FWIW, PHX is 3-0 O/U in season openers since Nash returned. Risk in this case would be a blowout and the bench playing the final minutes. With nothing on the line the PHX bench can be very unproductive.
Not enough foul shots, and combined shooting of 50% in 1H; bound to come down. Plus PHX slows down to a crawl with Banks on the floor and Nash is rusty.
Took Suns a long time last year to go L-L-L for 1Q-1H-3Q. I used to play them 1Q and 1H, and then double up on 3Q if they lost both. I'll get back to the Suns a few weeks into the season. They started slow last year as well. Tonight Barbosa is invisible, Marion and Nash are rusty, Amare was in early foul trouble, and Diaw is his usual absent minded.