Sunday’s loss to the Golden State Warriors was painful for the Phoenix Suns because they held a second half advantage before watching the game and the win slip through their fingertips. At the Staples Center Monday night, the Suns never had that luxury of owning a sizable advantage. In fact outside of a brief 6-4 […]
Jeff Hornacek isn’t a Phoenix Suns fan. He’s not satisfied with the surprising success of the team to date. As head coach, he wants more. He made that clear following Sunday’s loss to the Golden State Warriors. The Suns led by as many as 12 in the first half of play at Oracle Arena, but […]
Over the course of the last week, the Phoenix Suns have had a love-hate relationship with the third quarter. Tuesday night, the Suns lost an 11-point advance, as the Clippers reeled off a 37-18 in the 12 minutes directly following halftime. The 19-point turnaround paved the way to a 104-96 victory. Thursday night, Phoenix flipped […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Suns insisted, no matter how many times they were asked, it was never a matter of if point guard Eric Bledsoe would return, but when the injured starter would return this season. Well, the “when” is soon — as in as soon as the team returns from its upcoming road trip. […]
After two 40-point performances from two different Phoenix Suns’ players in the last week, the team earned victories in three games out of its four-game home stand, including a win Thursday night against the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder. Starting point guard Goran Dragic had one of those 40-point games against the New Orleans Pelicans […]
In December 2011, Gerald Green was a lost NBA player without a team. That was until a phone call by former NBA D-League coach Eric Musselman that convinced Green to sign with his NBA developmental team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders. Musselman, the current ASU Associate coach, recalled his experience coaching the former D-League all-star Friday […]
Alex Len will be making his second career start Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and he’ll also be making a subtle statement in the process. Len, a native of the Ukraine, has recently added a special message to his purple and orange gameday Nikes: #Pray For Ukraine. The rookie center’s homeland has been rocked […]
PHOENIX — TNT would like a do-over, please. While the nation was forced to watch the ‘Battle of L.A.’ between the Clippers and Lakers, those inside US Airways Center were treated to a performance — actually several performances — that they won’t soon forget. Gerald Green scored 30 of his career-high 41 points in the […]
Without their starting center and battling a host of backcourt injuries, the Phoenix Suns looked to be fighting a losing battle before they even took the court against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday. But since when has that been an issue for this year’s Suns? Gerald Green scored a career-high 41 points while Markieff […]
PHOENIX — There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel for point guard Eric Bledsoe. His long road back from knee surgery is nearing a conclusion. Having played five-on-five three times in five days without complication, aside from the anticipated muscle soreness due to a lack of inactivity, Bledsoe is expected to […]
Seemingly out of nowhere, the Phoenix Suns tinkered with their frontline last weekend by adding power forward/center Shavlik Randolph and dropping Ukrainian big man Slava Kravtsov. On the surface it was a puzzling move: Waiving the little-used Kravtsov in favor of a player who’s been near the end of the bench most of his NBA […]
Phoenix Suns center Miles Plumlee sprained his right knee in practice last week and played through the pain — up until missing his first game of the season Tuesday against the Los Angeles Clippers. Head coach Jeff Hornacek confirmed Thursday that the Suns center will also miss the team’s evening matchup with the Oklahoma City […]
The Phoenix Suns hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, but appear to be limping into the home stretch rather than racing down it. Goran Dragic recently missed time with a sprained right ankle. Miles Plumlee sat out for the first time all season Tuesday night with a sprained right knee. […]
PHOENIX — There may be some debate as to who is the best player in the game, but there can be no debate as to who is the best player in the Western Conference. It’s Kevin Durant. And he’ll be in town Thursday. “Obviously Durant is a handful,” head coach Jeff Hornacek said. That’s putting […]
Brought in back in January to provide some offensive firepower given the absence of Eric Bledsoe, veteran guard Leandro Barbosa has unfortunately battled injury throughout his return to Phoenix. In mid-January, the ‘Brazilian Blur’ missed two games due to a shoulder injury. At the end of last month, he sat out another four games because […]
PHOENIX — Well, the issues in the first quarter have been solved, if at least for one game. Now, a new issue: The third quarter. With a 12-point lead three minutes into the second half, the Suns suddenly went cold, missing nine of 14 shots. Even worse, they got sloppy with the basketball, turning it […]
Fresh off a pair of home wins over the New Orleans Pelicans and Atlanta Hawks, the Phoenix Suns were humbled by the division-leading Los Angeles Clippers, suffering a 104-96 loss. The Suns took a nine-point advantage into halftime, however the Clippers outscored the home squad 60-43 over the final two quarters en route to the […]
Virtually everything surrounding the Phoenix Suns has been a surprise during the 2013-14 season. The fact that they’re a playoff-caliber team after being picked to finish last in the Western Conference. The fact that they’ve accomplished this with a rookie GM and head coach at the helm. The continued improvement of point guard Goran Dragic. […]
Here we go! Tuesday night begins the final exams for the Phoenix Suns season. Clippers…Thunder…Warriors…Clippers. The Suns still have stretches of five of six on the road and a separate trip of four of five on the road coming in the next month. A geographically-ignorant schedule maker granted Phoenix a mid-March back-to-back between teams that […]
PHOENIX — The meeting was brief, but it included all the key players, including president of basketball operations Lon Babby, general manager Ryan McDonough, head coach Jeff Hornacek and head athletic trainer Aaron Nelson. The subject of the meeting, just prior to the end of shootaround, was point guard Eric Bledsoe. “We were discussing how […]
Every day, we at ArizonaSports.com ask our readers a question. It’s the Sanderson Ford Poll Question of the Day, and it can be found midway down the right side of our home page. Monday, we asked if the Suns would reach the 50-win mark this season. A total of 680 votes were submitted, and while […]
PHOENIX — They say offense wins games, but defense wins championships. If that’s true, then the Suns, the fifth-highest scoring team in the league, should be able to win enough games to squeeze themselves into an opening round playoff matchup against one of the upper-echelon teams in the Western Conference. But then that’s where this […]
It didn’t take long for Channing Frye to buy into the Phoenix Suns this season. Frye told The Dan Bickley Show with Vince Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. it was in training camp when he realized the potential the team had. “Usually if you’re on a bad team your starting five will beat the […]
So much for defense. For the second game in a row, the Phoenix Suns focused primarily at the offensive end, and for the second game in a row it yielded a result greater than 115 points. Unlike Friday, though, simply reaching the 115-point mark was not enough. No, Phoenix had to go above and beyond […]
And the Oscar goes to…The Phoenix Suns, for best first half performance in a game this season. Of course there are two halves to an NBA game; and the Suns did just enough in quarters three and four to fend off the Atlanta Hawks for a 129-120 victory in front of 16,759 at US Airways […]
The Phoenix Suns made some moves with their frontcourt Saturday as they prepare to make a playoff push with 24 games left. According to a tweet from the team, the Suns have signed 30-year-old power forward Shavlik Randolph for the rest of the season. The 6-foot-10, 236-pound forward has played for Philadelphia, Portland, Miami and […]
As the NBA moves into its final third of the 2013-14 season, ESPN writer Mark Stein took a look back at the “second trimester” and named some top players as well as the top coach over that span of the year. Stein named only seven winners in total, and two members of the Phoenix Suns […]
PHOENIX — It wasn’t the Michael Jordan flu game or Willis Reed walking out through the tunnel on one good leg, but Phoenix Suns star guard Goran Dragic carried his team on his back as “MVP” chants ran through US Airways Center on Friday night. Phoenix ended a three-game losing streak with a 116-104 victory […]
On Friday, the Phoenix Suns snapped a three-game losing streak just two days after losing by 23 points. Goran Dragic, who was sidelined for the previous game, could have been the difference. The Suns’ star set his second career high of the week in his return to the court against the New Orleans Pelicans, which […]
It started with a tweet from Suns analyst Eddie Johnson. Too early to say must wins, but these next two games based on who Suns face after are very important . @Suns @SunsTV — Eddie A Johnson (@Jumpshot8) February 28, 2014 The Suns currently sit in the 8th seed in the Western Conference with 25 […]
