After a week off to contemplate, ruminate, and grind their gears on their franchise-worst 15-game losing streak — FIFTEEN GAMES — and franchise-worst 11-48 start to the season, the Phoenix Suns had an opportunity to stoke a new fire, to show their pride in the game, in themselves and in each other.
I mean, after sitting around for a week, wouldn’t you be all about it?
The coach was ready to see his players refocus.
“We needed this emotionally and physically,” rookie head coach Igor Kokoskov said on Wednesday after their first practice back from the break.