Western Conference Finals Game 3

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Suns 118, Lakers 109

Lakers at Suns Game 3 Western Conference Finals
PHOENIX — The NBA playoffs thus far have lacked drama aside from a few isolated bursts of excitement.
The only seven-game series has been the Atlanta-Milwaukee snorefest, three of the four conference semifinal series were sweeps (although that was pretty [...]

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PHOENIX — The Suns tried many thing in Games 1 and 2 in Los Angeles.
Few of them worked.
But one successful permutation Gentry utilized was going small with Grant Hill at the four and Jared Dudley at the three flanking Steve Nash, Jason Richardson and Amare Stoudemire, a lineup that outscored Los Angeles 35-25 in essentially [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns are concocting a “simple” plan on defense after the Los Angeles Lakers shredded them in Games 1 and 2 when they went with more fronting and other gimmicks than they usually do.
That is, they plan on simplifying things and initiating some of the principles that worked for them during the [...]

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PHOENIX — In this video blog, Michael Schwartz discusses the Suns’ mind-set as well as the defensive adjustments they plan to make in advance of Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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PHOENIX — Despite facing an 0-2 deficit, the Phoenix Suns haven’t been all that bad offensively against the Los Angeles Lakers through two games of the Western Conference Finals  – with the exception of Channing Frye that is.
After watching the three-point specialist struggle through 1-of-13 shooting thus far, it’s hard to believe that he is [...]

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PHOENIX — After observing the last 15 minutes of practice today, the Phoenix Suns looked like the team with a 2-0 series lead heading into Game 3, rather than the squad scrambling for answers against a seemingly unbeatable Lakers team.
There were smiles scattered across the court as the team wrapped up practice with a half-court [...]

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