If the Milwaukee Bucks can beat the NBA’s hottest team while holding them under 100 points, maybe there really is reason to “Fear the Deer.”
Playing their fourth game in five nights, the Suns fell behind to the Bucks early and couldn’t recover, losing Saturday 107-98 for the first time in their last eight games against [...]

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Bucks 107, Suns 98
The Phoenix Suns are currently enjoying their longest winning streak since the 2006-07 season, and they have a chance to keep things rolling tonight when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks.
After taking care of the Pistons last night, the Suns are tied with the Mavericks — who play the Thunder tonight — [...]

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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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