The Suns have admitted they’re not a team with a lot of room for error. They didn’t play that way at Minnesota, attempting behind-the-back and no-look passes, proving that the Suns can indeed play loosely. Just not efficiently. Against one of the best defensive perimeters in the league (Ricky Rubio, Luke Ridnour and Andrei Kirilenko average [...]
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Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Phoenix Suns 93 — Turnover troubles
April 13th, 2013 · 38 Comments
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Preview: Phoenix Suns (24-55) at Minnesota Timberwolves (29-50)
April 13th, 2013 · 4 Comments
Time: 5:00 pm MST TV: FSAZ Three more games and the 2012-13 season is just a bad memory for the Phoenix Suns. Three more games, and this team can begin to move forward; something it hasn’t really done all season. Ever since the preseason optimism surrounding the Suns wore off, it has been very clear [...]
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Minnesota Timberwolves 117, Phoenix Suns 86 – Down and out
March 22nd, 2013 · 26 Comments
PHOENIX – Twice in a row have the Phoenix Suns lost – no, gotten walloped – by teams draggling like torn nets on the bottom of the NBA’s riverbed. After they made a respectable score out of a dominating first half by the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, the Suns pulled out another strikingly poor home [...]
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Preview: Minnesota Timberwolves (23-43) at Phoenix Suns (23-46)
March 22nd, 2013 · 3 Comments
Time: 7 p.m. MST TV: FSA PHOENIX — Tough love for the Phoenix Suns under interim coach Lindsey Hunter has come in the form of benching. He preached after a 88-79 loss on Wednesday to the Washington Wizards that effort should be the focus before execution. After all, effort is needed for execution. “I think [...]
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Phoenix Suns 84, Minnesota Timberwolves 83 (OT) — Winning ugly
February 27th, 2013 · 16 Comments
PHOENIX – Interim head coach Lindsey Hunter finished his four-minute postgame press conference and walked off the podium with a slight grin on his face. “I’ll finally be able to sleep a little easier,” Hunter said. “At least tonight I’ll have some good game film to watch.” While good might be a slight exaggeration to [...]
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Preview: Minnesota Timberwolves (20-33) at Phoenix Suns (18-39)
February 26th, 2013 · 6 Comments
Phoenix Suns 84, Minnesota Timberwolves 83 (OT) The Minnesota Timberwolves haven’t been relevant in quite some time. A testament to how difficult the road has been since Kevin Garnett left, the Phoenix Suns could view the T-Wolves’ franchise as being a few years ahead in the developmental stage with the departure of Steve Nash marking [...]




