Kleeman's Last Word

Another Phoenix Rant

In Phoenix's Saturday loss to the Denver Nuggets:

-The Nuggets were 5-14 from the 3-pt line (35%), which is a very low percentage
-The Suns took five charges

These are two of three stats that have people heralding Phoenix as a great defensive team. In this loss, they gave up and lost by how many points?
131-107-Denver wins by 24 points.

Is this what you call defense???!!!!!

Since when is outscoring somebody and outrunning them considered great defense?
I wish Bill Walton, Doug Collins and everyone else on the Phoenix bandwagon could read this post and give a thoughtful response.

I repeat, giving up 131 points in just 48 minutes in a LOSS is defense??!! Phoenix gives up almost 106 points per game, so allowing teams to score a lot is not an anomaly for this team.

Maybe I am from another planet.

posted by Robert Kleeman @ 10:41 AM