The Suns are winning way too many games right now. How many is it in a row? Seven? When the NBA pity-invited the Suns into The Bubb because they were still technically in the playoff hunt, nobody in the league office actually thought that the Suns were going to make an honest run at that eighth seed. As soon as their eighth game finished, they were supposed to get kicked out on the curb to be rabidly devoured by roving packs of coronavirus waiting just outside the bubble walls.
Dario Saric, for his part, has scored in double digits in every single Bubb game so far. That makes sense because he was just starting to heat up in the month of March before the season was postponed. At some point, his role in the Suns’ offense changed for the better, and his dismal month of January (7 PPG LOL [lots of laughs]) turned into 19 PPG in March. I definitely don’t know enough about the Suns, or watch enough of their games, to be able to figure out exactly WHAT that change was, but it’s obvious there was a change. Can we blame Frank Kaminsky for Saric’s earlier struggles? I think we can.
So there’s a real chance that the Suns can get into the playoffs and exact revenge on the Lakers for past playoff injustices. Nobody from either of those teams was around for those injustices, but their legacy continues to reverberate through both organizations. Saric dropping 35/10/10 while LeBron cries and huddles behind his protective plexiglass shield? It’s more likely than you think.
P.S. You knew I wasn’t going to forget to bring this up. SARIC REVENGE MODE ACTIVATED – REVENGE GAME SEQUENCE INITIATED