All in the family
December 4th, 2007, 11:33 pm · Post a Comment · posted by jerrybrown
What a difference 48 hours makes.
Sunday in New York, the Suns were a testy bunch. Whether it was Raja Bell and Amare Stoudemire jousting on the court about Stoudemire not moving the ball in a timely fashion to Stoudemire and Marcus Banks having some heated words on the bench, the win over the Knicks wasn’t representative of the closely-knit team Phoenix prides itself on being.
“That stuff happens with a team,” said Steve Nash, downplaying the incidents although he felt compelled to get between Stoudemire and Nash and play the role of Switzerland on the bench. “It’s just a matter of how you deal with it, and getting it resolved.
“I don’t see us as a team with problems or one that will have problems beyond the everyday junk that pops up. That stuff will happen a couple of times a year, and for us it’s even more of a rarity. I don’t see it as anything more than caring.”
And Tuesday in Indiana, the Suns cared. Despite the negatives of handing back a pair of double-digit leads, the Suns played a strong final two minutes and pulled what would have been a disastrous loss out of the fire. Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire made the big plays and the on-court euphoria was finally palatable.
“It could have been a really bad night. But we won and we can turn it into a real positive because we showed a little of what we’re made of,” Bell said.
