Look, if the Suns had gone into someone else's building and that home opponent shot 20-31 from long range, we'd all be saying, "Eh, if a team shoots the lights out like that, there isn't much you can do, but it happens only once a year or so." And we would be right. In fact I distinctly remember a game from the Barkley years where the Nets came in and shot something like 80% in the first quarter, including a lot of difficult shots, and all the Suns could do was shrug. It happens.
What I'm saying is that we should be more interested in seeing the Suns play strategically sound ball. They gave up a ton of second shots, as usual, and committed a whopping 32 fouls. Figure 15-second possessions on average, and that's one foul for every three Denver possessions! That says a lot more to me than does a surreal shooting night from a guy who isn't even in the rotation.
). Mike suggested giving banks more minutes but he doesn't expect the same results.It sounds like Mike doesn't want to cut into Raja's minutes.
