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Phoenix Suns 95, Charlotte Bobcats 89 — Robin the superhero

February 5th, 2012 · 8 Comments

PHOENIX — The Suns have lost to the Hornets, Cavs, Nets and Raptors at home, yet a couple minutes into the second half they seemed to be on a collision course with their worst loss to date, trailing the 3-20 Charlotte Bobcats by 10 points.
But the Suns’ starters erased that deficit by quarter’s end and [...]

Nash says Phoenix Suns can improve with incomplete roster, Lopez decided to weigh options

January 26th, 2012 · 11 Comments

PHOENIX — As painful of a season as it’s been for the Suns, frustration hasn’t settled into the players or coaches.
Two ugly losses in a row and a three-game losing streak against sub-par teams in US Airways Center isn’t keeping Phoenix distracted from working toward the near future. It doesn’t, however, help solve what exactly [...]

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3-on-3: The Robin Lopez contract situation

January 26th, 2012 · 24 Comments

While teams across the league went to great lengths to extend their 2008 draft picks, the Phoenix Suns decided to stand pat with Robin Lopez, opting instead to deal with his contract situation during the summer. At that time the Suns can extend a $4 million qualifying offer that would make Lopez a restricted free [...]

Robin Lopez suspended one game for bumping ref

January 25th, 2012 · 10 Comments

Suns center Robin Lopez was suspended today for one game without pay for making contact with an official in the second quarter of Phoenix’s loss to the Raptors on Tuesday night. Lopez will serve his suspension Friday night in Portland.
Lopez reacted viscerally to what he felt was a foul on Andrea Bargnani when Lopez received [...]

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Toronto Raptors 99, Phoenix Suns 96 — Road trip hangover

January 25th, 2012 · 48 Comments

PHOENIX — Much has changed about the Phoenix Suns since Steve Nash signed as a free agent before the 2004-05 season yet one constant had remained: the Suns always beat the Toronto Raptors.
Not anymore.
The Suns’ longest active winning streak over a single opponent was snapped Tuesday night in Toronto’s 99-96 victory after the Suns had [...]

Chicago Bulls 118, Phoenix Suns 97 — Defensive indifference

January 18th, 2012 · 59 Comments

The Phoenix Suns shot better than 50 percent, stayed close on the boards and received a superstar offensive performance from Steve Nash yet the Chicago Bulls still found a way to wallop them even with their All-Star point guard in street clothes.
The Suns managed to score 30 more points than the Bulls were allowing on [...]