The Suns rallied in the third last night and put up a huge fourth quarter to lead the Suns to a win over the Pacers 103-92. One more road win against Philadelphia and the Suns become the first NBA team to ever sweep it’s road games against the other conference. That sounds like a big accomplishment but it probably isn’t.

I began listening to this one in the car on the way home from work since they played at the crack of happy hour. The Suns were getting so many bogus calls early you wonder how they managed to get back into rhythm. From traveling calls to momentum changing ticky-tack fouls to offensive fouls, the Suns couldn’t get it together.

The worst part is the Ref’s were going to give J O’Neal the superstar treatment, which he probably doesn’t warrant. O’Neal was allowed to be physical with Amare, but not the other way around. Big up to Kurt Thomas for cleaning up the boards in the first and keeping us into it.

The Suns were down in the fourth before going on a characteristic run toward the end of the quarter. This is when the Pacers fell flat.

The Pacers are a plodding, methodical team and they knew exactly what they wanted to do on every possession. The problem is, that wasn’t going to work. The went to J O’Neal on about every time up the court and it didn’t work out for them. O’Neal is a very good player, but he’s no superstar.

What I liked to see in this one is Nash getting his confidence and strength back. He ws knocking down shots and seems to be back to his high level of play. Amare continues his exceptional play and he has made this team so much more dynamic and dominant in the paint than the past two seasons. Dallas couldn’t handle Amare in 04-05, what are they going to do with a smarter, reboundier, more defensive Amare? Crap their pants.

Boris had a bad outing. I’m hoping he gets well soon.

Leandro has become an assassin. He’s playing in crunch time and hitting huge shots. He has the ability to be a go to guy in the fourth and is embracing it. Now we have two guys (Leandro and Amare) that are pretty much unstoppable in the closing quarter.

The best thing about last night is they found a way to win facing tough adversity and a really slow start.

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