You have to feel for the Phoenix Suns crowd, to a certain extent.
For the second time this year, the Footprint Center was the site of a marquee game turned unwatchable beatdown on Wednesday. The first came during last season's Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals, in which the Dallas Mavericks blew the doors off Phoenix 123-90.
This time, it was the Boston Celtics on the happy end of a 125-98 blowout in Chris Paul's return from a heel injury. The game, nationally televised on ESPN, was supposed to be a battle of the top teams in the Eastern and Western Conference, with the Celtics tops in the NBA at 20-5 and the Suns at 16-8.