PHOENIX — When Steve Kerr said on Draft Day that he couldn’t see how lottery pick Earl Clark would earn time over guys like Jared Dudley and Lou Amundson, I thought it was just his way of motivating the 14th overall selection in the 2009 draft.
Instead Clark hasn’t made much more of an impact than [...]

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The Suns beat the Blazers on Sunday by shutting Portland down in the fourth quarter with a zone defense in a game played at a deliberate pace in a serious playoff atmosphere.
But don’t think Phoenix has forgotten its roots.
With Monday’s opponent being the blazing fast Warriors, the Suns won the kind of shootout we’re most [...]

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Suns 133, Warriors 131
If ever there was a trap game, this one has to be a trap game.
I know, I know. We at ValleyoftheSuns have called a lot of games “trap games” this season. And it wasn’t that they weren’t justified, it just ended up that the Suns won most of them.
And I know, it’s [...]

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PHOENIX — Anybody who has been a Phoenix Suns fan for more than five minutes knows all the reasons the Suns “can’t” win in the playoffs.
They don’t play defense.
Their half-court offense sputters when the tempo slows.
They can’t grind out victories.
Nobody will ever confuse these Suns with the San Antonio Spurs, but for one night [...]

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Suns 93, Blazers 87
PHOENIX — There is a lot of talk about “must-win games” at this point of an NBA season.
The reality is until you get to April, it’s doubtful that your season will actually end if you don’t pull through with a victory. The only true must-win games are elimination games.
With that being said, [...]

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PHOENIX — Twice this season the Phoenix Suns have taken solid leads into the fourth quarter against the Utah Jazz.
Twice this season the Jazz have stormed back with monster fourth quarters to score a resounding victory.
So this time around when the Suns built a 14-point lead after three by holding Utah to a season-low [...]

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