Entries Tagged as 'Miami Heat'

Suns 104, Heat 96 — Stops when they count

November 4th, 2009 · 10 Comments

The Suns know they don’t have to be a great defensive team to be a good team. What the Suns do know is that they have to be able to get critical stops when they need them most to be a good team. After playing mediocre defense through the first three quarters, all of a [...]

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Tags: Jared Dudley · Miami Heat · Phoenix Suns Recap · Steve Nash

Game Thread: Suns (3-0) at Heat (3-0)

November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Suns 104, Heat 96 The Phoenix Suns are one of only five NBA teams yet to lose a basketball game a week into the 2009-10 season. However, that hot start could change in a hurry considering the three wins have comes against squads that are a combined 2-9 whereas Phoenix’s next three games will come [...]

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Tags: Leandro Barbosa · Miami Heat · Phoenix Suns Preview

Heat 135, Suns 129 – Can’t buy a stop

March 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Suns did just about everything they wanted to do offensively Wednesday night in Miami. They hit 55.8 percent of their shots, a season-high 14 triples at a 50 percent clip, every starter reached double figures and four scored at least 19, the Suns ran, they got easy buckets from Shaq, the ball movement was [...]

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Tags: Defense · Leandro Barbosa · Matt Barnes · Miami Heat · Phoenix Suns Recap · Shaquille O'Neal · Three-Pointers

Game Thread: Suns (34-26) at Heat (31-28)

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Heat 135, Suns 129             The Shaq Homecoming tour continues tonight in Miami when the Shaqtus faces his third former team in three games by making his first visit back to South Beach since The Big Trade. It will be interesting to see how Heat fans react to the Diesel, [...]

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Tags: Miami Heat · Phoenix Suns Preview · Shaquille O'Neal

Heat 107, Suns 92 – No Nash, no chance

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed watching a Suns game less than I did viewing their 107-92 defeat to Miami. There was no flow to the Phoenix offense, and thus from the time the Suns trailed by 17 nine minutes into the game it never felt like they really had a chance. The lead never [...]

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Tags: Leandro Barbosa · Miami Heat · Phoenix Suns Recap · Shaquille O'Neal · Steve Nash · Turnovers

Game Thread: Heat (7-8) at Suns (11-5)

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Heat 107, Suns 92 Shawn Marion embodied Phoenix Suns basketball for eight and a half long years after being selected ninth overall by the Suns in the 1999 NBA Draft, much longer than the average life span for an NBA player in one city. He provided energy during the Backcourt 2000 years with Jason Kidd [...]

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Tags: Miami Heat · Phoenix Suns Preview · Shaquille O'Neal