Entries from January 2009

Phoenix still the Valley of the Suns

January 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Phoenix has always been a Suns town.
And aside from the D-backs’ magical 2001 championship run and a couple seasons around it while the Suns struggled, the Suns have always been the best team in town.
Fast forward to 2008-09 and we see the Cardinals win their first home playoff game since 1947 a year after the [...]

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Suns 106, Clippers 98 – Easing up on the pedal

January 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

The Clippers were missing starting point guard Baron Davis, starting forward Zach Randolph and big man Chris Kaman, and it showed in the first quarter, which the Suns won by a 33-15 margin, their best first quarter of the season.
Then they played the rest of the game as if they had won it in the [...]

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Tags: Bench · Los Angeles Clippers · Louis Amundson · Phoenix Suns Recap · Steve Nash

Game Thread: Clippers (8-23) at Suns (18-12)

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Suns 106, Clippers 98

 
 
 
 
 
After playing just one game in a stretch of eight days around the Spurs game on Christmas, the Suns’ tilt with the Clippers tonight will be their only game in a seven-day stretch starting with Wednesday’s off-day.
It’s a strange schedule for a Suns team that will more than make up for it [...]

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Tags: Los Angeles Clippers · Phoenix Suns Preview

Nash more than just a D’Antoni player

January 1st, 2009 · 16 Comments

Bill Simmons makes the point that Mike D’Antoni is “the Coors Field of coaches” and that Steve Nash is only “slightly better than Mark Price” but will go down as an all-time great because of D’Antoni.
There’s no debating that Nash and D’Antoni were a perfect marriage, as Nash’s skills fit the Seven Seconds or Less [...]

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Tags: Mike D'Antoni · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Steve Nash

Fanster.com Suns podcast – Dec. 31

January 1st, 2009 · No Comments

On this week’s edition of In the Post we talk about the Suns’ light schedule of late, the Dee Brown signing and take a look back at the stinging loss to the Spurs.

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Tags: Phoenix Suns Podcasts