PHOENIX — When I used to cover baseball, I always used to dread walking into a losing locker room because it felt like a morgue, with only a player or two staying around to speak with the media in hushed tones and the rest of the clubhouse eerily silent.
That’s not a feeling I’ve experienced very [...]

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Second chance points, rebounding, defense and turnovers. Those four things will be a key determinant in the Suns’ success this season. The team’s win over the Trail Blazers two games ago was one of those games in which the Suns’ stellar offense outweighed those four factors, but tonight’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers was a completely different [...]

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PHOENIX – Alvin Gentry’s offensive juggernaut continued to set records in Wednesday’s 126-116 victory over the 76ers after four Suns hit the 20-point mark for the second straight regulation game for the first time in team history.
Overall the team scored 120 for the seventh time in Gentry’s 17 games after hitting that mark just three [...]

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Heading into the fourth quarter Tuesday in Orlando, the Suns more or less accomplished what they wanted to: Dwight Howard was in foul trouble all game, the Suns scored a bunch of hoops in seven seconds or less, Shaq was a force and Nash and J-Rich weren’t bad either.
They led the No. 3 team in [...]

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What a fitting way for Phoenix to enter the All-Star break.
In Wednesday’s 109-92 defeat in Cleveland the Suns suffered their worst turnover game of the year – which is saying something – allowed an opposing stud guard to set a career high, started strong but then faded and ultimately got blown out in a loss [...]

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Phewwwww!
The Suns’ fan base let out a sigh of relief that could be heard all the way from Atlanta after Phoenix held on down the stretch for once to dispatch the Hawks, 104-99, earning the team’s first road victory over a winning squad since Oct. 29 in San Antonio against the Manu Ginobili-less Spurs.
This was [...]

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