Spurs Can’t Keep Pace With Suns, Phoenix Takes Game One, 111-102

One of the more difficult questions to answer about last night’s Game 1 was whether the Suns should be encouraged by their win or concerned that the Spurs hung around despite great performances by Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire and Jason Richardson. As a fan of neither team, I’d fall into the second camp after watching last night’s game.

SB Nation’s Suns blog Bright Side of the Sun, however, is squarely in the first camp. In previous years, it was the bigger Spurs beating the smaller Suns by curbing their transition opportunities and dominating in the paint. However, Seth Pollack writes that the roles were reversed in Game 1.

The latest incarnation of the rivalry kicks off tonight as Phoenix welcomes San Antonio to US Airways Center.

The team that is able to impose its will likely will come put on top.