Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns shook off a two-game losing streak in last night's 120-90 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. After getting off to a fast start, the Su...

The Suns were without both pieces of their All-Star backcourt duo for the first time this season. Still the Suns prevailed, improving their regular season record to 50-12, becoming the first team to reach the 50-win mark this season. Let’s look at three takeaways that should keep the Suns optimistic following last night’s game.

The Suns were fortunate during an unfortunate situation to get their first game without Devin Booker and Chris Paul against the Blazers.

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Suns All-Star Devin Booker will miss his second straight game in NBA's health and safety protocols Friday night against Knicks at Footprint Center.

As we stay healthy, that kind of expands (the circle of people a person is around) a little bit.” “I don’t know the numbers so I can’t speak too accurately on this, but there’s not as many people in NBA protocols as there was a little bit earlier. “COVID still does exist and it’s still hurting people,” he said. Jae Crowder, JaVale McGee, Landry Shamet, Eflrid Payton, Ish Wainright, Ayton and Williams were all at one point in the league’s health and safety protocols from Dec. 27 to Jan. 11. “It was a shock he was out for that,” Suns center Deandre Ayton said. I think everybody’s first thought was his health and we’ll hold it down in the meantime.”

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McCoy was able to add his go-to call to his repertoire just in time for the introduction of the three-point line for the 1979 season and has been a mainstay ever since. And, of course, that first year that the three-point shot was in I think the Suns took three all year.” He would use his platform to help bring the Phoenix Suns players, coaches and organization to new heights and further launch his Hall-of-Fame career. And one of my favorites was Captain Marvel. And he was kind of the Superman type. They had quite a few injuries that slowed them down,” said McCoy. “Coach John MacLeod, who was a tremendous innovator and really had the ability to get a team ready to play, I thought was really responsible late in the season for firing up the team and setting a goal of making the playoffs, which they did. And a little guy named Billy Batson who was actually a radio reporter, became Captain Marvel, when he said, SHAZAM, which was the first letter of Socrates, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Mercury, and so on. “Al came up with all of that and it was all positive. To those that know him, as well as the millions of sports fans across the great state of Arizona that have welcomed his voice into their homes for the last half-century, Al McCoy is, in essence, the Phoenix Suns. He was there with you for the highest of highs. As he continued to grow in his career, so came his confidence behind the microphone. The legendary radio and television voice of the Phoenix Suns is the first and only person to ever do it with a single NBA team. I think it was the biggest surprise in the history of the franchise, a team no one expected to go anywhere and at that point an NBA team that most people didn't even know about went to the NBA Finals.” I followed the Cubs and college football at that point in time,” McCoy said in an interview with ABC15 in 2021.