PHOENIX — For a half the Phoenix Suns were every bit the equal of the Denver Nuggets, going basket for basket with them in a back-and-forth opening 24 minutes that severely taxed the scoreboard operator’s trigger finger.
But after losing Channing Frye to a shoulder subluxation late in the first half, the Nuggets opened the second [...]

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Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 107
PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry won’t call anything a must-win. He despises the term, thinks it’s a silly mantra.
“I don’t like the term … you know what I’m talking about,” he said after the Suns beat the Clippers. “I won’t go there. These must-win things, I don’t [...]

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Editor’s Note: The following is a lengthy free-flowing conversation between Michael Schwartz and Mike Schmitz on the state of the Suns.
Michael Schwartz: Right now all the Phoenix Suns can bother focusing on is the next game.
With three games remaining, they are two victories (if one comes in Utah) away from securing a playoff berth that even [...]

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PHOENIX — US Airways Center was sleepy.
It was a weird sight to see considering the Phoenix Suns had so much to fight for. The final playoff spot was on the line, and with the Houston Rockets inexplicably falling to the lowly New Orleans Hornets earlier in the night, a win would lock the Suns with [...]

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Phoenix Suns 93, Los Angeles Clippers 90
Last night, the Los Angeles Clippers did the Suns a favor by defeating the Denver Nuggets. Tonight, Phoenix will try to avoid a similar fate.
Both the Clippers and Suns are jostling for playoff position, but the sense of urgency — obviously — is most prevalent in Phoenix. After suffering [...]

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