According to an old Hawaiian proverb, it’s hard to harvest the coconuts if you don’t have the trees–and judging by the way the Phoenix Suns dismantled the dilapidated Portland Trail Blazers tonight, my ancient ancestors may have been on to something. Adding Jerami Grant to an already overloaded injury list (Jrue Holiday, Matisse Thybulle, Scoot Henderson, Wesley Clark and Damian Lilliard) left Portland with an orchard woefully short of fruit-bearing plants and the Suns took full advantage by chopping out a 127-110 victory. Devin Booker and Collin Gillespie both scored 19 points for Phoenix while Shaedon Sharpe tallied 29 for the home team.

Player of the Game

Shaedon Sharpe delivered a master class in how to shoulder a heavy load with one arm tied behind your back. In spite of going 0-6 f

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