Let's see how they do the rest of this week. Long home stand, next three at least are in Phoenix. Two of those games are against poor teams, the third against a team fighting for the last playoff spot in the West. They go 1-2 or 0-3, then this Spurs win was a fluke. They should go 3-0, we shall see.

So... anyone going to apologize to Skycrasher? :p

The Suns wouldn't have won the title with Marion anyways. It hasn't worked the past 3 years, so it was time to try something different.

Heh, that was kind of my point. They would have gotten to the playoffs and lost partway in again if they hadn't made the trade. That's why I see this trade as kind of a bust if they don't at LEAST make the finals. They could have gotten that for nothing. Such an obviously short term trade with such high expectations is what seems so risky to me. Makes for a good playoff time news story to follow though, I'll give them that.

The Dallas news is sad, but hey... if the Rockets can win 20 without their star, maybe the Mavs can win 10! heh

After the game, Grant Hill was sitting in front of his locker with his right hand bandaged up with ice.

It's the hand that he previously sprained and the pain has lingered to some degree, especially when he falls and braces himself. In Monday's game, he aggravated it taking a charge. It was a good one too, getting in front of Rodney Stuckey in the second quarter to get the charge.

"So was Steve's," Hill said. "I think Steve's was better."

There were a bunch of calls the Suns were upset about after Monday's loss in Detroit. But the Nash blocking call on Chauncey Billups' overtime 3-point play and a no-call on Shaquille O'Neal's miss late in regulation were at the top of the list.

O'Neal's no-call was obviously blown. He was clearly hit across the face by Antonio McDyess, who even said he was trying to foul him, and Stuckey got O'Neal across his left arm simultaneously. But the reality is who knows if that gets Phoenix a point or two. O'Neal is a 50-50 proposition at the free throw line, even if he always makes the assertion that he makes them when they count. Heck, Hill even missed both free throws on a trip. So it's hard to say if that call would've changed the outcome, although O'Neal did end up committing a foul at the other end on Billups, allowing Detroit to tie the game with 1:31 to go.

The Nash call was more critical. The Suns saw many plenty of views and rewinds of the call for their assertion that Nash deserved a charging call on Billups on the play. At the least, he clearly was outside the circle. Whether he moved under Billups too late could be for some debate.

The game was probably over when the last debated call came up. Phoenix was down four when it decided to get a stop rather than foul. Billups missed a driving layup with and Amare Stoudemire had the rebound with about 15 seconds to go when Bell and McDyess got tangled up and went down. Instead of Phoenix going for a quick score and a foul, Bell was called for a loose ball foul that disqualified him.

"A loss like that, we were pretty PO'd," said Bell, who made sure to say something to the officials after the game before leaving the court. "We were pretty upset to lose like that."

Then we will see who is the idiot. Then again, the Lanys community I believe has already voted on that one...

The Suns tied the game at 95 with 1:07 to go in the third quarter with a 10-0 run of a Giricek and Barbosa 3-pointers, a Barbosa fastbreak layup and a Skinner layup from O'Neal. It was a lineup D'Antoni never employs but was made necessary when a team already missing Hill lost Bell as well to a third-quarter ejection.

Bell picked up a double technical with Carmelo Anthony and then was called for a foul while playing post defense on Anthony on the ensuing play. Bell smiled, laughed and slapped hands with Barbosa but did not appear to say anything before official Kevin Fehr ejected him.