Lakers-Suns Q&A with Brian Kamenetzky

February 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments

In advance of this weekend’s home-and-home series with the Los Angeles Lakers, Valley of the Suns exchanged questions with ESPN Land O’ Lakers writer Brian Kamenetzky. Here’s what he had to say:
Ryan Weisert: Since it would be far too broad a question to ask “What’s wrong with Metta World Peace?” I’ll just ask  what seems [...]

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Preview: Phoenix Suns (12-16) at Denver Nuggets (16-12)

February 14th, 2012 · 6 Comments

Denver Nuggets 109, Phoenix Suns 92
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well the Denver Nuggets should be quite fond of Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, and Nene when they host the Phoenix Suns on Valentine’s Day. The Nuggets will be without the trio because of various injuries. Gallinari, Denver’s leading scorer, will be out [...]

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Preview: Phoenix Suns (12-15) at Golden State Warriors (10-14)

February 13th, 2012 · 4 Comments

Golden State Warriors 102, Phoenix Suns 96
The Phoenix Suns kick off a difficult stretch of three games in three nights when they take on the Golden State Warriors tonight in Oakland. The Suns are enjoying one of their better runs this season, having won four out of their last five games, including Saturday’s victory at [...]

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#FreeSteveNash: ESPN’s big guns weigh in

February 5th, 2012 · 63 Comments

As the Phoenix Suns seemed destined to spend this season in the NBA no-man’s land of “not good enough to make the playoffs and not bad enough to contend for the No. 1 pick,” the #FreeSteveNash movement got some national attention this week. Prominent NBA analysts such as ESPN’s John Hollinger and Grantland’s Bill Simmons [...]

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Tags: Indiana Pacers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Portland Trail Blazers · Steve Nash · Trades

Houston Rockets 99, Phoenix Suns 81 — As bad as it gets

February 3rd, 2012 · 16 Comments

The Houston Rockets closed out the first quarter with a 17-6 run and never looked back in a sloppy, turnover-laden 99-81 victory over the Phoenix Suns at the Toyota Center in Houston.
Phoenix had its second-worst scoring output of the season Friday night, mustering only 81 points on 41 percent shooting. This was only slightly better than [...]

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Tags: Houston Rockets · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Recap

Preview: Phoenix Suns (6-11) at Portland Trail Blazers (11-8)

January 27th, 2012 · 12 Comments

 Portland Trail Blazers 109, Phoenix Suns 71
The last time the Phoenix Suns played the Portland Trail Blazers, they ran Portland out of US Airways Center in a 25-point drubbing. The Trail Blazers will look to avenge their biggest loss of the season Friday night in the Rose Garden.
The Suns come into this matchup having lost [...]

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Tags: Marcin Gortat · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Preview · Portland Trail Blazers · Steve Nash