Basketball is back, baby! Incredible shot-making. Exquisite passing. Dominating wins. Nail biters. Confounding losses. The ups, and the downs, the smiles, frowns. One week into the regular season, the Phoenix Suns have already gone through each of the aforementioned scenarios.
On Halloween, Phoenix experienced their first gut-punch loss of the season. You know, one of those games where you walk away feeling like someone Leonidas kicked you right in the midsection? It happens to every team. Somehow, some way they let one slip away that they easily could have won. There are numerous reasons as to why, from poor shotmaking to a bad stretch of second team minutes, from an opposing team getting hot to a missed call.