{"id":520102,"date":"2026-01-06T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/520102\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:03:14","slug":"the-suns-ran-into-the-nbas-version-of-murphys-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/520102\/","title":{"rendered":"The Suns ran into the NBA\u2019s version of Murphy\u2019s Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some nights it feels like the universe has a sense of humor, and you are the punchline. Murphy\u2019s Law night. That was Monday in Houston for the Suns.<\/p>\n

The travel was a mess from the jump following their win over OKC<\/a>, mechanical issues kept them grounded the night before, wheels up not happening until 10 AM on game day. Then they get there and the clock decides it wants to be part of the story. Long stoppages, half the first half spent waiting around while stopwatches on the PA became the solution.<\/p>\n

And yet, Phoenix still showed up. They competed. They carried a lead into halftime. They made a late push that put the game within reach. Then reality hit. Tired legs. Gassed bodies. A few possessions on both ends that slipped away. That is all it takes.<\/p>\n

And of course, because the basketball gods have a script, Kevin Durant hits the buzzer beater. Narrative secured. Every KD stan on the internet celebrates, second three on 12 attempts, dagger against his former team, because why would it end any other way?<\/p>\n

Some days are like that. You wake up and nothing is aligned. Trust me, I feel it. I tried moving furniture like I was still in my 30s and now I am walking around like the letter C with a heating pad glued to my back. Same vibe. Write it down, fold it up, throw it away, and move on.<\/p>\n

Bright Side Baller Season Standings<\/p>\n

Goody owned the night against OKC. Career high in three-balls. Career high in points. And to think, the Lakers opted to keep Bronny James on their team rather than retain him. Good! Win!<\/p>\n

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Bright Side Baller Nominees<\/p>\n

Game 36 against the Rockets. Here are your nominees:<\/p>\n

Devin Booker
27 points (9-of-20, 2-of-5 3PT), 3 assists, 4 turnovers, 0 rebounds, 0 +\/-<\/p>\n

Royce O\u2019Neale
15 points (5-of-12, 5-of-12 3PT), 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 turnovers, +2 +\/-<\/p>\n

Dillon Brooks
15 points (7-of-15, 1-of-6 3PT), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 turnover, -5 +\/-<\/p>\n

Collin Gillespie
11 points (4-of-11, 3-of-9 3PT), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 0 turnovers, -1 +\/-<\/p>\n

Jordan Goodwin
11 points (4-of-7, 3-of-4 3PT), 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 turnover, +3 +\/-<\/p>\n

Oso Ighodaro
9 points (4-of-5), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 turnover, -3 +\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some nights it feels like the universe has a sense of humor, and you are the punchline. Murphy\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,62461,6,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-520102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bright-side-baller","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-phoenix-suns","13":"tag-phoenixsuns","14":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115848059744062505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}