There aren’t many NBA teams that can get outrebounded 49-32, allow 68 points in the paint, surrender 20 offensive rebounds and come away victorious. But then again, there also aren’t many teams that can shoot the three ball like the Phoenix Suns.
The Suns overcame their defensive and rebounding ineptitude by drilling the two-time defending champion Los [...]

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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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So we have a series. Contrary to popular thought entering last weekend, discussing a potential Suns-Magic Finals could end up being more than an avenue to taunt the way the rest of the nation seemingly was already gearing up for Lakers-Celtics.
But reading through some local LA articles makes me think this series is something other [...]

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PHOENIX — Long gone are the days of former Phoenix Suns three-point specialist Quentin Richardson pounding his headband with two fists and flashing three fingers to the crowd after knocking down a triple.
But during Tuesday night’s Game 4 victory Leandro Barbosa reintroduced the three-point celebration to Planet Orange — only when LB crosses his forearms [...]

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PHOENIX — Despite facing an 0-2 deficit, the Phoenix Suns haven’t been all that bad offensively against the Los Angeles Lakers through two games of the Western Conference Finals  – with the exception of Channing Frye that is.
After watching the three-point specialist struggle through 1-of-13 shooting thus far, it’s hard to believe that he [...]

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Entering the series, I was most concerned about how the Suns were going to match up against the Lakers’ length inside.
While Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol certainly made their presence felt, an old foe was largely responsible for torching the Suns in Game 1: Kobe Bryant.
As John Hollinger predicted, Kobe was the man who couldn’t [...]

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