PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns will eventually shoot the ball.
Or at least that’s the mantra they keep repeating after surviving another poor shooting performance to defeat the even more inept Golden State Warriors, 92-87.
This was far from your typical Suns-Warriors shootout with the Suns shooting 37.8 percent from the field and 20.8 percent from three [...]

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NBA bloggers prognosticate the Phoenix Suns’ very own Pacific Division in this week’s capsules:
Clippers: Clips Nation | SBNation Recap
Kings: Sactown Royalty | Cowbell Kingdom | SBNation Recap
Lakers: Silver Screen and Roll | Forum Blue & Gold | NBAtipoff | SBNation Recap
Suns: Bright Side Of The Sun | SB Nation Arizona | ValleyoftheSuns | SBNation Recap
Warriors: Golden State of Mind | SBNation Recap
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Loud, ringing cheers of “Louuuuuuu” will no longer be heard throughout US Airways Center.
Unless the Golden State Warriors are in town and Phoenix Suns fans still want to give Louis Amundson some love.
ESPN.com’s Marc Stein reported Monday that the former Suns forward is set to sign a contract with the Warriors for two years and [...]

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The Phoenix Suns’ summer league finale went just like every other summer game this week in Vegas against an NBA opponent – with another loss, this time dropping an 86-76 decision to the Golden State Warriors.
The Summer Suns trailed by just one entering the fourth, but the Warriors pulled away while Phoenix scored just 13 in [...]

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The Suns beat the Blazers on Sunday by shutting Portland down in the fourth quarter with a zone defense in a game played at a deliberate pace in a serious playoff atmosphere.
But don’t think Phoenix has forgotten its roots.
With Monday’s opponent being the blazing fast Warriors, the Suns won the kind of shootout we’re most [...]

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Suns 133, Warriors 131
If ever there was a trap game, this one has to be a trap game.
I know, I know. We at ValleyoftheSuns have called a lot of games “trap games” this season. And it wasn’t that they weren’t justified, it just ended up that the Suns won most of them.
And I know, it’s [...]

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