"Six-thousand, five-hundred and twenty-two assists for the Suns later, Steve Nash's night was put on ice.

The glory of the Suns laid on a training table with ice packs here and there, but not on the hot hands that torched New Orleans on a landmark Wednesday night.

If Monday's absence to a thigh bruise was a reminder that Nash's 38th birthday is Tuesday, Nash's 30-point, 10-assist, one-turnover game was a reminder of his age-defying magnificence in a 120-103 Suns win at a half-empty New Orleans Arena."