The Phoenix Suns have now won six out of their last seven games after routing the Memphis Grizzles, 122-99. They bounced back after losing to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Suns point guard Chris Paul was very happy with the team’s bounce-back performance from their loss.
“You show me someone fine with losing and I’ll show you a loser,” Paul said.
Paul did his part against Memphis to make sure the Suns got back in the win column. CP3 shot 9 of 11 from the field for 18 points. He also grabbed 3 rebounds and dished out 7 assists. Suns star Devin Booker led the way with 27 points in the win. He shot 10 of 19 from the field. He also grabbed 4 rebounds and dished out 5 assists. The Suns now sit a half game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers for second place in the West. They are now only two games behind the first-place Utah Jazz.
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Suns coach Monty Williams was very happy with his team’s bounce-back performance.
“You could tell there was a tense-ness about our meeting this morning,” Williams explained. “It’s what I love about the group. To take that energy and focus and hold a team like that to 99 points. we a top-10 defense and we hung up 122, which isn’t easy to do. The focus was there.”
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The Suns look to keep up their winning ways in their next game. They play the struggling Minnesota in Phoenix on Thursday, 3/18. Tip-off is at 7 pm Pacific time.