Phoenix Suns fall apart yet again in ca rushing loss to Toronto.
When things aren’t going your way, they really aren’t going your way. This season continues to be a clinic on the different flavors of failure. The Phoenix Suns took a fresh stab at disappointment against the Toronto Raptors by letting a team that can’t hit the broad side of a barn from deep suddenly turn into the ‘Splash Brothers’ in the fourth. Oppenheimer-level stuff.
The Raptors, sitting comfortably at 20th in three-point shooting, went full Curry mode, lighting up the Suns just as they clawed back to within two points. Down by two with five minutes left? Yeah, they lost by 18.
You think this ugly? It’s about to get get real nasty over these last 7 weeks of basketball…
— John Voita (@DarthVoita) February 24, 2025
Hope? Hope has become like a forgotten phone booth at a gas station. Something I just don’t see anymore. Phoenix, now 2-10 in back-to-backs this season, is like the dial tone of a phone that’s been cut off: flat, uninspiring, and stuck on repeat. The Raptors game? Just another sad chapter in the wasteland of a season that once gleamed with promise.
And me? I’m standing in line at Circle K, hot dog in hand, waiting for the coupon-carrying hero ahead of me to finish their transaction so I can shuffle home and eat my sad, cold dog in the dark.
Bright Side Baller Season Standings
Beal stepped into the starting lineup Saturday afternoon and, while he didn’t lead the team in scoring, he was the guy the Bright Side community crowned as the night’s true standout.
With his fifth Bright Side Baller win of the season, he’s now breathing that rarified air—just one behind Kevin Durant and tied with the legend herself, Mariah Carey. Elite company.
Bright Side Baller Nominees
Bradley Beal
30 points (12-of-15, 1-of-2 3PT), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 turnovers, -18 +/-
Devin Booker
31 points (12-of-25, 3-of-8 3PT), 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 5 turnovers, -11 +/-
Nick Richards
10 points (4-of-6), 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 3 turnovers, +3 +/-
Kevin Durant
15 points (5-of-15, 0-of-5 3PT), 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers, -14 +/-
Grayson Allen
9 points (4-of-6, 1-of-2 3PT), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 2 turnovers, -22 +/-
Mason Plumlee
4 points (2-of-2, 0-of-0 3PT), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 0 turnovers, -12 +/-
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