Phoenix Suns Bounce Back from Opening-Night Loss to Knock Out Rival Utah Jazz
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| Hakim Warrick: The new guy scores 18 off the bench for the Suns. |
This is a team that is still trying to figure out how to play without the longtime presence of Amar'e Stoudemire, and it's going to take a while (maybe as many as 30 games) before we see what this team really is. World-beaters? Probably not. But cellar dwellers? Hardly.
After the game, Nash said of Warrick, "He did a lot of little things that matter. But he also scored, and when he can do that, it makes us a better team.
The seemingly ageless Grant Hill led the team with 12 rebounds and played 29 minutes. Jason Richardson added 16 points, Hedo Turkoglu scored 13, and Goran Dragic chipped in 11 off the bench. As he did last year, coach Alvin Gentry used his bench liberally, with four of the five reserves who played logging 19 or minutes each.
Tonight, the Suns will try to go to 2-1 on the season when they host the Los Angeles Lakers at US Airways Center. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. Radio: KTAR 620 AM. TV: ESPN and Fox Sports Arizona. More info: www.suns.com.
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