Until the 4th quarter finished up, the story for last night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks in Mexico City was going to be that the Suns just weren’t aggressive enough; that the Mavs looked like they wanted the win more than Phoenix; and that the Mavs played a fundamental style of basketball that the Suns’ sloppy offense just couldn’t keep up with.
For the most part that all remains true as the Suns lost for a combination of those three reasons and more, never taking over the game for any length of time to pull away from Dallas and win a game that for Phoenix should have been winnable.