Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum will be a game-time decision for the second straight game after re-aggravating his strained right shoulder in the second quarter of Thursday night’s loss to the Suns, according to John Hollinger’s Twitter account and The Oregonian’s Jason Quick.
Quick wrote in an online chat: “Batum incidentally is being listed as [...]

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The Suns did what they wanted to do on Thursday night, going up 2-1 in the series while embarrassing the Trail Blazers on their own floor. With the advantage back in the Suns’ hands, here’s the latest links from around the nation…

Dave at BlazersEdge says the Trail Blazers can’t panic and rush Brandon Roy back [...]

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When many Suns fans think of Jason Richardson, they think of his salary cap number.
They think about how $13.3 million this year and $14.4 million next season is too much for a shooting guard with a knack for disappearing at the wrong times and not playing as good of defense as he should.
But in Phoenix’s [...]

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There is no arguing tonight was the Jason Richardson show. His 42 points and eight treys were undoubtedly the difference in the game, but oftentimes even when one of the Suns goes off offensively, Phoenix still allows its opponent to hang around.
But tonight Phoenix threw a double team at LaMarcus Aldridge that forced the Blazers [...]

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Suns 108, Trail Blazers 89
PHOENIX — And into enemy territory they go. After splitting with the Trail Blazers at home, the Suns head to the Rose Garden, where a hostile welcome awaits.
Few would have thought before the playoffs began that the series would be knotted at a game apiece heading to Portland, but it may [...]

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PHOENIX — Two years ago after another gruesome playoff loss to San Antonio, Suns GM Steve Kerr asked head coach Mike D’Antoni to make a stronger commitment to defense and develop his bench.
We don’t know the exact details of the conversation between Kerr and D’Antoni, but we do know that as a result of that [...]

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