Last week we looked at Denver, Portland, New Orleans, and Memphis in terms of their team identity. You can read that column here. Today we’ll look at the rest of the Western Conference playoff teams and see what, if anything, they can contribute to the Phoenix Suns’ identity crisis.
Oklahoma City
The Thunder were last season’s team [...]

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There’s a reason they call this time of year March Madness.
The Suns and Lakers played a game as wild as anything we saw in the NCAA Tournament this weekend, with the Lakers finally prevailing 139-137 in triple overtime of a contest neither team deserved to lose.
In a game of twists and turns, this one turned [...]

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Los Angeles Lakers 139, Phoenix Suns 137 3 OT
The Phoenix Suns have gotten back to playing quality basketball with the returns of Steve Nash and Channing Frye, but we will find out tonight whether that return to form has stemmed largely from just playing the Clippers and Warriors after losing four in a row to winning [...]

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PHOENIX — As the Phoenix Suns drift further and further below .500, they must take their positives where they can get them.
Although Wednesday’s 99-95 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers featured the same old lack of rebounding and lack of crunch time scoring, the Suns moved ever so close to figuring things out and scoring [...]

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Los Angeles Lakers 99, Phoenix Suns 95
PHOENIX — Oh how far the mighty have fallen.
It was just seven months ago the Lakers and Suns were battling it out in the Western Conference Finals.
Now, one team is still struggling to find continuity while staying afloat in the playoff hunt and the other has spent the early portion of [...]

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PHOENIX — The trio of Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom historically manhandles the Phoenix Suns on the interior.
So far this season, the Lakers are shooting 33-of-48 (68.67) at the rim against the Suns, while outrebounding Phoenix 95-75 in two meetings (one loss, one win).
Gasol is posting averages of 24 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.5 [...]

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