Turn out the lights...

The party's over. The Suns fell to 0-2 against the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals last night.

I fear for my city. From what I hear, the outwards signs of Sun-fever were more plentiful in 1993, but I have no doubt that this city is on the verge of something very, very bad. It's collective sports-psyche is about to be ruined, utterly.

There is so much emotion invested in this team and it's regular-season best 62-wins, that I fear the impending reality of their series loss to the Spurs will do serious harm. And make no mistake, they will not win this series:

Looking ahead
It's grim. The Suns have three days off before Game 3 to figure out how they can come back from losing the first two games at home. Only two teams have ever done that in a seven-game series.

Steven A. Smith on ESPN last night made it clear why. "The Suns will not win 4-out-of-5 from the Spurs. It is over!"

Generally I'm not a huge Smith fan, but to his credit he doesn't dither; he says what he means and means what he says, and in this instance I must agree.