Well, that does it

May 19th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

When I wrote just down the page that everyone I knew was rooting for the Suns, I should have included David Stern.

Somewhere, Stern is flipping out, pissed that the Suns squirted the third quarter down their legs and let the Spurs pull away. Somewhere, probably a hotel room in New York or something, Stern chucked his brandy snifter against the wall and rubbed his face, Tony Soprano style.

He feels our pain, and is also a main cause of it.

The Spurs, imperfect objects of hate, are not undeserving at all. What’s sad — besides the obvious impact of the suspensions — is that the Suns never really played Suns Basketball this whole series, especially not in Game 6. Instead, they let the Spurs reduce them to standard NBA pick-and-roll half court stuff, and that’s not what the Suns should do.

Here’s hoping D’Antoni and crew don’t get too reactionary, and keep plugging. We need the Suns as they are to succeed. It’s too bad they had that chance taken from them this year.