Phoenix Suns Offensive Struggles Continue in Blowout Loss to Philadelphia 76ers

Many Suns fans in the stands at US Airways Center on Wednesday night were probably wondering, “Is it baseball season yet?” Phoenix got down early in the game and could never recover in their 103-83 loss to the Sixers to drop their record to 0-2 on the season for the first time in 15 years. The Suns might have put together one of their worst efforts on the offensive end in the Steve Nash Era. They did end up shooting nearly 42 percent from the field, but that is a deceiving total considering the last 18 minutes of the game were considered to be garbage time. Phoenix was down by a manageable 14 points at halftime, but a 19-0 run by Philadelphia to start the second half made a manageable deficit into one that was impossible to come back from. The Suns didn’t score until more than six minutes had come off the clock and things were so bad for the offense that I thought Alvin Gentry was going to have to call out people from the stands to see if they could make some jumpe...