PHOENIX — When the Suns blew a lead to the Jazz in late January, I counted the points as the advantage expanded, waiting to see how high the lead would get before the Suns would inevitably blow it.
But that was then when the Suns had coughed up 11 double-digit leads and dropped six such games [...]

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Jazz 116, Suns 108
It always seems to come down to the Jazz.
A common late-season opponent for the Suns, the Jazz have been pesky recently.  They essentially ended the Suns season late last March and topped the Suns earlier this season during the infamous stretch of blown leads.
This meeting will be the first of three to [...]

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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 points [...]

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Jazz 124, Suns 115

PHOENIX — Following an underwhelming homestand that was about as disappointing as a 2-1 stretch can be, the Suns are hitting the road again to face those demons away from the 602.
Having lost 11 of 12 away from home in myriad different ways, Utah’s EnergySolutions Arena isn’t exactly [...]

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The Phoenix Suns added some much-needed depth down low this afternoon when they claimed veteran center Jarron Collins off waivers.
The 6-foot-11, 249-pound center played four years at Stanford University next to his twin brother Jason before being drafted in the second round of the 2001 draft by the Utah Jazz. (Insert Phoenix Suns/Stanford twin center [...]

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PHOENIX – In a season of missed opportunities, bad luck and injuries, it would be easy to pick out any handful of games as the reason the Suns cleaned their lockers out on Thursday instead of beginning preparations for the playoffs.
There was Roger Mason stealing Christmas, Danny Granger doing the same a few weeks later [...]

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