Despite ambiguity surrounding the approaching of Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns are arena their best basketball of the division appropriate now.
The Suns currently sit at 19-22, just three amateur out of eighth abode in the Western Conference playoff picture. The Houston Rockets currently authority the eighth atom at 23-20.
Since a win adjoin the Los Angeles Lakers on February 19, the Suns exhausted the Washington Wizards, absent by two to the Golden State Warriors and ashamed off a five-game home acceptable band (losing on the alley to Oklahoma City, the best in the West, in amid those five).
Had the Suns been able to dust out a boxy home accident to the now Rubio-less Timberwolves, they would be antic an even added absorbing six-game home acceptable streak.
Unfortunately, the Suns absent by three, watching Kevin Love yield over in the fourth quarter.
Even with the boxy accident to addition aggregation aggravating to expedition their way into the playoff picture, the Suns accept been exciting. Especially if you accede that three of the wins during the five-game home win band came adjoin the Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies.
In their endure 10 contests, the Suns accept a almanac of 7-3. Among all teams in the West in their endure ten games, that’s the best mark, angry with the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder (all playoff teams).
If you cover the absolute NBA in their endure 10 games, alone the Chicago Bulls accept been bigger at 9-1.
During their streak, the Suns accept been benumbed the hot duke of Jared Dudley. During their endure 10 amateur in which the aggregation went 7-3, Dudley has averaged 18 credibility per game. In those 10 games, Dudley bootless to ability double-figure scoring just already (he denticulate eight in a blast adjoin the Wizards).
The bank assembly for the Suns has aswell improved. Head Coach Alvin Gentry has assuredly seemed to achieve in with a constant additional unit, which includes Shannon Brown, Sebastian Telfair, Markieff Morris and Robin Lopez.
Telfair had a abundant bold in the Monday accident to the Timberwolves, scoring 10 credibility in 16 minutes, including a huge four-point play in the fourth quarter, which he followed up by burglary the entering canyon and laying the brawl in for two more. The army (and a lot of abandoned seats) went basics as the advancement point bouncer denticulate six credibility while demography around no time off the bold clock.
The bank assembly will abide to be huge for the Suns if they achievement to accomplish a playoff advance by befitting Nash afterwards the barter deadline.
Currently, there are three teams (excluding the Rockets) that abstracted the Suns from the eighth berry in the West.
The Portland Trail Blazers, 20-22, are disturbing mightily appropriate now. In their accomplished 10 games, they accept a 3-7 record. Abundant of that however, can be contributed to their boxy schedule.
Nonetheless, afterwards a 137-97 beating of the San Antonio Spurs on February 21, the Blazers accept absent to Denver, Miami, Minnesota (twice), Boston and Indiana. Since the blast of the Spurs, the Blazers accept alone managed to exhausted the New Orleans Hornets and Washington Wizards, who accept a accumulated almanac of 19-64.
The next aggregation continuing in the way of the Suns’ playoff hopes is the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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At 22-21, the T-Wolves currently authority the amount nine atom in the West, just abaft the Rockets. But a contempo accident may accept attempt down their playoff hopes: the season-ending abrasion to Ricky Rubio(iron on patches).
Although I don’t agnosticism for a additional that Kevin Love could backpack this aggregation to a playoff berry after the agitative adolescent guard, relying on Luke Ridnour for bendability may be too abundant to ask.
Finally, the endure aggregation in the way of Suns' playoff dreams is the Utah Jazz. At 20-21, the Jazz are 5-5 in their endure 10 games, but they too had a boxy schedule. They even managed to exhausted the Heat during that 5-5 stretch, no baby accomplishment for a aggregation on the alfresco searching in at a playoff spot.
Their next bold comes at home against…you estimated it, the Suns.
With about two months larboard in the approved season, it would be absurd to alarm this bold a must-win for the Suns. But at the aforementioned time, this bold comes one day afore the March 15 NBA barter deadline, and you accept to anticipate that a win may advance to added playoff babble in Phoenix.
I would not accept even dreamed of adage this two months, or even a ages ago, but the Suns are arena able-bodied abundant appropriate now to bastard into the playoffs. If the organization’s big plan is to accumulate Nash with the hopes that he re-signs with the club, there’s still a adventitious the Suns could shock their fanbase and accomplish a playoff push.
If the Suns accept to barter Nash afore the deadline, so be it. But if they accomplish the accommodation to accumulate Nash through the final year of his contract, authoritative the playoffs has to be the goal. Even if the Suns alone bastard in as an eight berry and get addled by the Thunder.
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