Phoenix had every opportunity to blow another big lead Thursday.
Anybody who has watched the Suns for the past few years might have gotten that same eerily familiar uneasy feeling in their stomachs.
Up 18 midway through the third quarter and seemingly cruising to an easy victory, Phoenix allowed Utah to run off 11 straight points to close the gap [...]

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Suns 110, Jazz 94
The Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz enter tonight’s TNT matchup in a very similar situation.
Both are coming off a loss at the hands of a Western Conference foe, as the Suns ran out of gas against Portland Tuesday night and the Jazz were dominated 110-88 in Denver Wednesday night.
But the parallels don’t [...]

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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 | SBN Recap
Thunder: Welcome to Loud City | SBN Recap
Timberwolves: Canis Hoopus
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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