It’s been a long year for the Phoenix Suns. The team boasts the second-worst record in the Western Conference and the third-worst record in the NBA. So of course, Phoenix managed to stun the Boston Celtics – the team that has the fifth-best record in the league – on Sunday afternoon, 109-106.
It was one heck of a game, one which included a jump ball between a pair of dudes who are 5’9. The final sequence was something special, as Phoenix was trailing 106-104 and scored five points in the final few seconds.
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First, Eric Bledsoe tied the game by blowing by Jae Crowder, squaring himself up, and laying the ball in. We’ve seen this type of play out of Bledsoe in the past, as he is pound-for-pound one of the league’s most explosive players.
Boston managed to get the ball in to Isaiah Thomas. While most players would probably just try and keep Thomas from throwing up a prayer, Suns rookie Marquese Chriss applied pressure and stripped the ball from the Celtics’ star.
The ball then rolled right into the arms of Tyler Ulis. The diminutive rookie guard out of Kentucky got the ball behind the three point line, created some separation from Thomas with a step back, and knocked down a clutch three to win the game for the Suns. Ulis had a career-high 20 points in the game and drilled a game-winning three. Not a bad afternoon, don’t you agree?
