PHOENIX — With the game no longer in doubt with 22 seconds remaining, one play typified the entire evening — and some would say the entire season — for the Phoenix Suns.
After the Charlotte Bobcats had already rebounded a pair of misses to milk a seven-point lead during a possession that started with 1:37 left [...]

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Charlotte Bobcats 114, Phoenix Suns 107
The Suns embarked on their recent five-game road trip looking to reestablish themselves as a playoff team while giving hope to a loyal fan base.
A 3-0 start to extend the team’s winning streak to five games gave those fans hope and seemingly a reason to not give up on the [...]

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Tied at 58 apiece with nine minutes remaining in the third quarter, the injury-depleted  Suns were hanging tough with a Bobcat team that swept them last season.
From that point, however, it was all Charlotte as the home team went on a 25-8 run to blow out the Suns, 123-105, scoring on its next 11 possessions.
The backbreaking sequence was [...]

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Bobcats 123, Suns 105
To say it’s been an up and down week for the Phoenix Suns would be an understatement.
One game they’re drilling a franchise-record 22 triples in a win over the Lakers, then following it up with a gutsy win against the Nuggets. But when competition ramped up and legs got tired, the Suns [...]

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NBA bloggers prognosticate the Miami Heat and the rest of the Southeast Division in this week’s capsules:
Bobcats: Rufus on Fire | SBN Recap
Hawks: Peachtree Hoops
Heat: Peninsula Is Mightier | SportsAgentBlog.com
Magic: Orlando Pinstriped Post | Magic Basketball | Orlando Sports Central
Wizards: Bullets Forever | Truth About It | SBN Recap
All Recaps

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As it turns out, the Phoenix Suns’ past may have been more affected by this draft than their future will be.
With just a pair of second-round picks to their name (46th and 60th overall), the Suns would be doing well if they get even an eventual fringe rotation player out of this draft.
So while draft [...]

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