<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">This season's Suns team loves being together. Nice. Last year's Suns loved playing together. Even better. The Suns are stepping lightly on the court in this feeling-out month of basketball without Amar? Stoudemire and with many new parts. They believe strongly in their ability to win the division but will not get there until they talk on the court as well as they do off it. Lacking passion and purpose, the Suns played their worst game of the season in a 115-103 home loss Wednesday to Memphis. They did not lead by enough to blow the game, but did see a seven-point lead turn into an 18-point deficit by the start of the fourth quarter. The Grizzlies, off to a franchise-best 6-3 start, were playing their sixth game in nine days but ran over the Suns in Wednesday's middle quarters. Like Detroit did against Phoenix last week, Memphis made most of its shots on a court that seems foreign to the Suns (3-4). They are 1-4 at home and have lost as many games overall as they did in their first 35 games last year. "We're not desperate enough," said Suns guard Steve Nash, whose attempt to lead a fourth-quarter rally was futile in an exchange of easy baskets. "We don't have a huge inside presence . . . If we don't have super aggressiveness every night, we're going to be pretty mediocre. I think we've got it in us." Memphis came in averaging 89.6 points, but passed that after 85 seconds of the fourth quarter. The Grizzlies may have lost the battle for the game's pace but won overwhelmingly in desire. They had a run of six straight scoring possessions at the start and opened the second half with a 16-4 run. Phoenix doubled Pau Gasol on every touch, but did it poorly and made matters worse with how they rotated on the other players. Gasol became a playmaker as Grizzlies shooters took turns at open jumpers and uninhibited drives against a porous weakside defense that took no offense to the barrage. "Everybody's got to be more comfortable talking out there," Suns forward Shawn Marion said. "We're quiet. It starts with me and Steve, but there's only so much you can say. We say stuff but it's too late or not loud enough."</div> Source
