Rockets 94, Suns 82
  
 
 
 
 
After puffing up on a stream of patsies, it’s back to work tonight for the Suns when the Rockets come to town to start a brutal stretch.
A relatively easy game in Sacramento follows, before Phoenix faces the gauntlet of Pistons, Jazz, Lakers and Blazers in its next four.
I’m interested to see how [...]

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While I was at the Cardinals’ Monday Night Football thriller against the 49ers, I spent a couple minutes discussing the struggles of Leandro Barbosa with a Suns fan sitting next to me.
We both agreed he clearly hadn’t been the Brazilian Blur we were used to seeing explode for points in bunches the last few seasons [...]

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Suns 107, Grizzlies 102

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I don’t know if it’s a case of copycat voting or what, but you readers seem to be in strong agreement against the Suns playing an eight-man rotation, according to last week’s poll.
My journalism profs taught me enough for me to know there’s quite a bit of margin for error when counting only 143 votes, [...]

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What a difference a Shaq makes.
A day after watching his Suns get throttled in Chicago from the sidelines with a staff-prescribed day of rest, Shaq turned back the clock to lead the Suns to a 104-96 victory in Milwaukee to end the road trip a successful 3-1.
Shaq missed his first 30-point game since last March [...]

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Suns 104, Bucks 96

 
 
 
 
 
 
I know Amare had talked about the possibility of a 4-0 road trip with a quartet of winnable games against teams the Suns swept last year.
But realistically, with four games in five nights for this aging team and knowing Shaq would likely take at least one off, I think a 3-1 road [...]

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