Vinny’s View: Suns get back to development thanks to solid bench performance

No aliens present in downtown Phoenix Tuesday night, and for the Suns, that meant a return to development and improvement in a 133-110 dismantling of the aimless LA Clippers.

What a performance by the Suns’ bench. In fact, we haven’t seen a bench be this tied to a storyline since Forrest Gump.

Jordan Goodwin returned from a four-game absence with a calf strain and looked like he never left. The Suns’ sparkplug went 6-for-7 from three-point range and jolted an 81-point bench contribution in the win.

In all, five reserves went for double digits, and they combined to go 15-for-25 from deep. The Suns rained a season-high 22 threes on the Clippers. It was a little bit of stinging rain, and big old fat rain. Rain that blew in sideways and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Fifty-one percent on 22 makes…more of that please.

The Suns won handily on the glass and held the Clippers to 42 percent shooting on the night.

Not everything was great, as once again too many members of the starting lineup turned in box-of-chocolate-type performances — you never know what you’re going to get.

It was a solid performance to shake off the demolition the Spurs doled out just one night earlier, which is good, because Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.

And moving on, the Suns have a lot of winnable games between now and the first week of December. Nine Western Conference teams already have seven or more wins this season, and the upcoming schedule represents an opportunity to ascend into that group.

And that’s all I have to say about that.

Vince Marotta has been the Phoenix Suns’ PA announcer since 2016, in addition to his duties as co-host of Bickley & Marotta. On weekdays after Suns home games, you can listen to Vinny’s View on Arizona Sports 98.7 at 7 a.m. or read what he saw from the front row at Mortgage Matchup Center here.

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