That change could come in the form of a new coach. “If we do that, we will put us in a good position to win games”. He was averaging career highs of 20.4 points, 6.1 assists and 2.0 steals in 31 games this season for Phoenix. Memphis acquired him in a trade with the Pelicans on January 12. It could have had something to do with Nik Stauskas breaking his shooting slump.
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Carl Landry added 16 points as Philadelphia (2-30) snapped a 12-game losing streak with its first win since December 1.
The Suns also have serious defensive problems as they rank near the bottom of the league in defensive field goal percentage (last), three-point defensive percentage (27), points per possession (28) and points per game (27).
Guard Eric Bledsoe, the Phoenix Suns’ leading scorer, is expected to be sidelined at least a few weeks after suffering a torn meniscus in his left knee, the Arizona Republic reported Sunday.
The fear within the Phoenix organization is the team is no longer responding to Hornacek, who led the Suns to a surprising 48-34 record in his first year as head coach, and a solid 39-43 record last season. The Suns will likely move Brandon Knight to the starting point guard spot.
The 76ers went on a 20-4 run fueled by seven points from Canaan to pull away from a 6-6 tie.
The Suns asked Morris to apologize to his teammates and coaches prior to re-instating him as an active player, after Markieff apparently demurred following a text and Twitter “sry”. “Never like to see anyone going down on any side”. “Tonight – every night – but tonight they really gave us support”. This week, Atlanta will play road games at Indiana, Houston and NY.
The team later revealed that Bledsoe suffered a torn meniscus on his left knee; a type of injury to which he isn’t a stranger to.
It’s hard to call what’s happening to the Phoenix Suns anything but a complete collapse.
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Derrick Rose led the Bulls with 25 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, but had a key turnover before getting called for a 5-second violation when Chicago had a chance to tie in the final 11 seconds. The team knows they are on the precipice of something still worse. “This last stretch I think we lost a little bit of confidence”. I am as sentimental as the next guy, but Kobe wouldn’t get my vote. The ball went off Noel’s hands and the rim and bounced straight up, dropping into the net for two points. They were practically forced to do just that, as they were without star rookie center Jahlil Okafor, and with new point guard Ish Smith.
