1/27/13 - Game 54 - Suns @ Mavs - 6:30pm CST

[SunsRback4Good]

Suns losing record @ Dallas will reach what Bucks went through for 20+ years trying to win in @ Phoenix.

[bigfoot]

Two days to get ready for the Lakers. Must win game.

[grumpysaddle]

Hoping for a Portland win over the Clippers. As long as the teams above the Lakers win, when the Lakers win games, then everything is golden.

[SunsRback4Good]

Two days to get ready for the Lakers. Must win game.

If we lose to the Lakers I'm done watching the Suns for the season and I'm sure others too.

[rsavaj]

Well looks like the dead coach bounce is officially over.

[SunsRback4Good]

Okay, any other coaches available?

[ATTL]

Well looks like the dead coach bounce is officially over.

Glad we got that out of our systems.

[RunDogGun]

It's quite odd that Goran, the one player that seemed the most upset by the change according to the writers, is playing much better the last four games.

[Funky Tut]

Suns losing record @ Dallas will reach what Bucks went through for 20+ years trying to win in @ Phoenix.

Can't figure out how to beat the Mavericks at all. They blow this year too....

[mikefly3113]

I have to add to the Shannon Brown hate. I'm so sick of this guy, yes he does have the potential to jump out of the building and he does have the those games when he is fire but I just can't take the inconsistent play. When I'm at home games I just facepalm when I see these garbage fallaway jumpers he's always throwing up. Please get rid of him after this season. I would rather take a mediocre player that stays consistent rather than someone that is an all star one night and a scrub the other.

[Sundreamer]

That was a much needed loss. It's good that Kendall got some decent minutes.

[rsavaj]

It's quite odd that Goran, the one player that seemed the most upset by the change according to the writers, is playing much better the last four games.

Maybe he's being fueled by his rage and despair.

Like Batman!

[Sun Scorched]

A couple of thoughts in retrospect.

Dragic and Tucker played well last night for one specific reason: They were the only two players who took the ball to the rim.

Everyone else was taking long twos - the worst shot in basketball. Gortat is soft, all there is to that one. We actually played better when Scola or Morris played center.

I've been slow to anger with Brown, but seeing him last night in person sent me over the edge. He plays awful basketball.

Marshall looked terrible to begin, terrible, but then seemed to get into a rythm. He felt very Jason Kidd-esque towards the end of the night with his game management, defense and that trey he nailed. By the way, his defense looked pretty good in person.

Morris is a worse version of Fry.

No one finishes with authority. No one crashes the boards. Box score probably reflects that we had a decent amount of points in the paint, but that came primarily off our fastbreak game. I'm convinced Gortat has lost interest in any form of post game.

We don't have the shooters we need to run our offense, though we seemed to get out in transition more than we have lately.

[MathiasPW]

I am almost entering the soft-Gortat bandwagon. It has been awful to watch, and too consistent to ignore. Not sure if stats support this, but it is so clear how he seems to be carried into a crowded subway train when he is on the paint, rather than just pushing people around and opening his space there. It's annoying.