PHOENIX — In Mathletics, former Mavericks stats guru Wayne Winston found that playing on the second game of a back-to-back makes an NBA team play two points worse than average. If only Winston could come up with a formula that would determine how much worse a team would be expected to play when its best [...]

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With Steve Nash and Channing Frye down for the count, Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry made it clear that for them to remain in the playoff race without 40 percent of their starting lineup, somebody needed to step up. After three underwhelming quarters against the Rockets, Gentry finally got that elevated play from Vince [...]

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Houston Rockets 95, Phoenix Suns 93 PHOENIX — Alvin Gentry insists he won’t rush Steve Nash back just because the Suns’ opponents on their upcoming two-game road trip are also in the mix for the final playoff spots in the West, saying that every game is critical this time of year regardless of opponent. In [...]

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PHOENIX — If Sunday’s matinee against the Orlando Magic was a glimpse into the future of a Steve Nash-less future, Suns fans better enjoy every healthy minute they have left with Two Time. With an ailing Nash missing the game due to pelvic instability, the Suns’ offense fell apart in the second half of this [...]

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PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash will miss this afternoon’s game against Orlando with pelvic instability after gutting out the last few games despite being hampered by the injury. Nash is day by day, as the Suns made the decision that Nash couldn’t go this morning and will go through the same process before [...]

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PHOENIX — Hakim Warrick came to Phoenix for a chance to revitalize his career next to Steve Nash for a playoff-caliber team craving a pick-and-roll player at the power forward spot. Warrick showed flashes of being that guy throughout the first month and a half of the season, but ever since the Suns imported Marcin [...]

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