It was a weird road trip, wasn’t it? The Suns, a team who scored 27.5 points-per-fourth quarter on 48.1% shooting through their first 41 games, couldn’t buy a bucket against some of the Eastern Conference cellar dwellers. “Booker Ball” was back; a term I coined years ago in reference to late game Devin Booker isolation hero ball. Who was that team?
What makes the Phoenix Suns brand of basketball appetizing and appealing is the ball movement. The 0.5 seconds or less philosophy that Monty has implemented allows for players to make one of three decisions when they receive the ball (and make that decision in 0.