What happened to the Suns?
The Phoenix Suns once again to be the fastest pace in the league, less than a week in the playoffs, and they already have in their day of reckoning. Three games is awful fast to a team with championship ambitions to find its survival is at stake, but let’s be real: Down 2-0 in the series, the Suns if not higher than the San Antonio Spurs tonight , Phoenix disposal on a matter when, not if.
The Suns tried remake themselves in the ultimate hybrid: The size of an SUV, but still fast before the line - and fuel efficient, too. But sometimes when you try anything, it makes you into nothing. In the boiler of a road playoff game with the foothills of the application of heat, the Suns were able to… what?
Shaquille O’Neal in the low post? Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire in the pick-and-roll? Leandro Barbosa’s speed? The threat of the 3-point shot? None of these things define the Suns. This group has not been long enough together or battles fought alongside each other enough to forge an identity.
