one and zero

The Suns (1-0) start their season out with a win over the almost completely revamped Seattle SuperSonics (0-1), 106 - 99. The Suns looked pretty good in the first half, though they found themselves down for most of the game. Seattle's Durant (#35, pictured above) is an incredible player, but he is a rookie and needs some more experience under his bealt to lead this Sonics team down the stretch. The SuperSonics did not have the full 48 minutes in them, but if the game had ended after three quarters, it would have been theirs. The led the Suns for most of the game by at least two points. The Suns always stayed in the game with them, but they didn't show their dominant presence that I would like to see again. The Suns are still trying to find their feet. Nash even had a couple of silly turnovers that you never expect to see from him. The flow of the game was off becase of that and the Suns had a hard time taking the lead away from Seattle. The fourth quarter was all Suns, though, and it was a great show. The Suns got up by double digits a couple of times toward the end, and the Sonics couldn't do anything about it; they were spent. The Suns won by 7 points in the end, but it did show some mighty large flaws in our rotation at this point. We'll mesh soon enough. It's already a better record than last year's after the first game from each season. That's gotta be a good sign, right? The next game is our home opener against the LA Lakers (0-1) at 7:30pm local time. GO SUNS!

(Side story: the Seattle SuperSonics might become the Oklahoma SuperSonics if the owner has his way. Federal court is where this matter is, and it doesn't look like it'll be resolved any time soon. So, at least while it's in court, Seattle will keep its NBA team on the court; but how long with that last?)