Entries Tagged as 'Three-Pointers'

Preview: Suns (31-22) at Grizzlies (26-25)

February 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Suns 109, Grizzlies 95 PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have played just one game in the previous 10 days — and a stinker against Portland at that — so they better have rested up with a schedule that features six games in the next nine days coming up on the horizon right after the All-Star [...]

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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Memphis Grizzlies · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Preview · Rebounding · Three-Pointers

All-Star 2010: Steve Nash wins Skills Challenge

February 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Facing a significantly younger field, Suns point guard Steve Nash captured his second skills title in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge as part of All-Star Saturday Night. “I asked them since I’m a lot older if I could start at the second rack,” Nash joked to TNT Cheryl Miller after the competition. Nash cruised into [...]

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Tags: All-Star Weekend · Channing Frye · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns News · Steve Nash · Three-Pointers

Channing Three-Point-Shooting Frye: From the end of the bench to All-Star Weekend

February 13th, 2010 · No Comments

PHOENIX — This year’s rendition of the 3-Point Shootout features veteran NBA gunners in Paul Pierce and Chauncey Billups, young natural shooters who may have been shooting threes since they left the womb in Stephen Curry and Danilo Gallinari as well as last year’s defending champion, Daequan Cook. So why should anybody give much of [...]

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Tags: All-Star Weekend · Channing Frye · Phoenix Suns · Steve Nash · Three-Pointers

Jazz 124, Suns 115 — A wasted effort

January 25th, 2010 · 9 Comments

In a game in which Goran Dragic explodes for a career-high 32 points, Channing Frye busts out of his slump for 21 points in 28 minutes, Steve Nash dishes out 15 assists and the team knocks down 17-of-30 threes, the Phoenix Suns should undoubtedly walk away with a ‘W.’ But after pasting a ridiculous 45 [...]

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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Channing Frye · Defense · Goran Dragic · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Recap · Rebounding · Steve Nash · Three-Pointers · Utah Jazz

Grizzlies 125, Suns 118 — Curse continues, skid too

January 18th, 2010 · 8 Comments

After three straight losses, it was starting to seem like some changes were in order. Suns’ coach Alvin Gentry must have thought so, as he shook up the starting lineup Monday against the Grizzlies. Robin Lopez started in place of Channing Frye and Leandro Barbosa started for Jason Richardson. But even with the changes — [...]

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Tags: Leandro Barbosa · Memphis Grizzlies · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Recap · Robin Lopez · Three-Pointers

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde roaming Planet Orange

January 4th, 2010 · 9 Comments

The months of November (12-3) and December (7-9) alone were enough to make a case that the 2009-2010 Suns have a serious case of split personality disorder. The Suns’ Dr. Jekyll is a dominant, high-energy team that looks untouchable when it puts away the NBA’s best in teams like the Lakers, Celtics, Spurs and Magic. [...]

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Tags: Alvin Gentry · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Rebounding · Steve Nash · Three-Pointers