PHOENIX — Suns fans received their first peak of what life without Steve Nash and Grant Hill might look like Friday night.
Perhaps New Jersey’s 110-103 victory over the Suns exhibits why Lon Babby isn’t so eager to close the curtain on this illustrious era of Suns basketball.
But the problem wasn’t offense, even without the Suns’ [...]

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New Jersey Nets 110, Phoenix Suns 103
PHOENIX — Alvin Gentry will keep saying it, but it’ll mean nothing if nobody’s listening.
“I’ll keep harping this season, NBA basketball is the toughest place to win on the road,” the Suns’ head coach said after dropping a home game to the Cleveland Cavaliers. “If you go back and [...]

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If it seems like just yesterday that the Phoenix Suns blew a late lead in the fourth quarter, committed a bonehead foul to allow the opposition to tie and then celebrated a Channing Frye game-winning jumper, well, that’s because it was just yesterday.
Although this game featured a bit more drama, the Suns followed practically the [...]

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Phoenix Suns 104, New Jersey Nets 103 OT
The last time the Suns met the Nets, Phoenix overcame a 15-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat New Jersey in overtime 118-109.
Steve Nash willed his team to victory posting 23 points (10 of which came in overtime) and 16 assists.
At the time, the win gave the Suns a [...]

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PHOENIX — Just as fans began to exit the building, assuming another embarrassing loss, the Phoenix Suns went off on an epic fourth quarter run to overcome a 15-point deficit and defeat the New Jersey Nets, 118-109 in overtime.
Phoenix appeared to be dead midway through the fourth quarter until finally the team caught a spark [...]

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Phoenix Suns 118, New Jersey Nets 109 OT
Wednesday night’s game could be a telling one, which seems strange because it’s against the lowly New Jersey Nets.
Some might call the Phoenix Suns “lowly” as of late, as they have lost eight of their last 10 games, including some to the NBA’s worst squads.
But taking on the [...]

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