PHOENIX, AZ – JANUARY 30: (L-R) Markieff Morris #11 and Marcus Morris #15 of the Phoenix Suns check in during the second half of the NBA game against the Chicago Bulls at US Airways Center on January 30, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Bulls 99-93. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Every morning after a Suns game, A Dry Heat brings you the Suns Stat of the Day – the number that sums up the previous day’s win or loss. Because numbers speak louder than words. Or a number speaks a 1000 words. Or something.
Suns Stat of the Day: 21
21. The number of three-pointers the Suns started the game off missing vs the Nets las night. 0-21 from three. Incroyable! They ended the game shooting 3-26 from deep. But even more incredible? They won! In a wacky, wacky game in Brooklyn, the Suns pulled out a crucial win by scoring the last eight points in overtime to put the Nets asleep. They’ll head into their game against Cleveland today 0.5 games behind New Orleans for the #9 spot in the West, and 1.5 behind Oklahoma City for the last playoff spot. The bad news – they look to be without Alex Len, who sprained his ankle last night. The good news – the man who should be taking Len’s spot, Brandan Wright, played great off the bench against the Nets yesterday evening.
