This was our third exciting loss in a row!

With the Suns coming in as one of the leagues hottest teams and the Pistons w/o Billups, most of us probably would admit that if we won we'd be surprised. Well the boys did not roll over. They survived several Nash to Amare runs to even take the lead with less than 5 mins left and were within 2 with less than a minutes left after trailing most of the game by 6+points.

Flip Jr's line of 18 pts ,7 assists, 2 turns pretty much matched CB's average stats, but most of that came in the 4th qtr. Still if he can get his teammates involved in both halves, then I like our chances in the next three upcoming games without Mr. Bigshot. Jr needs to improve his defense though and hopefully he doesn't face anymore guards like Nash.

Still not certain if Sheed was back to 100% or not. 36 mins 4-17 shooting including 0-7 from beyond the arc. JMAX. 18 mins 2-2 shooting and two blocks!! If the guy is not 100%, give him some rest. Counter the athleticism of Amare with the youth of the Brahma!!

Rip had a good game with the exception of the 6 TO's and Dice was productive in 17 minutes which could have been extended also. I guess the game was just too fast for Nazr.

The positive is that we fought back and didn't give up and surpisingly even out scored the Suns in the paint 50-42. Just couldn't stop the Nash & Stoudemire combo. Second time in three games we allow two players on the opposing team to score 30+points. Should have been able to stop at least one of them.....Nash was left open long enough to shoot 11 treys and buried 6 of them. That was the difference in the game IMO.