PHOENIX — Excruciating losses to the Spurs are still commonplace, but times are a changing for the Phoenix Suns.
Playing an offensive powerhouse like the Denver Nuggets, the old Phoenix Suns would have needed a monster offensive effort from their starters to grab a win.
Instead it was defense and a stellar performance from their bench that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bench'
Suns 101, Nuggets 85 — Zoned out
March 2nd, 2010 · 6 Comments
Tags: Bench · Defense · Denver Nuggets · Goran Dragic · Grant Hill · Jason Richardson · Louis Amundson · Phoenix Suns · Suns Recap
Suns 112, Mavericks 106 — TNT streak ends at 18
January 29th, 2010 · 22 Comments
PHOENIX — The streak is over.
The Suns finally won a game on TNT after losing 18 straight on the network. But much more important than breaking the streak was the Suns breaking their two-game losing streak (two is significant when you’ve gone 3-7 in your last 10), handing the Dallas Mavericks a 112-106 loss Thursday [...]
Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Bench · Dallas Mavericks · Defense · Phoenix Suns · Suns Recap
Suns 118, Rockets 110 — Back and forth win
January 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have come to define inconsistency during the 2009-10 season, be it from November to December or from the Lakers-Boston stretch to the Memphis game.
In Wednesday’s win against Houston, the Suns strutted out their inconsistency all game long, turning a 16-point lead into a 16-point deficit in 14 minutes of game [...]
Tags: Bench · Channing Frye · Houston Rockets · Jason Richardson · Phoenix Suns · Suns Recap
Suns 118, Lakers 103 — Back to November
December 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns entered the season as a team with a chip on its shoulder, a disrespected squad out to prove that the reports of its demise were greatly exaggerated.
They played team ball, they rebounded by committee and they at least made an effort to play defense during the first month of the [...]
Tags: Bench · Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Rebounding · Suns Recap
Suns 124, Clippers 93 — A Christmas blowout
December 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments
PHOENIX — When Alvin Gentry called his first timeout just 5:49 into the game, the Suns trailed 18-10, were getting pounded on the glass 14-2 and seemed content to make this a very merry Christmas for the visiting Los Angeles Clippers.
We probably cannot print whatever words Gentry used in that huddle, but whatever he said [...]
Tags: Bench · Grant Hill · Leandro Barbosa · Los Angeles Clippers · Phoenix Suns · Rebounding · Suns Recap
Blazers 105, Suns 102 — Bayless, TNT down Suns
December 18th, 2009 · 11 Comments
After three quarters at the Rose Garden in Portland tonight, a Suns win was almost a guarantee. Coming into tonight’s game against the Trail Blazers the Suns were 11-0 when Steve Nash handed out 11 or more helpers — he had 11 at the end of three. The Suns were 11-0 when leading after three [...]
Tags: Bench · Defense · Phoenix Suns · Portland Trail Blazers · Suns Recap

