1st, let me say this: we should take Phoenix taking 33 three pointers in a game every time we play them and twice on Sunday. 33.3% from the field is not a high percentage for them to shoot of the three. And how many of those misses ended up in break opportunities for us. The problem was, too many of the fast break chances and easy bucket opportunities near the basket were not converted. Green, Durant, Wilcox, Collison, Watson, and everybody else need to get a little better at finishing near the hoop. For Durant and Green, I think it will come with time as they learn how to come to the hoop with authority and finish strong.
Second, while I respect the fact that he can be a strong defender and has some scoring ability, Earl cannot be your point guard down the stretch in the fourth quarter. It was painful watching him direct that offense on the floor in the fourth. He played a terrible quarter, and there wasn't an emphasis on getting Durant the ball and getting him involved until the last 4-5 minutes. Durant, Green, and Wilcox should have been given the opportunities to get involved in the offense in the fourth, and they were left to try and clean up after Earl took an ill-advised three, or Wally tried to go one-on-one with Bell at the top of the key and lost. Give Delonte or Luke the opportunity to run things in the fourth to see if they can get the offense moving.

I have to agree that Watson looks terrible when they are running the halfcourt offense. Too much dribbling and too many bad passes. The shot clock always seems to run down to 3-4 seconds until someone cranks up a contested jump shot. I'm hoping that it will smooth out as the season progresses.
Eric, I have been looking for the box score to the games and can't seem to find it anywhere on the website. Am I missing something?

I asked my television more than once why the hell Watson was in. (By ask I mean yelled at.) He needs to go-- at least to the far end of the bench.

I think we lost because Phx was unreal from the three in the 4th, AND our offense seemed to be in disarray. It looks like our best offensive options are A) to get the ball to Durant, B) get the ball to Wilcox, or C) try again to get the ball to Durant.

Someone needs to COVER Banks when he comes in. He hit 4/5 threes and pretty much killed us in the fourth. I think KD could have stayed with him and kept him from getting a good shot. That's a 12 point difference and we lost by 7.

Overall I love the team and certainly don't mind losing as long as they're improving. And they have a LOT of improving to do.

Being at the game last night, it was painfully obvious the point guard play was the HUGE difference between these teams. Nash created tons of easy shots for his teammates, while the Sonics worked one on one all night. The reason it was close was becuase we were able to get out in transition quite a bit. I agree with the others that Watson looked miserable. It felt like the offense sort of stalled once he was the one dictating the pace. D West didn't look great though either.

Was I the only one who thought Luke looked really good in the time he got. I know he had a couple of nice assists and a steal or two. He looked a lot like Luke from the playoffs against SAC. Mask or not we should give him a bigger opportunity.

I'd give the keys to Ridnour. What did his benching achieve last year besides padding ray Allen's stats and keeping the uppity Ridnour in his place. The nerve of this white kid to think he can make Seattle fans forget about Slick, Gus or gary. Some trust has to be in Ridnour, try 27-33 minutes a game for starters.