PHOENIX — For a half the Phoenix Suns were every bit the equal of the Denver Nuggets, going basket for basket with them in a back-and-forth opening 24 minutes that severely taxed the scoreboard operator’s trigger finger.
But after losing Channing Frye to a shoulder subluxation late in the first half, the Nuggets opened the second [...]

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Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 107
PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry won’t call anything a must-win. He despises the term, thinks it’s a silly mantra.
“I don’t like the term … you know what I’m talking about,” he said after the Suns beat the Clippers. “I won’t go there. These must-win things, I don’t [...]

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If the Phoenix Suns are ultimately unable to do the unthinkable and sneak into the playoffs, Friday night’s 105-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets will be forever viewed as — like Katy Perry so eloquently put it — the one that got away.
With their backs against the wall and their postseason hopes more or less [...]

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Denver Nuggets 105, Phoenix Suns 99
If the Phoenix Suns plan on reaching the playoffs despite a brutal closing schedule, they must take care of the games against teams fighting with them for the final playoff spots in the West and then hang on against the contenders.
After gutting out a crucial win Wednesday in Utah, the [...]

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In deciding to rest Steve Nash and Grant Hill, head coach Alvin Gentry decided to pick his battles. This one, just maybe, he thought the Phoenix Suns could get away with and for decent enough reasons.
The Suns (12-17) found themselves in the paint quite a bit against the Denver Nuggets (17-12). With Nash and Hill [...]

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Denver Nuggets 109, Phoenix Suns 92
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well the Denver Nuggets should be quite fond of Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, and Nene when they host the Phoenix Suns on Valentine’s Day. The Nuggets will be without the trio because of various injuries. Gallinari, Denver’s leading scorer, will be out [...]

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