Whether the San Antonio Spurs and their fan base consider the Phoenix Suns a rival or not matters little. Two of the Western Conference’s winningest franchises have quite the history because of sheer probability and the resulting volume of their clashes. The Suns’ success in this history hasn’t been a high point in the Valley [...]
Entries Tagged as 'San Antonio Spurs'
NBA Finals: The Spurs’ lessons learned from the Phoenix Suns
June 18th, 2013 · 4 Comments
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Atlanta pregame: Soaking up the Suns’ win at San Antonio
March 1st, 2013 · 1 Comment
PHOENIX — A month and a day had passed since the Phoenix Suns had been on a winning streak. With a 105-101 overtime win in San Antonio Wednesday against the Spurs, it’s back to business against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday. But a number of good things happened for the Suns against San Antonio. Jermaine [...]
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Phoenix Suns 105, San Antonio Spurs 101 (OT) — O’Neal takes over
February 27th, 2013 · 42 Comments
When league experts pinpointed Jermaine O’Neal as on his way out following the Suns’ trade to acquire Marcus Morris, it made sense. O’Neal, after all, didn’t fit into what rebuilding Phoenix was attempting to do. Unlike most of the team, O’Neal isn’t young or even in his prime. He’s 34. He is banged up. [...]
Tags: Goran Dragic · Jermaine O'Neal · Marcus Morris · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Recap · San Antonio Spurs
Preview: Phoenix Suns (19-39) at San Antonio Spurs (45-13)
February 27th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Time: 6:30 p.m. MST TV: FSAZ Winning typically cures all in the NBA, except when you’re a team 20 games below .500 and forced to play the second game of a back-to-back on the road against the the league’s best team less than 24 hours after an overtime contest. Those are the circumstances facing Lindsey [...]
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San Antonio Spurs 97, Phoenix Suns 87 — No small victories
February 24th, 2013 · 9 Comments
PHOENIX – Lindsey Hunter spent the time after his team’s embarrassing loss to the Boston Celtics running his players through intense practice, and he treated Sunday’ night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs as an in-house scrimmage, running through a 12-man rotation. A few days after he said the Suns didn’t get respect from the [...]
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Preview: San Antonio Spurs (44-13) at Phoenix Suns (18-38)
February 24th, 2013 · 8 Comments
Time: 6 p.m. MST TV: FSAZ PHOENIX – The rotational questions surrounding the Phoenix Suns and their forward-heavy roster was supposed to be cleared up once Marcus Morris got a few practices under his belt. As of now, it appears it’d be the smart thing to put that talk on hold. Lindsey Hunter said before [...]




