PHOENIX — The Western Conference is an unforgiving place.
Aside from a defensive hiccup against Minnesota, the Suns’ only other losses since the All-Star break have come at the hands of four of the five best teams in basketball, teams with a combined record of 163-84 — and yet after Tuesday’s 107-100 loss to the San [...]

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On the first day of the NCAA Tournament, the Phoenix Suns pulled off Thursday’s biggest upset.
Missing Steve Nash and Grant Hill as they rested during this middle game of a three games in a row stretch, the Suns battled back from a 17-point deficit to beat the Clippers, 91-87.
The Suns played a gritty second half [...]

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Six minutes and 13 seconds.
That’s how long the Phoenix Suns went without a basket to close out Tuesday night’s 99-83 loss to the Lakers in Staples Center.
Phoenix played the Lakers to a near stalemate for three and half quarters, withstanding Kobe’s eventual 48-point onslaught with solid team defense and big-time games from Marcin Gortat and [...]

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PHOENIX — Timing is everything in basketball. Cut or screen too soon or too late, and the offensive play crumbles.
The Phoenix Suns, like every other NBA team, haven’t had much practice time — not even casual pick-up games — to construct well-timed execution, and that had a great deal of impact in their season opening [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns trimmed their roster on Monday by cutting guard Dwight Buycks and forward Jeremy Hazell from the squad and leaving forward Marcus Landry as the only remaining camp invitee.
Landry will travel to the first preseason game at Denver on Tuesday, according to a Paul Coro tweet, and though the Suns could [...]

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PHOENIX — Lon Babby and Lance Blanks recruited Shannon Brown to Phoenix with hopes that the 6-foot-4 leaper would infuse the Suns with much-needed athleticism, defense and perimeter scoring.
Brown proved his worth in two seasons with the Lakers, and for a 26-year-old aiming to finally crack an NBA starting lineup, Phoenix seemed to be the [...]

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