Although Thursday night’s contest was played indoors, unlike the Suns’ Oct. 10 preseason victory over Dallas, Phoenix sure seemed to let it rain in the second game of the team’s home and home series with the Jazz.
The Suns fired up 21 three-pointers but only connected on six en route to a second consecutive loss to [...]

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PHOENIX — If NBA preseason games are good for anything, it’s gleaning where a team is set and where it still needs to improve.
Tuesday night’s preseason home opener displayed that few things are actually “set” for the Phoenix Suns as they fell 105-100 at the hands of the Utah Jazz.
Now, there is no reason to [...]

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NBA bloggers take a stab at the Northwest Division in this week’s capsules:
Jazz: SLC Dunk | Salt City Hoops | SBN Recap
Nuggets: Denver Stiffs | Roundball Mining Company | The Nugg Doctor | SBN Recap
Thunder: Welcome to Loud City | Planet BBall | SBN Recap
Timberwolves: Canis Hoopus | TwolvesBlog
Blazers: Blazersedge.com | SBN Recap
Recaps: All Previews

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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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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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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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