Entries Tagged as 'Utah Jazz'

Suns to open in Portland; get Lakers and Jazz on TV

August 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments

The NBA announced marquee dates from the 2010-11 regular season schedule Tuesday, and the Phoenix Suns will be tested early with a Utah Jazz-Los Angeles Lakers back-to-back.
The Arizona Republic‘s Paul Coro reported, prior to the league’s one-hour NBA TV special (sound familiar?), that the Suns will open the season on the road against the Portland [...]

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Tags: Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Portland Trail Blazers · Suns News · Utah Jazz

The past haunts the Suns on 2010 draft day

June 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

As it turns out, the Phoenix Suns’ past may have been more affected by this draft than their future will be.
With just a pair of second-round picks to their name (46th and 60th overall), the Suns would be doing well if they get even an eventual fringe rotation player out of this draft.
So while draft [...]

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Tags: Charlotte Bobcats · Cleveland Cavaliers · Draft · New York Knicks · Oklahoma City Thunder · Phoenix Suns · Utah Jazz

Suns 100, Jazz 86 — Feeling three

April 15th, 2010 · 9 Comments

Ladies and gentleman, the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, your Phoenix Suns.
Nope, definitely didn’t expect to be typing those words at the start of the season, but such is reality after the Suns rolled their second straight contender, this time taking down the Utah Jazz in a 100-86 victory that wasn’t as close [...]

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Tags: Bench · Defense · Phoenix Suns · Playoffs · Portland Trail Blazers · Suns Recap · Utah Jazz

Preview: Suns (53-28) at Jazz (53-28)

April 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Suns 100, Jazz 86
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have something to smile about after clinching home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a dominant victory over the Denver Nuggets Tuesday night.
But since the Suns’ brutal season-ending five-game stretch began, the Nuggets game has always been viewed as a stepping stone to an even bigger [...]

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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Phoenix Suns · Playoffs · Steve Nash · Suns Preview · Utah Jazz

The final countdown

April 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Before the season I figured the Western Conference playoff picture would feature a bunched-up group of quality teams.
But never did I expect the Phoenix Suns to be tied with three other teams for the No. 2 seed in the West as we enter the final turn of the 2009-10 schedule.
The long and short of these [...]

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Tags: Dallas Mavericks · Denver Nuggets · Oklahoma City Thunder · Phoenix Suns · Portland Trail Blazers · San Antonio Spurs · Suns Analysis · Utah Jazz

Ranking the Suns’ playoff competition

March 24th, 2010 · 12 Comments

Only in the Western Conference would the playoff seeding be completely up in the air, aside from the No. 1 spot, with just about 10 games remaining for each team. The Phoenix Suns currently sit in fifth place, but they are within arm’s reach of the No. 2 seed (two games back) and are only [...]

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Tags: Dallas Mavericks · Denver Nuggets · Los Angeles Lakers · Oklahoma City Thunder · Phoenix Suns · Portland Trail Blazers · San Antonio Spurs · Suns Analysis · Utah Jazz