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Entries from April 2010

Suns start slow before bench leads Game 5 rout

April 27th, 2010 · 5 Comments

PHOENIX — Halfway through the first quarter of Game 5, the Portland Trail Blazers led by 14 and Andre Miller was spraying jumpers all over the floor.
Then the Suns flicked a switch and like that they resumed the regularly scheduled Phoenix blowouts we saw in Games 2 and 3, outscoring Portland 73-45 over the course [...]

The Roy Effect wears off in Game 5

April 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments

It’s hard to dispute that Brandon Roy’s 11th hour return in Game 4 gave the Portland Trail Blazers the emotional boost they needed to avoid going down 3-1 to the Suns.
He only scored 10 that game, but the adrenaline rush the team got from their leader’s courageous return to the court just eight days after [...]

Robin Lopez to increase rehab after good report

April 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments

PHOENIX — Robin Lopez took his weekly visit to Dr. Christopher Huston of The Orthopedic Clinic Association today and received another good report.
The Suns’ seven-footer who has not played since March 26 because of his injured back “will continue to have his rehabilitation workload increased based on the evaluation of the Suns’ medical staff and [...]

Game 5 Preview: Trail Blazers at Suns

April 26th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Suns 107, Trail Blazers 88

PHOENIX — The series between the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers is tied 2-2, but the team that exerts control of the tempo is a perfect 4-0.
Not surprisingly, much of the talk at practice on Sunday as the Suns enter an all-important Game 5 was about pace.
Now you can [...]

Hill wins NBA’s sportsmanship award

April 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The NBA announced Monday that Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill is the 2009-2010 recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy, which is presented yearly to the league’s Sportsmanship Award winner.
The award is the 15-year veteran’s third such award, making him the first three-time winner in the award’s history; he’s also the only player to win it [...]

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Amare ‘upset’ about Suns’ Game 4 effort

April 25th, 2010 · 11 Comments

PHOENIX — Nobody on the Phoenix side was all too pleased in the hours following the team’s disappointing 96-87 loss in Game 4 to the Portland Trail Blazers.
The reason for Amare Stoudemire’s displeasure was simple.
“I don’t think we had great effort,” STAT said after Sunday morning’s practice. “They got a few rebounds off of free [...]