaq makes in tonight’s tilt against the Bulls.
Chicago dominated the first meeting, winning 100-83 on Nov. 7 on its home floor, in a game Shaq missed for rest, an issue Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro used in his pregame [...]

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In hindsight I’m glad I wrote about how well the Suns’ offense performed in its first five games before Friday’s contest in Chicago because those stats won’t be so shiny when Phoenix wakes up Saturday morning.
The offense that was a well-oiled machine through five games sputtered its way to a 100-83 loss that was a [...]

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