PHOENIX – Alvin Gentry’s patience is being tested. He admitted as much before Wednesday’s win against the Philadelphia 76ers, and at the forefront of his problems has been – and might always be – how he handles his lineups. With this particular roster, change might no longer consist of combination alterations. Some parts of the [...]

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns are nothing if not consistent. Saturday’s matchup against the Dwyane Wade-less Miami Heat followed the same forgettable script of most games this season. Start slow, fall behind by double digits, fight back into it, and falter down the stretch. The story of this game — a 97-88 loss, their third [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns would be a pretty good team if they could convince themselves they trailed by double digits before the opening tip. Instead despite a valiant effort in digging themselves out of an 18-point second-half deficit, their eighth double-digit deficit in nine games, the Suns ran out of gas in overtime of [...]

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PHOENIX — Shannon Brown’s six fourth quarter three-pointers pace the Suns to a win in Charlotte. Sebastian Telfair’s 10 second quarter points against the Cavaliers help right the ship for Phoenix during the team’s largest home comeback in franchise history. Markieff Morris’ complete effort gives the Suns a much-needed win over the Nuggets. These have [...]

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PHOENIX — Entering the season, many expected the Phoenix Suns to struggle for a variety of reasons, including defensive rebounding, a weak bench, a lack of a go-to scorer and the inconsistency of Michael Beasley. It took just one game for all of these issues to result in a Suns loss, as Wednesday’s 87-85 season-opening [...]

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PHOENIX — P.J. Tucker’s signing with the Phoenix Suns is about relationships and destiny. The former Texas Longhorn had been on Lance Blanks’ radar for quite a while; the Suns’ general manager, remember, played for Texas himself. And following a short stint in the NBA after being taken 35th overall by the Toronto Raptors in [...]

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