Plenty of Positives for Phoenix Suns Despite Opening Night Loss to New Orleans Hornets

There are times in sports when it is hard to find good things after a loss, but that wasn’t the case in the Suns 85-84 defeat to the New Orleans Hornets on Monday. In fact, there were plenty of positives for the Suns to look at. You start with the combination of Robin Lopez and Markieff Morris. Coming off the bench behind Marcin Gortat, Lopez led all scorers in the game with 21 points knocking down eight of his 12 shots from the field in just 27 minutes of action. The Suns big man was also extremely active with seven rebounds, which included two offensive boards on the glass. Lopez’s biggest presence came though on the defensive end. Emeka Okafor, who has averaged just under 13 points over the course of his career, made only one basket on the night for four points against Lopez. Chris Kaman was active early on in the game, but hardly had his name called in the second half because of the effort Lopez exerted on D. Morris was impressive as well in his rookie debut. Even th...