fifty and sixteen

If I was unsure about the Suns' chance for a championship after the game with the Pistons, now I'm not sure how we are still second in the NBA at all. This was Suns' style ball: no massive defense to combat, simply run and gun. The Nuggets (33 - 31), just above .500, came out and played Suns' ball better than the Suns (50 - 16) by far. They outscored the Suns 37 - 25 in the first, 33 - 19 in the second, and 41 - 29 in the third. I have to admit, I stopped watching the game. The Suns made a push in the fourth, it seems, outscoring Denver by 14, but that only brought them within 24. Suns lose 131 - 107. This one was just that much harder to bare than the loss against the Pistons: at least the Pistons are the number one team in the East. Denver was the 7th seed in the West (only one game above .500), but moved up to 6th after they beat us (just two games above .500). Barbosa had another good game, though, with 25 points. Nash had a double double with 15 points and 10 assists. Alan Iverson went for 44 points and 15 assists, though. Carmelo Anthony had 29 of his own points in this domination of the second best team in the NBA. Oh, well. We move on. The Suns play the Timberwolves (28 - 37) at home at 7pm AZ time. GO SUNS!