PHOENIX — The Milwaukee Bucks touched down in Phoenix in the wee hours Monday morning after being thrashed by the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
They proceeded to find out that stud guard Michael Redd would be out for the year after tearing his ACL and MCL for the second year in a row, and [...]

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PHOENIX — What were you doing back on Feb. 21, 1987?
That’s the last time the Milwaukee Bucks won a basketball game in Phoenix, a 115-107 victory in which Phoenix’s leading scorer was Walter Davis and Alvan Adams played 26 minutes off the bench.
That game was so long ago the average cost of gas was 89 [...]

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Suns 105, Bucks 101
PHOENIX — When Alvin Gentry took over the Suns’ head coaching position after last year’s All-Star break, he vowed to make the Suns better at home and then did just that.
The Suns reeled off victories in 24 of their first 27 games under Gentry, but since then have looked more like Terry [...]

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So that’s how this Suns offense is supposed to work.
There still were 17 turnovers, but beyond that there wasn’t much to complain about as the Suns’ offense dominated all the way to a 125-110 victory over Milwaukee.
Shaq would not be denied with 35 high-percentage points down low, Nash directed the offense with a 19-10 evening, [...]

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Suns 125, Bucks 110

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Suns 104, Bucks 96

 
 
 
 
 
 
I know Amare had talked about the possibility of a 4-0 road trip with a quartet of winnable games against teams the Suns swept last year.
But realistically, with four games in five nights for this aging team and knowing Shaq would likely take at least one off, I think a 3-1 road [...]

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