Tonight’s game: Suns (14-31) at 76ers (6-39)
Tip-off: 5 p.m.
TV/Radio: FSAZ Plus/KMVP-FM 98.7
Onto the Orange Slices …
* The Suns season was plenty crooked and jagged before Philadelphia came to Phoenix on Dec. 26 but the 76ers’ visit turned it sideways and downward.
The spectacle of losing to a 1-30 team embarrassed the Suns more than ever. The blow of losing Eric Bledsoe to a season-ending knee injury altered the season’s course. The fans’ fire was only fueled given that it came as Suns icon Jerry Colangelo spoke to the 76ers as their executive for the first time; that former Suns guard Ish Smith joined the team that afternoon for the first time and started the game; and that former Suns coach Mike D’Antoni joined the Sixers staff for the first time that day.