Dallas Mavericks 115, Phoenix Suns 90
With the postseason out of the question, is there really much left to play for? Is it worth it to keep running the starters out there and playing them 30 or more minutes, risking injury?
Ask Suns coach Alvin Gentry or any player on the team and you’d almost certainly get [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have been fighting an uphill battle since the season tipped off, trying to integrate a constant flow of new players while battling to create separation from a .500 mark that has never escaped them.
After the Suns’ 91-83 loss to the Dallas Mavericks even the Suns players were resigned to the [...]

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Dallas Mavericks 91, Phoenix Suns 83
PHOENIX — If you take any stock in the Hollinger Playoff Odds, the Suns’ season did indeed suffer a slow and painful death on Friday night against New Orleans.
By the end of the night their 6.2 percent chance of a playoff miracle had turned into a 1.7 percent no chance [...]

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PHOENIX — The final buzzer of Thursday night’s game marked the beginning of a quick break for the Phoenix Suns as the NBA heads into the All-Star break.
However, it also marked the continuance of the Suns’ struggles in the fourth quarter, a place where they can’t seem to catch a break.
After playing the Mavericks close [...]

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Dallas Mavericks 112, Phoenix Suns 106
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have won seven of nine and 12 of 17 to make themselves players in a Western Conference playoff race that’s getting tighter by the day.
Now they can put the cherry on top of this stellar pre-All-Star break stretch by beating the second-best team in the [...]

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Update: We have our second winner of the day! Congratulations to Chris for winning the second pair of tickets, courtesy of StubHub. The correct answer was 32 points on March 14, 2007. Many of you submitted Nash’s playoff high of 48 points on May 15, 2005. Thanks to everyone for playing.
Valley of the Suns and [...]

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