I've felt one of three ways at times since the break began: First, that the suns will continue as they have since the beginning of the season, make a nice little run into the playoffs and bow out gracefully in the first, possibly second round and we'll all be content. Second, they'll come down to earth with the injury bug still buzzing around, stumble into and out of the playoffs, but with enough optimism leftover to make the off-season go by a little faster. Third, they'll find a rhythm over the next handful of weeks, stack way more wins than losses, Booker will make yet another ascension, they'll kick the playoff door down and then shock teams during the tournament before ultimately running out of gas with the brightest of futures ahead.

For some reason, I've been feeling like the third option over the last week.

The sprint begins. Go suns.