PHOENIX — Do you remember the day your first son was born?
It probably was one of the most memorable days of your life, the kind of day you can still remember the most miniscule details of.
Steve Nash lived that day on Friday when Matteo Joel Nash, weighing seven pounds and seven ounces, was born into [...]

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Suns 103, Kings 89
PHOENIX — It’s hard to classify the eighth game of an 82-game schedule as crucial.
But after glancing at the Suns’ upcoming schedule, that’s exactly what Friday’s game is.
Next week Phoenix plays two sets of back-to-back games against arguably four of the top 10 teams in the NBA (Lakers, Nuggets, Heat and Magic).
But [...]

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The worst thing one can do when evaluating a preseason game is to just glance at the final score.
So “Kings 109, Suns 95” doesn’t do this one justice.
The Kings played this one with largely regular season rotations, whereas the Suns played it like it was, well, the first game of the preseason.
Playing many of their [...]

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NBA bloggers prognosticate the Phoenix Suns’ very own Pacific Division in this week’s capsules:
Clippers: Clips Nation | SBNation Recap
Kings: Sactown Royalty | Cowbell Kingdom | SBNation Recap
Lakers: Silver Screen and Roll | Forum Blue & Gold | NBAtipoff | SBNation Recap
Suns: Bright Side Of The Sun | SB Nation Arizona | ValleyoftheSuns | SBNation Recap
Warriors: Golden State of Mind | SBNation Recap
Recaps: All Previews

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PHOENIX — For years the words “defense,” “rebounding” and “Phoenix Suns” couldn’t possibly be used in the same sentence with accuracy unless words like “bad,” “terrible” or “awful” were also thrown into the mix. But while a 104-88 win over the 18-win Sacramento Kings doesn’t exactly change that, the Suns are quickly proving that they [...]

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PHOENIX — Here are a couple of notes and quotes courtesy of Alvin Gentry’s office an hour before game time:

Steve Nash will be a game-time decision. Alvin Gentry on Nash’s status: “He’s going to see, it will be a game-time decision. He’s feeling pretty good right now so we’ll just have to see what happens [...]

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