PHOENIX — For 18 minutes and 31 seconds on Sunday night, Michael Redd stepped in the time machine.
The wear and tear on his surgically repaired knees vanished. The 185 games he missed over the course of the last three seasons became a distant memory.
Michael Redd was Michael Redd again.
His left-handed, high-release jump shot didn’t miss [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have a chance to pull within a half-game of the Houston Rockets for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot when the two teams clash tonight in US Airways Center.
Here are a few pregame notes and quotes before the two teams tip off at 6 p.m.:
Martin out, Camby will [...]

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Phoenix Suns 99, Houston Rockets 86

It was not long ago that the Phoenix Suns dropped their fourth straight game to the Los Angeles Lakers to fall a season-worst seven games below .500.
That sure feels like more than the month ago it was, but after morphing into one of the hottest teams in the NBA, the [...]

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PHOENIX — Goran Dragic made a name for himself feasting on opposing bench units two years ago in US Airways Center.
The Dragon returned to the scene of the crime Thursday and pulled the trick once again, leading a Rockets bench that was the difference in Houston’s 96-89 win over the Suns as was so often [...]

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Houston Rockets 96, Phoenix Suns 89
The Phoenix Suns found confidence in most everything spanning their current three-game winning streak. Shots are falling thanks to strong cohesiveness in ball movement, the defense has been consistent, and Alvin Gentry has found a rotation that he just might stick to.
Coincidentally, that three-game winning streak was spurred by the [...]

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The Houston Rockets closed out the first quarter with a 17-6 run and never looked back in a sloppy, turnover-laden 99-81 victory over the Phoenix Suns at the Toyota Center in Houston.
Phoenix had its second-worst scoring output of the season Friday night, mustering only 81 points on 41 percent shooting. This was only slightly better than [...]

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