Silver Linings From Suns Road Trip
1 / 6By Matt Petersen, Suns.comThe Suns arrived back home in Phoenix at roughly 4:00 a.m., Tuesday morning. Fatigue is implied at that hour, but there would have been enough reasons for that had their plan touched down at noon. A week isn’t an abnormally long time, but the sheer number of events that took place in that span, not to mention travel difficulties, must have made it seem at least twice as long for Phoenix. Since hitting the road last Tuesday, the Suns experienced 17 hours’ worth of plane delays, the loss of star guard Eric Bledsoe to knee surgery, the gain of Leandro Barbosa, the thrill of a one-point victory and the weight of four losses by a combined 14 points. It’s a lot to take in, but there’s also plenty that Phoenix can take from their five-game road swing into – wouldn’t you know it – a five-game homestand that starts Wednesday.