PHOENIX, Ariz. — Two games lost by a combined three points in 48 hours. The Phoenix Suns have had their hearts broken in each of the past two times they have taken the court. Do losses like that — Damian Lillard’s driving, uncontested layup and the Suns’ subsequent three missed attempts in Portland followed by […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Bruce Bowen and Mario Elie. To the Phoenix Suns and their fans, they are two of their bigger nemeses. To P.J. Tucker, they are two players he’s tried to model his game after; that hard-nosed defender who can hit the game-changing and back-breaking shot. “You look at those championship teams, they always […]
PHOENIX — Athleticism vs. size. Youth vs. experience. Up-tempo vs. half court. For two teams with contrasting styles and vastly different pedigrees, the Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn Nets combined to play an instant classic Friday night at U.S. Airways Center. So much so, that they needed five minutes of overtime to decide the outcome. In […]
PHOENIX — Sitting, waiting, wishing. That’s been the primary course action for the better part of Phoenix Suns center Alex Len’s rookie season. The Suns have certainly been ignited by their youth and athleticism early on this season, but their 5-3 mark has had little to do with the 2013 first-round pick. Of Phoenix’s first […]
The NBA rolled out its preliminary 2014 All-Star ballot Friday in preparation for the 63rd annual All-Star game, to be held in New Orleans, La. in mid-February. Of the 120 players on the ballot, three Phoenix Suns players were named. Highlighting the trio is Eric Bledsoe (21.1 points per game, 7.1 assists per game, 51.4% […]
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 on the right hand side of our home page. The question on Nov. 14, 2014 was, “The Phoenix Coyotes and Phoenix Suns are off to great starts this season, […]
PHOENIX — The losses were expected to come in bunches -— and they still might. But for now, almost three weeks into the season, the Phoenix Suns have just as many losses, three, as the defending NBA Champion Miami Heat. The defeats have all come away from US Airways Center, where the Suns are 4-0; […]
The Phoenix Suns have only played nine games so far this year, but guard Goran Dragic has already had enough bad luck and injuries to last awhile. After missing three games with an ankle injury, Dragic returned to the court Sunday night against New Orleans and was back in the starting lineup Wednesday night against […]
Eric Bledsoe is already looking like the breakout player NBA prognosticators expected him to be when he joined the Phoenix Suns, and his team is off to a better-than-expected 5-3 start. The four-year combo guard is averaging 21.1 points, 7.1 assists, 1.8 steals and is shooting 51.4 percent in eight games with the Suns. Although […]
Late-game losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs on the road are par for the course. But losing in the fashion the Phoenix Suns did Wednesday night, well, that was nothing short of heartbreaking. For 47 minutes and 53 seconds, Jeff Hornacek’s squad fought tooth and nail to steal a back-and-forth contest […]
Tuesday night’s Champions Classic doubleheader in Chicago showcased a who’s who of college basketball’s finest programs — Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State — and in the process made several NBA general managers salivate at the potential talent that could be filling up the top of the draft board come June 2014. Duke small forward […]
Can they share? That’s the question most had regarding Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic after the Phoenix Suns traded for the former over the summer. With both featuring best at point guard, the question was whether they’d each get enough touches and how, exactly, last-second possessions would be divvied up. Then, after Bledsoe was named […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. – This was not the plan. Markieff Morris was not supposed to play the role of sixth man for the Phoenix Suns. He was supposed to play the role of starting power forward. But then fate intervened. Actually, it was a right elbow. When Morris’ elbow connected to the face of Oklahoma City’s […]
Though pegged as a prime candidate to “tank” in 2013-14 for the purposes of attaining a lottery pick in the next year’s NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns have surprised most by getting out to a 5-2 start. Even in their losses, which both came on the road to the top two seeds in the West […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Suns departed the Valley for a one-game road trip to Portland without half their starting backcourt. Guard Goran Dragic did not join the team on its charter flight. He stayed back to be with his wife, Maja, and brand new baby boy, Mateo, who was born Monday. “He’s excited,” head coach […]
I love Steve Nash. You know the kind of man crush love that comes when you admire/respect/cherish an athlete the way me and many others in this town feel about the Nash Rambler. One of the fondest memories of my daughter’s childhood was getting to be a ball girl for the Suns and warming up […]
Following four of the most impressive performances of his young career, Phoenix Suns third-year forward Markieff Morris was named the Western Conference’s Player of the Week for games played between Nov. 4 and Nov. 10. Morris, who is currently coming of the Suns’ bench, averaged 22.75 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during the team’s […]
Goran Dragic returned from his ankle injury Sunday against the New Orleans Pelicans, scoring 12 points in 30 minutes of action, as the Phoenix Suns went on to win by a final of 101-94. The return might be short-lived, however, as Dragic’s wife gave birth to the couple’s baby son, Mateo, Monday. Dragic missed practice […]
The Phoenix Suns have surprised many people with their 5-2 start, and leading the charge has been point guard Eric Bledsoe. ESPN’s Kevin Pelton wrote about both the Suns’ and Bledsoe’s unexpected starts in his Insider piece. And although other Phoenix players — including Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee — have put up more surprising […]
PHOENIX — Apparently, someone forgot to tell the Suns they aren’t supposed to be any good this season. They win their second straight and at 5-2 are three games over .500 for the first time since April 19, 2012 (33-30) after beating the New Orleans Pelicans by a final of 101-94 in front of 13,154 […]
The Phoenix Suns continued to defy expectations by grabbing their fourth win Friday in their first six games of the season, but there was a moment of panic during the team’s 114-103 win over the Denver Nuggets at US Airways Center. The Suns went into halftime with a comfortable 64-47 lead, but the team’s starters […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — While most of his teammates had already left, Goran Dragic stayed behind to work with assistant Jerry Sichting. The Suns point guard was put through a few more drills, including running full court and taking one-foot jumpers. The extra work marked the first time Dragic put real pressure on the left ankle […]
All indications are that even though an extension didn’t get done at the October deadline, Eric Bledsoe wants to stay in Phoenix. Bledsoe has a great opportunity to be a franchise-type player in Phoenix, has the trust of the organization and for the first time since high school is out of the shadows of star […]
ESPN NBA analyst Jon Barry told Doug and Wolf he is impressed with what the Phoenix Suns have done this season. Expected to be one of the worst teams in the league, the Suns are off to a 3-2 start with their defeats being close losses on the road to two of the best teams […]
The effort was there. The intensity was there. Heck, the talent was even there. But for the second time on their three-game road trip, the Phoenix Suns were lacking one vital ingredient with a victory against an elite Western Conference opponent staring them square in the face. The ability to close. Markieff Morris had his […]
The Phoenix Suns have gotten off to a surprising start to begin the 2013 season, and one of the players whose helped them achieve the early success is Gerald Green. Green, who came over in an offseason trade with the Indiana Pacers, is averaging 13.2 points so far, highlighted by his 18 points on 6-of-11 […]
There are many of reasons why the Phoenix Suns have started the season off with a surprising 3-2 record, but the one everyone will — and should — point to is the play of Eric Bledsoe. The 23-year-old point guard who was acquired in an offseason deal that sent Jared Dudley to the Los Angeles […]
Without their leading scorer from a season ago, Goran Dragic (left ankle), the Phoenix Suns were posed one simple question heading into Tuesday night’s contest with the New Orleans Pelicans. Where was the offense going to come from? Simple as it may be, Phoenix struggled to answer the question out of the gates, scoring a […]
The Phoenix Suns have consistently maintained that this season is primarily about developing the team’s younger players. The word “tank” is shunned, but there is an understanding that any lumps that may be associated with giving inexperienced players significant minutes will be worth it in the end. So, one is left to wonder where some […]
The Phoenix Suns again didn’t look like a team expected to lose in the ballpark of 60 games, though they picked up their first loss of the season Sunday in a 103-96 road loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Suns led for most of the game and took a three-point lead into the fourth […]
