Suns 113, Raptors 94
Before their 120-95 win over the Timberwolves, a few Suns were lamenting the cold weather in Minneapolis via Twitter.
It’s not getting any warmer for them as Phoenix heads to the Great White North to take on the mediocre, sub-.500 Toronto Raptors looking for its fourth win in a row, but the Suns aren’t taking this [...]

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PHOENIX –- It’s amazing how one shot can make such a difference in how a game is perceived.
Case in point tonight, when the Suns were a Hedo Turkoglu rimmed out shot from bumming about a two-game losing streak.
“If Turkoglu hits that shot we’re in here thinking they stole one,” Jared Dudley said.
Instead the Suns prevailed, [...]

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Suns 101, Raptors 100
If you’re a fan of old school, grind-it-out basketball, don’t even turn on tonight’s Suns-Raptors game. But if you prefer arena basketball and points galore, man you’re in for a fun one.
What the Raptors have done in the early going this season is actually quite difficult to accomplish: they lead the NBA in [...]

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With Steve Nash missing another game, everyone knew Shaq needed to step up.  Nobody thought he’d step up like this.
Shaq went off – to the tune of 45 points, 11 rebounds, three steals, and a block, while only missing five of his 25 shots from the field. With only Chris Bosh as a legitimate big [...]

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Suns 133, Raptors 113
In January, the Suns lost homes games they should have won against Indiana, Minnesota and Chicago, defeats that were mitigated by the other victories Phoenix recorded against a soft schedule.
If they lose to Toronto tonight at US Airways Center, the Suns will have nothing cushy to fall back on.
Instead they will embark [...]

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If the Toronto Raptors had any kind of interest in Steve Nash before Sunday’s masterpiece, I wonder what they’re thinking now.
Nash dished a season-high 18 assists to lead the Suns to a 117-113 victory in Toronto that featured ball movement galore thanks to him. The Suns assisted on about two-thirds of their baskets, while the [...]

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