Entries from January 2009

Suns 128, Mavericks 100 – 3rd quarter domination

January 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Attention Suns fans: Make sure to keep a copy of tonight’s third quarter against the Mavs handy on your DVR of choice because no matter how many last-second breakdowns Phoenix commits in the coming months, pop that baby in and you can’t help but dream that the Suns’ window is still very much open.
The Suns [...]

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Tags: Bench · Dallas Mavericks · Offense · Phoenix Suns Recap · Shaquille O'Neal · Steve Nash

Game Thread: Mavericks (22-13) at Suns (19-13)

January 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Suns 128, Mavericks 100

I’m not sure why so many pundits think the Mavericks will be the NBA team without a chair when the music stops on this game of musical chairs involving nine Western Conference teams and eight playoff spots.
The Mavs boast a superstar in Dirk Nowitzki, who joins a solid Big Three with Josh [...]

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Tags: Dallas Mavericks · Phoenix Suns Preview

Pacers 113, Suns 110 – Another buzzer beater

January 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The Suns played 11:59.1 seconds of quality defense in the fourth quarter to storm ahead after trailing by as many as 16 points earlier in the half and 11 halfway through the quarter.
But that all went for naught when another defensive breakdown in the final nine tenths of a second gave Danny Granger a clean [...]

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Tags: Indiana Pacers · Leandro Barbosa · Louis Amundson · Phoenix Suns Recap · Steve Nash

Game Thread: Pacers (12-22) at Suns (19-12)

January 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Pacers 113, Suns 110

Amare Stoudemire will be licking his chops when the Pacers come to town after playing his best career game earlier this year in Indiana.
Amare racked up 49 points on 17-for-21 shooting, all good shots, 11 boards, six assists, five steals and two blocks in the Suns’ 113-103 victory on Nov. 5.
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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Indiana Pacers · Phoenix Suns Preview

Suns cut Brown, interested in Livingston?

January 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

When the Suns signed Dee Brown to fill out their roster a couple weeks ago, it looked like a move done just for that purpose – to reach the league-mandated minimum roster requirement.
Less than two weeks after he was signed, we now know that was indeed the case, as the Suns sent Brown packing to [...]

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Tags: Dee Brown · Phoenix Suns News

Nothing good ever happens after midnight

January 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Jason Richardson had only been a member of the Phoenix Suns for about a week and a half when he was accused of driving under the influence of alcohol at 2:48 a.m. on Dec. 21 in Phoenix, hours after he tallied 19 points, seven boards and six assists in a win over Denver.
Maybe he didn’t [...]

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Tags: Charles Barkley · Jason Richardson · Phoenix Suns News