PHOENIX — Michael Beasley still looks at him like he’s crazy when he says it, but tonight provided ample evidence as to why Alvin Gentry wants Beasley to take about 18-20 shots for every 30 minutes of playing time. Granted the last thing the Suns’ head coach wants is for Beasley to become a chucker, [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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