Phoenix Suns center Robin Lopez will miss the team’s upcoming road trip with bulging discs in his back, according to The Arizona Republic.
A Saturday morning MRI led to the diagnosis on Lopez, whose back has bothered him the last couple games. He will stay back and rehab during the Suns’ upcoming five-game swing, and Suns [...]

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The same ugly nightmare keeps repeating itself game after game, yet the Suns have yet to find a way to wake up.
Four games on this road trip against four good teams.
Four games on this road trip in which the Suns had their chances late.
Four games on this road trip in which the Suns could not [...]

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“It is the story of our season. We let another game slip away.”
Shaq uttered those words two nights ago in Miami, but he may as well have made a recording to use after Friday night’s 116-112 defeat, the toughest loss to swallow to this point.
The Suns’ defense has so struggled to get stops the past [...]

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A whiteboard in the Suns’ locker room on Friday displayed the message “Best 26-5, Worst 22-9,” next to the title of Barack Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope.”
Judging by the way the Celtics mauled the Suns in their 128-108 victory and considering Sunday started a stretch that includes nine of 11 against winning teams, the [...]

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PHOENIX – Remember that 1997 Suns team that played a lineup of Jason Kidd, Kevin Johnson, Rex Chapman and Wesley Person with a certain rookie by the name of Steve Nash off the bench?
Get ready for Small Ball Circa 2009.
The Suns will start out that way in the first game since Amare Stoudemire underwent potentially [...]

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Suns 140, Thunder 118

 
 
 
 
 
The good news is that the one of the worst teams in the NBA heads to US Airways Center as the Suns attempt to start the Alvin Gentry Era 3-0.
The bad news, of course, is the Amare Stoudemire Hangover.
I expect the Suns to come out one of two ways tonight, either with [...]

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