Turn off shot clock for Suns-Sonics

The Suns and Sonics have been both good and surprising in an NBA season that has resembled "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."

Updated: January 7, 2005, 8:00 AM ET
By Tim Legler | ESPN Insider
With all due respect to Clint Eastwood, the 2004-05 NBA season has eerily resembled that Hollywood classic "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."

Of course, the Phoenix Suns and Seattle SuperSonics have been both good and surprising. They meet Friday night in Seattle in a battle for Western Conference supremacy (ESPN, 10:30 p.m. ET).

The Good
We have seen the good.

Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James have put up MVP numbers on a nightly basis while continuing to represent the NBA with class and dignity.


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Tim Legler

NBA studio analyst
Former NBA player Tim Legler joined ESPN in 2000 as a studio analyst for ESPNEWS. Legler also appears regularly as an analyst of ESPN2's NBA Fastbreak. Legler played for five NBA teams -- the Suns, Jazz, Warriors, Mavericks and Wizards.

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