Shaqs too slow for NO. On paper, suns should really win that game, because they play with undersized forwards (that is, Chandler will do a decent job on Shaq, and amare will dominate) but Paul's penetration is too good, and with Marion gone now no one can guard him. Except maybe strawberry, but D'antoni doesn't know how to play the bench.
And jules, as much as i love nash, hes getting old, and you can just tell. His turnover count is getting higher and higher. Passes he would of made easily 2 years ago are getting picked off. His lateral defense has descended into embarrassment. Bell can't defend as well as he used to. Diaws the most inconsistent player in the universe... look at his last 4 games:
Boston: 10 (5/10 fg), 5, 2, 3 t/o
Detroit: 2 (1/4), 2, 0, 2 t/o
Memphis: 15 (6/7), 11, 7, 3 steals, 3 t/o
and today he had 2, 3, and 2. I know stats aren't everything, but really.
I really hope its the settling in period with shaq as to why suns are struggling right now. But right now, they're going to be eliminated in the 1st round