thirty-seven and nine

The Suns took on the San Antonio Spurs, one of the best teams in the NBA the last five to six years. Until last night, the Suns (37 - 9) had not beaten one of the top West teams, losing to the Mavericks (38 - 9) in both meetings, the Jazz (30 - 17), the Lakers(28 - 18), and to the Spurs (32 - 16), their first meeting. Not this time. The Suns were down by 11 in the first, but came back to within a couple points early on in the second. At the half, the Suns were down by three points. San Antonio looked like they were a dominating team in the first half, and for the most part they really are, Tim Duncan got a double double with 20 points and 18 rebounds, but they couldn't keep running with the Suns in the second half. The Suns outscored the Spurs 22 - 17 in the third, and 31 - 17 in the fourth, winning the game by a 16 point lead, which they didn't even build until the last two minutes or so in the final quarter. The Suns kept fighting, and the Spurs stopped hitting their shots and playing the defense that led them to the lead in the first half. Amaré Stoudemire got a double double with 24 points and 23 rebounds; Nash had 13 points and 11 rebounds. The Suns are on a one-game winning streak! WOOHOO! They have another big match coming up tomorrow nigh, 7pm, in Phoenix against the Utah Jazz (30 - 17). GO SUNS!