Phoenix Suns 101, Sacramento Kings 90
PHOENIX — For the first time this season, the Phoenix Suns learned how to make life easy on themselves. As a trend so far this year, they’d find themselves trailing by double-digits, but in their second win in a row on Friday night, the Suns trailed the Utah Jazz only [...]

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PHOENIX — Although the bench logged more minutes than might be expected, Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry treated Monday’s exhibition game against the Sacramento Kings as an opportunity to test out the rotation he plans to trot out when the games count.
Thereby we learned that Kendall Marshall — who did not play by coach’s [...]

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After one of the more eventful summers in franchise history, the Phoenix Suns finally got back to the business of basketball Wednesday night against the Kings.
For the first 12 minutes, it appeared the so-called “squad in transition” was at ease without its former two-time MVP point guard. Over the final 36 minutes, however, the Suns [...]

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The Sacramento Kings might be as dangerous as a 19-win ball club can be.
And when DeMarcus Cousins started drop-stepping and spinning off the helpless Marcin Gortat and Robin Lopez, it looked like a 17-point, first half Phoenix lead might eventually turn into a Kings victory.
But the Kings might only be sitting at 19 wins this [...]

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Phoenix Suns 109, Sacramento Kings 100
PHOENIX — Fourteen games remain on the Phoenix Suns’ schedule, plenty of time for a team on the verge of surpassing preseason expectations to slip into the playoff race.
Yet, this upcoming three-game stretch that starts out against the Sacramento Kings on the road tonight is still a win-or-die situation for [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have discovered a winning formula to open the second half of the season: fall behind by double digits early but hold the opposition below 40 percent shooting and win the rebounding battle to prevail in the end.
For the third straight game the Suns did just that in their 96-88 victory [...]

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