Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Let's Go Streaking!
It's six straight wins for the Suns! And the sixth almost didn't happen! But anyway, before I get ahead of myself, allow me to make up for the time I lost due to the rigors of employment...
Almost lost amid the mess that is the most recent turn of events for the New York Knickerbocker franchise, the Suns came home from their East Coast road trip to host the Knicks. Minus the tantrumizing Stephon Marbury and a couple other starters (Q-Rich and Z-Bo, due to injury and personal reasons, respectively), the Knicks witnessed the return to form of Amare Stoudemire, who played his best game since his knee surgery in October. STAT tallied 26 points and 12 boards in the Suns' 113-102 win.
A couple of days later, the Suns hosted the struggling Chicago Bulls. Long story short, as shown in the pic above (which certainly deserves a spot in our Hardwood Lovin' gallery...), Phoenix pulled away in the end against Chicago for their fourth straight, 112-102.
Then it was a Western contender's turn to test the Suns' mettle. Unfortunately for the Houston Rockets, main man Tracy Mcgrady was out for the game due to injury, leaving big man Yao Ming to handle the responsibility. Despite the 115-105 final score, it was all-Suns all throughout, as Yao struggled against the Suns' fast-paced game.
Finally, the most recent win that almost wasn't. This game was played just earlier (Manila time, of course) and was the front end of a home-and-away matchup against the Sacramento Kings (the 'away' game came first for Phoenix, though). Shawn Marion's pic above speaks volumes about his performance--which translated to only 2 points all game--as well as about the Suns' game as a whole. They nearly blew a 17-point lead to Ron Artest's spirited play, before holding on for a 100-98 win.
Tomorrow, it's Suns-Kings part 2 back in Phoenix. Let's hope Shawn starts playing well again, Raja starts playing again, period, and ultimately, for consecutive win number 7. Go Suns!
Almost lost amid the mess that is the most recent turn of events for the New York Knickerbocker franchise, the Suns came home from their East Coast road trip to host the Knicks. Minus the tantrumizing Stephon Marbury and a couple other starters (Q-Rich and Z-Bo, due to injury and personal reasons, respectively), the Knicks witnessed the return to form of Amare Stoudemire, who played his best game since his knee surgery in October. STAT tallied 26 points and 12 boards in the Suns' 113-102 win.
A couple of days later, the Suns hosted the struggling Chicago Bulls. Long story short, as shown in the pic above (which certainly deserves a spot in our Hardwood Lovin' gallery...), Phoenix pulled away in the end against Chicago for their fourth straight, 112-102.
Then it was a Western contender's turn to test the Suns' mettle. Unfortunately for the Houston Rockets, main man Tracy Mcgrady was out for the game due to injury, leaving big man Yao Ming to handle the responsibility. Despite the 115-105 final score, it was all-Suns all throughout, as Yao struggled against the Suns' fast-paced game.
Finally, the most recent win that almost wasn't. This game was played just earlier (Manila time, of course) and was the front end of a home-and-away matchup against the Sacramento Kings (the 'away' game came first for Phoenix, though). Shawn Marion's pic above speaks volumes about his performance--which translated to only 2 points all game--as well as about the Suns' game as a whole. They nearly blew a 17-point lead to Ron Artest's spirited play, before holding on for a 100-98 win.
Tomorrow, it's Suns-Kings part 2 back in Phoenix. Let's hope Shawn starts playing well again, Raja starts playing again, period, and ultimately, for consecutive win number 7. Go Suns!
