Observations

Paxson drilled a jumper to beat the first quarter buzzer as well.
The Suns did not score in the final 2:23 and they had so, so, sooooo many chances to do so. Barkley missed a shot at the rim, a very long Majerle three nearly rolled in (but why was he shooting so far out in the [...]

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“The big thing for us is we just haven’t been able to finish games. All of these games we’ve been able to be right there. The whole inconsistency has been our Achilles’ heel. We’ve competed like crazy, but we have very little to show for it from a tangible standpoint.”
Suns head coach Alvin Gentry made [...]

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Chicago Bulls 97, Phoenix Suns 94
In the aftermath of the Suns’ 123-115 double overtime collapse against the Bulls all the way back on Nov. 24, head coach Alvin Gentry remarked that at the end of the season we will look back and see no shame in losing to Chicago since many other teams will lose [...]

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PHOENIX — In this video blog, Michael Schwartz from ValleyoftheSuns and KTAR’s Adam Green pore over the finer points of the Suns’ 123-115 double overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls before discussing where the team will go from here.

And as a bonus here’s Hakim Warrick on the game:

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PHOENIX — For a quarter Wednesday night the Suns looked like the Phoenix Suns of old, running off makes, running off misses, knocking down open threes and overall demoralizing a tired opponent that played the night before while running up a 23-point lead.
But Derrick Rose and the Bulls steadily chipped away at the deficit and [...]

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Bulls 123, Suns 115 2OT
The Suns have a couple things working in their favor Wednesday when the Bulls roll into Phoenix for Game 5 of their annual “Circus Trip,” the typically brutal road jaunt while their home court is occupied by elephants and clowns.
The Bulls will be playing on the second night of a back-to-back [...]

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