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• How About a Second Look at the Bobcats-Suns Game February 5, 2012
  TSP Andrew: Sometimes you just need to take several looks at a game from different perspectives. Since today is an off day, perhaps you want a second glance at what went down in Phoenix last night. If so, I think you need to read this: "Looks like Gortat needed three arms to control Diaw this time"BOBCATS FALL (AGAIN) 95-89 So… one of the worst records in NBA history, seemingly endless losing streaks, rookies making terrible mistakes… that’s our Bobcats. The story is nothing new for long-time fans. So why bother? What could possibly make this game exciting for anyone that’s even glanced at a statline this season? It’s a losing team playing at home against a team that seems forever lost and rebuilding toward a hopeful future. Let’s try these four words… Reggie Williams is healthy!   At the opening tip (which seemed oddly like a fast break pass by Gortat) put the Suns up by a pair, the Bobcats responded with a 9-2 mini-run and took early control. Phoenix came back t...
• The 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats: Not the 2011-12 Phoenix Suns! February 5, 2012
  Wow, I finally feel like I’ve found a team more hopeless than the Bobcats.  Though the Phoenix Suns prevailed on Saturday night, 95-89, the game was close until about midway through the 4th quarter.  Moreover, the Suns are an old team who could make up their own “What Ever Happened To?” trivia category (with the [...]
• When Will the Pain End for the Charlotte Bobcats and Their Fan(s)? February 5, 2012
  My goal is to always remain optimistic without being completely unrealistic when I write my posts, but I have to say that the Charlotte Bobcats are making it awful hard to do that these days. The scene from White Men Can’t Jump where Wesley Snipes is getting hustled by Woody Harrelson keeps coming to mind [...]
• Suns step up to beat struggling Bobcats February 5, 2012
  PHOENIX -- The locker room strategy board offered at least one crucial, pre-game recommendation: "Focus (Can't Under-estimate Anybody in the NBA)." This powerful suggestion was supplied by the coaching staff of the Phoenix Suns, a team that -- based on the evidence -- never should be overestimated. Yes, unfortunately, expecting a lot from this season's Suns is awfully risky. Even though Saturday night's work shift ended in their ninth victory in 23 games, the Suns' recently-questionable focus was required to defeat the league's worst team. Right, we're referring to the now-4-21 Charlotte Bobcats, 95-89 losers to the Suns in a game that included a salvo of three total visitors points over their first 10 minutes of the final quarter. The Bobcats, it should be noted, were even more up against it than usual, competing without the services of their top three scoring (cough) threats. But the Suns, who rallied after sleepwalking through Friday's loss to the Rockets in Houston, realize this league doesn't hand out style points. "Good win," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "Haven't had a bad win in 23 years in the NBA." Speaking of 23, that would be a great number to use when defining the mojo shortage in Phoenix. Entering this tilt with Charlotte, the Suns checked in at 23rd among NBA teams in points per game, offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency and something called Simple Rating System. The SRS shuffles a bunch of statistics and spits out the overall strengths of all 30 teams, going from really strong down to pitifully weak. These rankings are established by a website called basketball-reference.com, which also lists the Suns at 23rd in home attendance. But, witnessed by 14,928 fans, the Suns met their staggering match in the Bobcats, whose boss -- Michael Jordan -- is the ultimate 23. Anyway, despite losing 10 in a row by the time they hit town, the short-handed Bobcats held a 10-point lead in the third quarter. That's when the real fun (well, for the home team) kicked in. To help you better understand how peculiar this game turned out, here's a quote from Charlotte coach Paul Silas: "The major problem was when Lopez came in." Yeah, many cynical Suns fans would expect those words to spring from Gentry's mouth. But back-up center Robin Lopez simply dominated the fourth quarter, scoring 11 points and taking 4 rebounds (he finished with 13 and 6) to help rescue Phoenix. "I just try to go out and be aggressive," Lopez said. "Hit the boards and play defense." It's not easy for Lopez to find sufficient time to do these things when Marcin Gortat (a dozen points and rebounds vs. Charlotte) continues churning out double-doubles. "Whatever playing time I get," he said, "I'm just going to try and do as much as I can." OK, while Lopez escaped the doghouse and roamed free, this event featured some other anomalies. Included were a rampaging, transition dunk by 39-year-old Grant Hill and a fierce blocked shot by soon-to-be-38-year-old Steve Nash against hotshot Charlotte rookie Kemba Walker. When informed that he now has collected more blocked shots than teammate Jared Dudley has dunks, Nash went for another spike. "I didn't know that," Nash deadpanned, "but I'm not surprised." By the way, Dudley didn't play because the thigh-bruise epidemic currently ripping through the Suns' roster has found its way to him. In his place, Gentry called on Michael Redd, whose Suns-career-best 17 points included 4-of-7 marksmanship from 3-point range and some solid demonstrations of how to curl around a down screen. "This was one of the proudest moments of my career -- one of the proudest moments of my career," Redd, whose star-caliber run as a Milwaukee Buck was cut short by two severe knee injuries in as many years, said. "And to get the win was obviously the key. But to come back, through the tears, through the hurt, through the hours of rehab, training ... to come back and accomplish this is maybe the proudest moment of my career, actually." The collective performance may not provoke a similar level of pride, but it could have been worse. Losing to Charlotte would have given the Suns home-court losses to four of the Eastern Conference's bottom-six teams. The mighty Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons will be here later. So, even though knocking off the Bobcats is no excuse to turn cartwheels, the unusual plays and factors involved did not deserve to be wasted.
• Suns step up to beat struggling Bobcats February 5, 2012
  PHOENIX -- The locker room strategy board offered at least one crucial, pre-game recommendation: "Focus (Can't Under-estimate Anybody in the NBA)." This powerful suggestion was supplied by the coaching staff of the Phoenix Suns, a team that -- based on the evidence -- never should be overestimated. Yes, unfortunately, expecting a lot from this season's Suns is awfully risky. Even though Saturday night's work shift ended in their ninth victory in 23 games, the Suns' recently-questionable focus was required to defeat the league's worst team. Right, we're referring to the now-4-21 Charlotte Bobcats, 95-89 losers to the Suns in a game that included a salvo of three total visitors points over their first 10 minutes of the final quarter. The Bobcats, it should be noted, were even more up against it than usual, competing without the services of their top three scoring (cough) threats. But the Suns, who rallied after sleepwalking through Friday's loss to the Rockets in Houston, realize this league doesn't hand out style points. "Good win," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "Haven't had a bad win in 23 years in the NBA." Speaking of 23, that would be a great number to use when defining the mojo shortage in Phoenix. Entering this tilt with Charlotte, the Suns checked in at 23rd among NBA teams in points per game, offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency and something called Simple Rating System. The SRS shuffles a bunch of statistics and spits out the overall strengths of all 30 teams, going from really strong down to pitifully weak. These rankings are established by a website called basketball-reference.com, which also lists the Suns at 23rd in home attendance. But, witnessed by 14,928 fans, the Suns met their staggering match in the Bobcats, whose boss -- Michael Jordan -- is the ultimate 23. Anyway, despite losing 10 in a row by the time they hit town, the short-handed Bobcats held a 10-point lead in the third quarter. That's when the real fun (well, for the home team) kicked in. To help you better understand how peculiar this game turned out, here's a quote from Charlotte coach Paul Silas: "The major problem was when Lopez came in." Yeah, many cynical Suns fans would expect those words to spring from Gentry's mouth. But back-up center Robin Lopez simply dominated the fourth quarter, scoring 11 points and taking 4 rebounds (he finished with 13 and 6) to help rescue Phoenix. "I just try to go out and be aggressive," Lopez said. "Hit the boards and play defense." It's not easy for Lopez to find sufficient time to do these things when Marcin Gortat (a dozen points and rebounds vs. Charlotte) continues churning out double-doubles. "Whatever playing time I get," he said, "I'm just going to try and do as much as I can." OK, while Lopez escaped the doghouse and roamed free, this event featured some other anomalies. Included were a rampaging, transition dunk by 39-year-old Grant Hill and a fierce blocked shot by soon-to-be-38-year-old Steve Nash against hotshot Charlotte rookie Kemba Walker. When informed that he now has collected more blocked shots than teammate Jared Dudley has dunks, Nash went for another spike. "I didn't know that," Nash deadpanned, "but I'm not surprised." By the way, Dudley didn't play because the thigh-bruise epidemic currently ripping through the Suns' roster has found its way to him. In his place, Gentry called on Michael Redd, whose Suns-career-best 17 points included 4-of-7 marksmanship from 3-point range and some solid demonstrations of how to curl around a down screen. "This was one of the proudest moments of my career -- one of the proudest moments of my career," Redd, whose star-caliber run as a Milwaukee Buck was cut short by two severe knee injuries in as many years, said. "And to get the win was obviously the key. But to come back, through the tears, through the hurt, through the hours of rehab, training ... to come back and accomplish this is maybe the proudest moment of my career, actually." The collective performance may not provoke a similar level of pride, but it could have been worse. Losing to Charlotte would have given the Suns home-court losses to four of the Eastern Conference's bottom-six teams. The mighty Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons will be here later. So, even though knocking off the Bobcats is no excuse to turn cartwheels, the unusual plays and factors involved did not deserve to be wasted.

• Robin Lopez Sparks Suns Past Bobcats 95-89 February 4, 2012
  Rarely used Robin Lopez scored nine consecutive points to spark a 12-2 run starting the fourth quarter and the Phoenix Suns rallied to beat Charlotte 95-89 Saturday night, the Bobcats' 11th consecutive loss.
• Nets Top Cavaliers for Second Consecutive Win January 28, 2012
  Deron Williams scored 27 points and the Nets won consecutive games for the first time this season with a victory in Cleveland.
• Knicks End Six-Game Losing Streak With a Rout of the Bobcats January 25, 2012
  Carmelo Anthony had a career-low 1 point, but the Knicks got 20 from Tyson Chandler, and 18 each from Amar’e Stoudemire and Landry Fields in a rout of the Bobcats.
• Nets Beat Bobcats, 97-87 January 23, 2012
  Deron Williams had 19 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds Sunday to carry the Nets past the visiting Charlotte Bobcats, 97-87.
• A Struggle for Anthony and Knicks, But Also a Third Straight Win January 10, 2012
  Six days after losing at home to Charlotte, the Knicks held on at the Garden as Carmelo Anthony scored 8 of their final 9 points.