In case your my-team-got-into-the-tournament celebration culminated in passing out before 10pm, you missed a good one in the Bay Area last night. The revamped Phoenix Suns dropped 154 on the offense-only Golden State Warriors, who scored a mediocre 130 on the night.
When Mike DiAntoni was still coaching in Phoenix, him and Warriors' coach, Don Nelson, had a running bet of who's team could make the most open jump shots while avoiding easy lay-ups and dunks. The stipulations of the bet: loser has to take the Knicks' head coaching job, and winner gets the always lovable Corey Maggette. Before long, both coaches were telling their players to stop jumpers at all costs, even if it meant giving up a lay-up or a dunk. In the end, DiAntoni lost the bet (and his job) while the Don welcomed the former lottery pick with open arms.
Afraid of such another bet occurring, Suns' GM, Steve Kerr, brought in defensive minded Terry Porter. However, after months of underachieving, Kerr finally realized that the past seasons' bet forced the best coaching out of DiAntoni, and only would another similar bet improve the 9th place Suns. So, out goes Porter, in comes Alvin Gentry, and a quick phone call to Don Nelson pegs the March 15th match-up in Golden State as the site for this years' shenanigans. While the conditions of the bet won't be released until the off-season, here's what ended up happening in the game:
1. The first quarter score, Suns 42 - Warriors 36, surpassed the Penn State-Illinois final game score.
2. A whopping 13 players scored in double figures (and 4 more scored 9).
3. Shaq bench-pressed the Suns' team trainer, then he proceeded to start the biggest earthquake in Cali since 1994.
4. The Suns shot 62.1% from the field, which is only 3 more percentage points than field goals they made (59).
5. Combined, the two teams took 186 shots. That's 1 shot every 12 seconds, maybe the shot clock should be reduced a little, 24 seconds is too long and slows down the game too much.
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