Portland Trail Blazers 109, Phoenix Suns 71
The last time the Phoenix Suns played the Portland Trail Blazers, they ran Portland out of US Airways Center in a 25-point drubbing. The Trail Blazers will look to avenge their biggest loss of the season Friday night in the Rose Garden.
The Suns come into this matchup having lost [...]

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Is Marcin Gortat an All-Star?
It’s a relatively simple question, but one without a simple answer. For any player being considered for the All Star Game, there are three factors in play: statistics, reputation, and popularity. In each of these categories, players compete against one another to determine who will represent their respective conferences in the [...]

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It’s no surprise to see Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony have inefficient shooting nights.
Even Spike Lee would admit that STAT (40.8 FG%) and Melo (41.1 FG%) are high-volume chuckers with awful shot selection.
But it was somewhat shocking to see a Phoenix Suns team that just allowed 118 points to the Derrick Rose-less Chicago Bulls hold [...]

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The Phoenix Suns shot better than 50 percent, stayed close on the boards and received a superstar offensive performance from Steve Nash yet the Chicago Bulls still found a way to wallop them even with their All-Star point guard in street clothes.
The Suns managed to score 30 more points than the Bulls were allowing on [...]

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The Suns began a new road trip yet encountered a familiar problem Sunday night in San Antonio, as lack of crunch time execution prevented Phoenix from stealing a game in the Alamo City.
The Suns trailed by as many as 18 a minute into the second half, but roared back to cut the lead to five [...]

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Six minutes and 13 seconds.
That’s how long the Phoenix Suns went without a basket to close out Tuesday night’s 99-83 loss to the Lakers in Staples Center.
Phoenix played the Lakers to a near stalemate for three and half quarters, withstanding Kobe’s eventual 48-point onslaught with solid team defense and big-time games from Marcin Gortat and [...]

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