Phoenix Suns 125, Los Angeles Lakers 105
Just over a week ago when the Phoenix Suns were sitting at 25-26 and two games back of the No. 8 seed, head coach Alvin Gentry made it clear that his team needed to treat every game like the playoffs.
After collapsing down the stretch against the Nuggets in a [...]

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PHOENIX — Close your eyes and you could almost imagine being transported back to 2010, a better time for this franchise when a home game against the Lakers meant a battle between powerhouses.
For one of the first times this season, a special electricity ran through US Airways Center with a flock of Lakers fans in [...]

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Phoenix Suns 102, Los Angeles Lakers 90
The Phoenix Suns lately haven’t had a tad bit of the Los Angeles Lakers’  Kryptonite.
The Lakers’ size is too much to handle, their firepower too much to overcome and even when things aren’t going right, stopping Kobe Bryant has been impossible for Phoenix, who has lost to the Lakers [...]

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For the Phoenix Suns and their limited roster to hang with Western Conference playoff teams, they need to be nearly flawless in all aspects of the game.
Shots have to fall, defensive rotations must be crisp, and Suns bigs need to keep the opposition off the glass while anchoring the paint defensively.
Phoenix did none of that [...]

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Los Angeles Lakers 111, Phoenix Suns 99
PHOENIX – Fresh off a disastrous start to their week with three losses in three days — two in games Phoenix held double-digit second-half leads — the week gets no easier as the Suns open a home-and-home series with the Los Angeles Lakers tonight in Staples Center.
The Lakers — [...]

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