PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns looked more like a team that began practicing together 12 days ago than a squad four days away from its season opener during their 110-85 preseason finale loss to the Denver Nuggets Thursday night in US Airways Center.
Unfortunately for Phoenix, both statements are true and thus the Suns have lots [...]

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At a first glance, the Phoenix Suns’ 127-110 loss on Tuesday to the Denver Nuggets doesn’t suggest that much has changed from last season on the defensive side of the ball.
The Suns’ defense ranged from porous-to-downright poor in Denver, and considering they were looking to improve behind the leadership of defensive coordinator Elston Turner, Tuesday’s [...]

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When the NBA lockout finally comes to an end (be it tomorrow, Christmas Day, or June 30, 2012) every team with playoff hopes will have to ask itself, “What is our team identity?”
For the Suns, identity has long been defined by their “Seven Seconds or Less” mentality. Put simply, “we will score so quickly, and [...]

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PHOENIX — Before every game Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry fills the locker room whiteboard with a few offensive keys to the game and defensive keys to the game.
They’re often times general and cliche, but with the Denver Nuggets in town the Suns knew exactly what they needed to do on both ends of [...]

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Denver Nuggets 116, Phoenix Suns 97

Channing Frye’s recent scoring streak before his injury must have rubbed off on his replacement, Hakim Warrick.
Just one game after the Suns’ hottest player went down with a dislocated right shoulder, Warrick stepped in and went off on Tuesday, scoring a career-high 32 points in a 113-110 Phoenix victory over [...]

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