Suns won today at Utah to avoid getting swept by the Jazz who had surprisingly won the previous 3 games this season. The Suns were just determined to prevent another loss today. They started hot, stayed hot and finished hot and thats hard to do against the defensive minded Jazz. The MP3 had 18 assists to go with 13 points as Barbosa's 28 led the scoring for the Suns. Barbosa should lock up the sixth man of the year award pretty easily. Dan D'Antoni, Mike's brother says his 33 mill for 5 years is one of the steals in this league and I have to agree. It's a lot better than Diaw's 45 mill for 5 though that's not a bad deal either. I don't know where the Suns would be this year without the Brazilian Blur. To think that the Suns were this close to trading him to the Blazers for a second round pick a couple of years back is a joke. Anyways, the Suns have him now and have won 61 games this season. They have 2 more games to go and the franchise record for wins is 62.
New Orleans lost at Houston to pretty much seal their playoff fate. May be things could have been different for the Hornets with a healthy C-Paul and Peja for the entire season. Now they have to wait for another year. In Phily, Dwight Howard poured in 35 points and missed just one of his 15 shots as Orlando beat the sixers 104-87. Howard might be in his first playoff this year and he better be ready for some heavy lifting.
Phoenix @ Utah - 126-98
Interesting games on the board for Apr 15-Th (Sunday)
San Antonio @ Dallas - Dallas has nothing to play for.
New Jersey @ Indiana - Pacers are pretty much out of the playoffs.
Seattle @ LA Lakers - A loss here for the Lake-show makes things REALLY interesting in the bottom of the West.
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