Trail Blazers the latest to break Phoenix Suns fans’ hearts

After the San Antonio Spurs broke on hearts of Phoenix Suns fans in Mexico, the Portland Trailblazers came in and stomped on them more.

The Phoenix Suns fanbase have known heartbreak over the years. There is no need to regurgitate the litany of such tragedies here, but it is true.

However, after such a promising start to the season, Suns fans dared to hope. They dared to open their hearts back up to the team that has broken them so many times before. Not this time, though. This time felt different.

Rubio. Baynes. Monty. The freakin’ Valley Boyz were different.

They still might be.

But after having their guts wrenched by the Spurs a couple days ago, the Suns had their hearts ripped out by the Trail Blazers Monday night, and you can’t help but sense that familiar sinking feeling creeping back into Phoenix.

At first, the officials mixed it up from their usual pattern and gave the Suns lot of favorable whistles. However, questionable calls returned to the mean and the Suns got jobbed on two horrendous goaltending calls. It would have been a third if not for it occurring with less than two minutes in the game, and was thus overturned.

Those four points proved costly as the Suns lost by one point on yet another questionable call and wild and-one when Baynes got whistled for his sixth foul on a Damian Lillard drive.

Somewhere, Rex Chapman was asking, “Block or charge?” Unfortunately, for the Suns, even after a challenge, it was ruled a block, leading to two straight clutch shots by Kelly Oubre to go to waste.

After the Suns’ loss to the Spurs in Mexico, Greg Popovich said the Suns were robbed. Don’t expect that out of Blazers head coach Terry Stotts, but know he and the rest of the team will be smiling more than they should on their flight back to Portland tonight.

The Trail Blazers are just the latest crush Suns fans’ hearts. Phoenix has lost three games by one point, and six games by four points or less.

These kinds of losses, especially back-to-back, can be season demoralizers. Sure, the Suns were without their leading scorer, Devin Booker, but they won’t use that as an excuse, and neither should fans. They had both of these games locked up and they let them slip away.

However, time and time again, this team has come back with vengeance when they’ve been down and out, so don’t expect the Valley Boyz to wilt.

These dramatic losses may just fuel their fire, and with Deandre Ayton making his return Tuesday night against the LA Clippers, there is that much more motivation to get back to their winning ways.