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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Suns 117, Raptors 113 The Suns better hope heading east will be able to staunch their bleeding, as they will play six games in the next nine days back East, including another pair of back-to-back sets after dropping back-to-back games back west. That all starts north of the border with an early Sunday morning visit [...]

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