The Suns didn’t play any defense tonight as the Spurs shot 56.1% from the floor as a team! Amare Stoudemire led the way for the Suns with 28 points and 11 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa got a rare start and he pitched in with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Shaquille O’Neal pitched in with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. The Suns are now down 3-0 in this series.

Steve Nash is showing no signs of slowing down for the Suns despite his advancing age. He has played in 35 games so far this season and he is averaging 34.1 minutes, 16.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 12.0 assists per game. He also has really been shooting the basketball well from everywhere on the court. Nash is hitting 50.9% from the floor, 45.6% from three point range and 89.2% from the free throw line. Steve Nash is the only player on the Suns that probably couldn’t be replaced so they need to keep him healthy the rest of the season.

Guard D.J. Strawberry and forward Alando Tucker have not gotten much playing time for the Suns this season and that’s not likely to change as the Suns rotation only has 7-8 players in it. Strawberry has been pretty awful this season as he’s only hitting 25% of his shots from the floor so far this season. In 6 games, Strawberry is averaging 6.2 minutes, 2.0 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Tucker has only played in 3 games this season and he is averaging 5.7 minutes, 4.0 points and 1.0 rebound per game.