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 […]
PHOENIX — Missing one of your playmakers is tough enough to overcome. Missing two is nearly impossible. The Suns experienced the latter on Wednesday, when without both Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic, they suffered their second-worst defeat of the season, losing at Utah 109-86. Bledsoe remains sidelined, though he may ramp up his knee rehabilitation […]
The Phoenix Suns were missing several backcourt players Wednesday night in Salt Lake City: Eric Bledsoe, Leandro Barbosa and — most noticeably of all — Goran Dragic. While Phoenix has stayed afloat since Bledsoe had to undergo knee surgery in early January, the absence of Dragic was too much to overcome, as the team was […]
Not much good came out of the Phoenix Suns’ 109-86 loss to the Utah Jazz Wednesday night, but if you wanted to find a sliver lining, Archie Goodwin is there for you. The rookie guard out of Kentucky played a season-high 27 minutes and responded with 16 points, seven rebounds, two steals, one assist and […]
Goran Dragic has had a breakout season for the Phoenix Suns, averaging 20.2 points, 6.2 assists and 3.5 rebounds while keeping them in the playoff race. The 27-year-old was left off the Western Conference All-Star team, though, which may be more a sign of his lack of recognition than a lack of talent. ESPN’s Chris […]
The first number in this by-the-numbers story on the Phoenix Suns’ loss to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday should probably be 1. Because, boy, that was one hard-to-watch game. Without Goran Dragic, who was sidelined with a sprained right ankle, the Suns looked completely overmatched by a mediocre Jazz team on Wednesday in Salt Lake […]
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. This time, we asked if the Suns should be playing rookie Alex Len more than they have been. A total of 456 […]
The Phoenix Suns stood pat and did not make a deal prior to last week’s trade deadline, but that does not mean their roster is completely set. This is the time of the season when teams explore the possibility of waiving certain veterans, players whom they have little intention of playing but would like to […]
PHOENIX — Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. For the Phoenix Suns, the lesson from Sunday’s gut-wrenching 115-112 loss to the Houston Rockets must not have had enough time to sink. Losing an 11-point fourth-quarter lead was apparently not enough heartbreak for one home stand. Despite holding a 91-83 […]
After a blazing start since returning from the NBA’s All-Star break, the Phoenix Suns appear to be on their way back to Earth. The Suns won their first three after the break, including a 21-point blitzing of the San Antonio Spurs. But Phoenix fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-101 at U.S. Airways Center on Tuesday, […]
