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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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