I woke up Saturday morning on the wrong side of the bed. The Suns pathetic effort in Game 3 put me in such a foul mood Friday night it carried over to Saturday morning.

For now, the dark cloud has been lifted. Thank you Boris Diaw and Raja Bell. Thank you for the newfound defensive intensity, Suns. Thank you for channeling Coach Norman Dale and getting run for motivational reasons, Coach D.

Clearly, the odds are against the Suns coming back and winning this series but at least they avoided the sweep today and in the process showed the Spurs what they’re really capable of. It’s of course frustrating it took an embarrassing Game 3 loss for this kind of effort to occur but Im happy with the win nonetheless.

Too little too late to be sure, but still a very good Sunday afternoon.

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