Face it, December Sucks, BUT...!!!

Austin · Post #1 » by **Austin** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:14 pm

Does anyone see a 16 game winning streak in January??? Every game in January is winnable playing only 5 teams who even made last year's playoffs, all of which were not even top 4, and we only have 4 back to backs. Oh, and the only tough team we play on the second game of those back to backs would arguably be the Rockets.

Source: www.suns.com/schedule

With the exception of the Jazz and Mavs and maybe the Heat, I can see us being the favorite to win pretty much every game, and even those 3 teams are beatable for us.

The end is not near for the Suns... they just need to stick with it in December and grind out some wins, and they will be killing it in January. Stay true Suns fans! It's not over yet!

justinb80 · Post #2 » by **justinb80** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:12 pm

The end will be somewhat near if they can't pull off .500 in December.

OrangeNation · Post #3 » by **OrangeNation** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:10 pm

hold your hopes down

anything can happen to this team, it's too inconsistent..I'd be happy if they can pull a 16-games winning streak, but wouldn't surprise if they end up 10-6 lol.

JohnVancouver · Post #4 » by **JohnVancouver** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:51 pm

I worry some about what will happen when we go form 14-3 into a December where we'e lucky to be .500. Either it will pull everyone together even tighter or we'll see some cracks in the Brotherhood. Just human nature.
That's where we'll need the guys like Hill and Nash to works some attitude management magic and not let people get too down. And at the same time kick ass and demand intensity.

Austin · Post #5 » by **Austin** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:05 pm

So far, aside from New York, December has been pretty decent! Still undefeated at home, now against teams like the Magic and Spurs, VERY close game vs. Nuggets. I know it's on TNT, but aside from the TNT curse, Portland is a very beatable team this year, and a solid road win vs. them would really turn this month around.

But, again, this thread is about the ease of January. Aside from New York, the Suns are consistant against losing teams and there's gonna be A LOT of them in January!

JohnVancouver · Post #6 » by **JohnVancouver** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:06 pm

What would be nice is to get out in front of some of these teams and then let the Dirt Workers get lots of time. Resting Nash, Sat, Hill in January as much as we can would surely pay off in the stretch.

Actually, has anyone kept track of which lineup is on the floor when we let these big leads evaporate?
Maybe we need the 2nd unit in faster