fifty-five and eighteen

The Suns (55 - 18) did it! They blew out the Mavs! 126 - 104. A 22 point victory over the number one seed in the NBA. Even for the Suns, that is a feat. The Suns were down early on (by 3 at the end of the first), and it looked as if the Mavs would play one of their best games, but the Suns turned it on, especially in the fourth quarter (outscoring Dallas 37 - 22), and took the win. Dallas (61 - 12) is now 6 games ahead of the Suns, but the Suns (because of this win) put a bit of a cushion between them and the Spurs (who lost Sunday to Indiana by 1 point) of three games. Nash had the only double double of the game with 23 points and 11 assists. Stat had 24 points and 9 rebounds, and Barbosa and Marion also scored 20+. Diaw had a good game with 16 points and 5 assists. It is good to see him getting more into his role, take it hard to the basket, and even finish with a slam dunk. This was the best game left in the season. The next best is coming this Thursday against San Antonio (52 - 21), but we have the Memphis Grizzlies (19 - 56) to handle next. We just can't play to their level, and we'll be fine. The game is this Tuesday at 5pm AZ time but is in Memphis. We're going from the best team in the NBA to the worst team in back to back games. GO SUNS!