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Suns Strokes: Phoenix falls to undefeated Grizzlies after turnover-plagued night

A season-high 21 turnovers doomed the Suns as they opened a five-game homestand with a 102-91 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in front of 15,377 at US Airways Center on Wednesday.
10 years ago
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Poor second half dooms Phoenix Suns against Grizzlies: By the Numbers

Phoenix had Memphis right where they wanted them as the Suns held a six-point lead at halftime. Despite the strong start, the Suns let the game slip away after halftime.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns GM Ryan McDonough: Alex Len showing glimpses of his future potential

Suns' GM says fans are beginning to see Alex Len's potential.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns’ Gerald Green puts on a dunk show against Lakers

Gerald Green is pretty good at basketball. He’s exceptionally good at dunking. The Phoenix Suns’ swingman had himself a dunkfest in Tuesday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers en route to scoring 26 points off the bench. First, he threw down an alley-oop courtesy of Isaiah Thomas. Then, he destroyed former Arizona Wildcat Jordan Hill, […]
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Thomas, Green power Phoenix Suns past Lakers: By the Numbers

The Los Angeles Lakers are not having a good season. They suffered double-digit losses in three of their first four games, and entered Tuesday's meeting with the Phoenix Suns looking for their first win of the year.
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Jules Tompkins

Suns coach: Youthful team must learn to maintain focus in back-to-back games

The Suns lost 118-91 to the 1-3 Jazz one night after taking down the defending-champion Spurs. Coach Jeff Hornacek joined the Doug and Wolf show to explain the team's seeming struggles with back-to-back contests.
10 years ago
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P.J. Tucker ‘excited’ for his Phoenix Suns season opener

While he's practiced and participated in shootaround the past week, small forward PJ Tucker has yet to see a single minute of playing time. Even worse, he's yet to put on the Phoenix Suns uniform or be seated with his teammates on the bench.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns lose their first game of the season: By the Numbers

Phoenix lost its first game of the season 118-91, getting outscored in three of four quarters.
10 years ago
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Suns Strokes: Behind Thomas, Len and Markieff, Phoenix grinds out win over Spurs

The real grind of the 82-game regular season began for the Phoenix Suns on Friday night at the U.S. Airways Center, and they passed their first test.
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Shane Dale

Isaiah Thomas, Phoenix Suns rally past Spurs, go to 2-0: By the Numbers

The Suns' top 2014 free-agent acquisition dropped 23 points in Friday night's come-from-behind win over the defending champions.
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Shane Dale

Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver reaffirms criticism of Popovich, Spurs

Sarver didn't back down from his criticism of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and several players who didn't make the trip to Phoenix for a preseason game.
10 years ago
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Goran Dragic scares his Phoenix Suns teammates for Halloween

Goran Dragic was in charge of scaring his teammates and brought his dinosaur friend, Baby T, along to help.
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Jules Tompkins

Isaiah Thomas: Suns’ floor spacing gives guards room to attack

Suns newcomer Isaiah Thomas believes floor spacing is one of his team's strengths in 2014-15.
10 years ago
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Craig Grialou

Eric Bledsoe sets tone for Phoenix Suns’ season in home opening victory

Eric Bledsoe's intensity helped propel the Suns to a win in their season opener against the Lakers.
10 years ago
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Suns GM: Alex Len can be a difference-maker in the paint

Chosen by the Phoenix Suns with the fifth pick of the 2013 NBA Draft, center Alex Len came into the desert with high expectations. After an injury-plagued rookie year and 2014 offseason, Len has been short on opportunities to prove that he was worth that high pick. But with the Suns 119-99 opening-game victory over […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports’ 2014 Phoenix Suns and NBA predictions

The NBA season is upon us. LeBron is back in Cleveland. The Spurs are together, but another year older and if you believe ESPN’s Henry Abbott, nobody wants to play with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. There is no such drama here in the Valley, where the Phoenix Suns enter the 2014-15 campaign with confidence […]
10 years ago
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Suns Strokes: Phoenix dominates Los Angeles Lakers on opening night

Winning on opening night is good. Winning on opening night against the Lakers is great. Winning on opening night against the Lakers in blowout fashion is fantastic.
10 years ago
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The Pulse: Most Suns fans believe Phoenix will make the playoffs

Every day, ArizonaSports.com asks 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.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns dominate Los Angeles Lakers: By the Numbers

A decisive 119-99 home victory on Wednesday night is a positive start to the 2014-15 season.
10 years ago
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Eric Bledsoe is refocused after offseason politics

For a few months in the NBA offseason, the Phoenix Suns essentially had no idea what was going on with Eric Bledsoe.
10 years ago
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Craig Grialou

With expectations raised, Phoenix Suns understand ‘every game counts’

The Phoenix Suns begin this campaign on a much different level than where they stood only one year earlier.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns emphasize winning ahead of playing time

In each NBA game, there are 240 minutes of playing time a head coach must divide among his players.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns ranked as high as 11th in national NBA preseason power rankings

One season after being the surprise of the NBA, preseason expectations for the Phoenix Suns are totally different than they were in 2013-14.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek prefers not to play three point guards together

Some people collect stamps. Others like baseball cards or coins. The Phoenix Suns collect point guards. At least that’s the perception around the NBA. After acquiring Isaiah Thomas in a sign-and-trade deal with the Sacramento Kings and giving Eric Bledsoe a fat, new contract, the Suns boast three top-notch point guards. The trio also includes […]
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns and Arizona Sports 98.7 FM agree to expanded multi-year agreement

The Phoenix Suns and Arizona Sports 98.7 FM signed a new multi-year agreement to keep Arizona Sports as the team’s premier radio station. “There’s no better example of a true partnership than out ongoing relationship with Arizona Sports and the Bonneville family,” said Suns president Jason Rowley in a statement. “For 39 years, our fans […]
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Hornacek: Warren is still out for at least a week

Phoenix Suns rookie forward T.J. Warren will be out at least another week with a small crack in his thumb, according to head coach Jeff Hornacek. It was reported last week that Warren, the first of Phoenix’s three first-round picks in the 2014 NBA Draft, would miss time with the injury, and there was no […]
10 years ago
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Eight Phoenix Suns crack top-200 of ESPN’s ‘NBA Rank’ list

Fourteen Suns made the top-200 in ESPN's top-500 rankings for the 2014-15 season.
10 years ago
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Craig Grialou

Phoenix Suns’ keys to success: Rebound, don’t turn over the ball

If the Phoenix Suns are to be successful this season, and maybe even make the playoffs for the first time in five years, then they must excel in several areas.
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns exercise options on Archie Goodwin, Alex Len and Miles Plumlee

The Phoenix Suns have exercised their 2015-16 options on guard Archie Goodwin, center Alex Len and center Miles Plumlee. Goodwin, 20, played 52 games as a rookie last season and averaged 3.7 points per contest. Len, the fifth overall pick in the 2013 draft, played in 42 contests as a rookie, averaging 2.0 points and […]
10 years ago
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Phoenix Suns preseason: By the Numbers

A look at a strong preseason campaign by the Phoenix Suns.
10 years ago