I doubt anybody in the organization would have been particularly happy about a 3-3 road trip when the Suns’ plane took off in Phoenix a week and a half ago, but considering how grim things looked as late as Sunday at 4 p.m. MST at least this trip wasn’t a complete disaster.
Yes, the Suns’ effort was [...]

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Suns 103, Wizards 87

 
 
 
 
 
 
The Suns need to make sure Friday night in Charlotte was their rock bottom point of the season.
That means not losing to a Wizards team that’s 7.5 games behind the next worst team in the East.
The Wizards have some nice players in Antawn Jamison (20.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg) and Caron Butler (20.0 [...]

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Phewwwww!
The Suns’ fan base let out a sigh of relief that could be heard all the way from Atlanta after Phoenix held on down the stretch for once to dispatch the Hawks, 104-99, earning the team’s first road victory over a winning squad since Oct. 29 in San Antonio against the Manu Ginobili-less Spurs.
This was [...]

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Suns 104, Hawks 99

 
 
 
 
 
Phoenix will make its next stop on the squad’s “Revenge of the Former Suns” road trip from Hell Sunday evening in Atlanta for a tilt against Joe Johnson and the Hawks.
That’s not good news because the Hawks are 17-4 at home, and we all know how the Suns are playing.
No matter what [...]

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The Suns can only hope this is rock bottom, because I’m not sure how much further they can fall after being embarrassed in Charlotte of all places on Friday, 98-76.
Yes, not Boston, Charlotte, a franchise that had previously never won a single game against Phoenix.
The Suns trailed by as many as 25 in the first [...]

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Bobcats 98, Suns 76

 
 
 
 
 
 
Having lost four of five, the last thing the Suns need is to play another losing team with a little extra motivation to beat Phoenix after dropping one to Mike D’Antoni’s Knicks.
That’s not good news since for at least two Bobcats Friday’s matchup with the Suns will be one of their biggest [...]

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