OK, so we all knew the Suns weren’t going to win 17 straight games to charge into the playoffs, right?
There would be days like this, days in which the Suns run into a talented, rested club that just clobbers them after a decent start as the Trail Blazers did in their 129-109 victory Thursday night.
Players [...]

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Trail Blazers 129, Suns 109

PHOENIX – In the next two games we will find out for sure if the Suns are also chasing the Trail Blazers and Jazz for sixth and seventh as well as the Mavericks for eighth.
If the Suns win in Portland tonight and Utah on Saturday, they will be within three games [...]

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In this week’s edition of the VotS.com Suns podcast, Mark McLane and Ben York from Fanster.com’s Deep Purple join me to discuss the Suns’ six-game winning streak, whether Phoenix should start thinking about catching the Blazers and Jazz as well as the Mavs and, of course, whether the Suns will make the playoffs. Guess which [...]

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PHOENIX – In concept it’s the simplest of basketball skills, but in practice it’s more mentally grueling than the LSATs.
Dribble a basketball for 18 hours straight, outplay, outwit and outlast your opponents and win a trip for two on an all-inclusive Suns road trip next season with everything from a spot on the Suns’ charter [...]

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PHOENIX – Two weeks ago, the Suns lost their sixth straight excruciatingly winnable game, time after time failing to come up with that crucial stop or clutch basket to stop the bleeding.
Two weeks later the Suns are the hottest team in the West after winning six in a row by coming up with that crucial [...]

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Suns 118, Jazz 114

 
 
 
 
 
 
Fanster.com has its “Mavericks FAIL” campaign and I always reference how far the Suns are behind Dallas, but nobody ever talks about the Suns catching sixth-place Utah or seventh-place Portland.
The Jazz enter tonight’s showdown in US Airways a healthy five games up on the Suns with 12 to play, but Utah also [...]

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