Entries Tagged as 'Utah Jazz'

Preview: Phoenix Suns (25-56) at Denver Nuggets (56-25)

April 17th, 2013 · 17 Comments

Time: 5 p.m. MST
TV: FSAZ
And then there was one.
It’s strange to think that not too long ago regular season finales held tremendous value for the Phoenix Suns. Either there was a high playoff seed or franchise-record win total up for grabs.
Neither will be true this year, but this much is known: Wednesday’s contest against the [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers · Denver Nuggets · Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Preview · Utah Jazz

Preview: Phoenix Suns (23-55) at Dallas Mavericks (38-39)

April 10th, 2013 · 13 Comments

Phoenix Suns 102, Dallas Mavericks 91
TV: FSAZ
Tonight’s game in Dallas puts the Phoenix Suns’ last 12 months in seriously harsh perspective. A little less than a year ago, the Suns were a .500 team trying to make an unexpected playoff run after a disappointing start to the season. Ultimately that push came up short, but [...]

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Tags: Dallas Mavericks · Draft · Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Preview · Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz 103, Phoenix Suns 88 — Tanking tryouts

March 27th, 2013 · 41 Comments

Used to be that the Suns would frustrate their fans with inconsistency.
Not a problem anymore. Phoenix is on a roll, one that has onlookers predicting (and lottery optimists hoping) loss after loss after loss.
Wednesday’s 103-88 setback at Utah marked the Suns’ fourth loss in a row. It’s the sixth time this season Phoenix has reached [...]

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Tags: Goran Dragic · Kendall Marshall · Michael Beasley · Phoenix Suns Recap · Utah Jazz · Wesley Johnson

Preview: Phoenix Suns (23-48) at Utah Jazz (35-36)

March 27th, 2013 · 6 Comments

Time: 6 p.m. MST
TV: FSA
As solidly locked into the eighth playoff spot as the Los Angeles Lakers appeared to be just more than a week ago, the Phoenix Suns’ double-dip in the NBA Draft lottery appears quite possible as Lindsey Hunter’s team plays the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.
Last Monday’s 99-76 win by Phoenix against [...]

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Tags: Phoenix Suns Preview · Utah Jazz

Al Jefferson and Gordon Hayward interest Suns, Coro reports

February 11th, 2013 · 37 Comments

A pair of Utah Jazz players are on the Phoenix Suns’ radar, but how a deal could be etched out has yet to be uncovered. Paul Coro reports that Phoenix has interest in Gordon Hayward and Al Jefferson. Jared Dudley and Marcin Gortat appear to be the two likely pieces to any deal being worked [...]

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Tags: Phoenix Suns Rumors · Trades · Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz 87, Phoenix Suns 80 — Second quarter shutdown

January 5th, 2013 · 55 Comments

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns played a near flawless offensive first quarter in which their starters played almost the whole time.
But once the bench entered to start the second the Suns looked like a different team as they bricked their way to a putrid final three quarters in their 87-80 loss to the Utah Jazz.
“I [...]

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Tags: Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Recap · Utah Jazz