Vinnie: Suns learn from tough Hawks loss

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00:00Let me break down what turned out to be a very strange Sunday night for the Phoenix Suns at the

00:05Mortgage Matchup Center. Essentially, the entire 48-minute game was an emotional rollercoaster for

00:11the Suns, who ultimately experienced a disappointing 124,122 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

00:18Here's how those emotions played out. The frustration. This started in the very first

00:23quarter. The Suns were struggling immensely with their shooting. They were extremely cold from the

00:29three-point line, missing 11 of their 12 attempts. As a team, they only made 28% of their total shots

00:36in that period. The relief. Despite that lackluster performance in the first two quarters, the Suns

00:42actually managed to be leading by one point when they went into halftime, so there was a sense of

00:47relief that they were still ahead. The dominance. Then, in the third quarter, we saw the Suns at

00:52their absolute best. They ended the quarter on a massive 24-4 scoring run, completely taking control

00:58of the game. The disbelief and disappointment. This is where it fell apart. It was shocking to

01:04see the Suns allow the Atlanta Hawks to respond with a 20-0 run of their own in the fourth quarter.

01:10The Hawks scored a total of 47 points just in that final period. To steal the win, to give you some

01:17perspective, the Suns had been leading by as many as 22 points in that same fourth quarter. Now, let's talk

01:24about the key moment that really shifted the game's momentum. With less than seven minutes left to play,

01:30Atlanta's Zachary Rissacher stole the ball from Suns guard Colin Gillespie and sprinted down the

01:35court for a dunk. This play cut the Suns' lead down to 13 points, however. On the dunk, Rissacher's

01:41momentum caused him to fall very hard after he let go of the rim, which startled the sold-out crowd.

01:47Here's where things got weird. The game continued normally for a moment, even with the injured player on

01:51the ground. Then, it was stopped. The Hawks hadn't committed a foul, and they couldn't call a timeout

01:57because they didn't have possession of the ball, so their head coach, Quinn Snyder, actually ran onto

02:02the court himself, which forced the officials to stop the game so he could check on his injured player.

02:08This confused the Suns, who were already advancing the ball on their offensive possession and didn't

02:13understand why the play was being halted. In the confusion, the Suns' Dylan Brooks argued with the

02:18officials so vigorously that he was given a technical foul. The Hawks' Nikhil Alexander-Walker

02:24made the resulting free throw, which helped extend their scoring run. The Suns never managed

02:28to recover their rhythm. In fact, they went 4 minutes and 11 seconds without scoring a single

02:33point. Alexander-Walker then scored a layup with only 54 seconds left, which gave the Hawks the lead,

02:39and they managed to hold on for an unlikely victory. While the Suns did a lot of things well that night,

02:44this game served as an important lesson for this young team. An NBA game requires a full 48 minutes

02:50of focus. Giving up 47 points in just one quarter is a surefire recipe for a loss,

02:55so what's the most important lesson your team needs to learn from a tough loss like this?

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