--The Suns were whistled for three technical fouls in the first half (Amare Stoudemire, coach Terry Porter and Steve Nash). It was Porter's second technical foul in as many games, matching Mike D'Antoni's total for all of last season. --The Suns missed a chance to go 2-0 for just the 10th time in franchise history and the first time since 2004-05, when they won 31 of their first 35 games. Coach Terry Porter missed a chance to join Scott Skiles (1999-2000) and Jerry Colangelo (1969-70) as the only Suns coaches to begin their tenures with two wins. Both were mid-season replacements.
--The Suns are 0-11 all-time in home openers, and 11-6 since moving to US Airways Center in 1992.
--New Orleans averaged 117.8 points in sweeping four games from the Suns last year, but they were "held" to 108 on Thursday despite nailing 13 three-pointers in 24 tries.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "Whenever we had a chance to get back in the game, we'd shoot ourselves in the foot and one mistake led to another. We just didn't bring it from the start. Then we tried to force things, the turnovers led to easy baskets." -- Suns coach Terry Porter.
