Coaches often worry about that first home game after a long road trip. Not Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek. “We didn’t even mention it today,” he said before the game. It worked. The Suns improved to 4-0 in home games following extended (three or more games) trips east. They beat the Charlotte Bobcats 105-95 […]
The Charlotte Bobcats aren’t nearly as futile this season as they were during the previous two campaigns, but you wouldn’t know that from watching Saturday’s game at US Airways Center. Charlotte came in hoping to top its win total from all of last season, but the Phoenix Suns sent the Bobcats home with their tails […]
Although the Phoenix Suns no longer needed the services of combo guard Shannon Brown, it was not unreasonable to assume that the eight-year veteran would easily land on another team after being cut by the Washington Wizards. The Suns traded Brown along with Marcin Gortat, Kendall Marshall and Malcolm Lee to the Wizards just a […]
We have six teams in the Valley that we try our best to cover on the Doug & Wolf Show. Then there’s any national story that gets pushed to the forefront. I also consider the head coach of the Rattlers one of my best friends in the Valley. I’m so proud of the job that […]
Ten games in, they were an aberration. Twenty games in, they were the surprise story of the Western Conference. Thirty games in, they were the darlings of the entire NBA, yet ones most figured wouldn’t be able to stay afloat following the devastating injury to their budding point guard. Forty-six games in, a perfect four-game […]
Eight days removed from their 124-100 statement victory over the Indiana Pacers, the Phoenix Suns traveled to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in search of a series sweep over the NBA’s best team. The task wasn’t an easy one, considering both the revenge element and the fact that Phoenix was completing a four-game, five-night road trip. Nonetheless, […]
Despite leading the Phoenix Suns to a surprising 28-18 start in 2013-14, point guard Goran Dragic was left off the Western Conference All-Star team Thursday. Dragic leads Phoenix in points (19.9), assists (6.1) and minutes (34.5) per game. In addition, he’s shooting a career-best 49.9 percent from the field, while connecting on 38.8 percent of […]
1) RUN Make Roy Hibbert run the floor defensively. Miles Plumlee must run. Get the board and get on the break. Hibbert will kill him in the half-court if the pace is slow. If Hibbert is forced to get back to guard Plumlee on the break, he’s out of position and prone to foul. It […]
The Phoenix Suns scored 62 half for the third time in a row, dating back to Monday’s contest in Philadelphia, and they didn’t let up from there, finishing with a 126-117 win Wednesday over the Milwaukee Bucks. Despite outshooting Milwaukee by more than 11 percentage points, Phoenix could never quite put the lowly Bucks away. […]
With every win the Phoenix Suns look less like a surprise and more like a good, quality basketball team. As such, they may be inclined to explore trades that would give them a better shot at reaching the playoffs for the first time since 2010. With the NBA’s trade deadline just a few weeks away, […]
We’re all looking for THE reason. As if there is just one. As if you can narrow down exactly why the Suns bear no resemblance to the Sherman Tank the entire NBA expected this season. Is it Jeff Hornacek? Of course. Just the other day, Magic Johnson himself tweeted out that he should be the […]
PHOENIX — There is no question Goran Dragic is having an all-star season. The question is, is he an All-Star? The numbers suggest he is. But numbers may keep him off the Western Conference team. Let’s explain. Guards Stephen Curry and Kobe Bryant have been voted in by the fans to start the game on […]
Leandro Barbosa will be a Phoenix Sun for the rest of the season. The team announced Tuesday it will keep the veteran guard past his second 10-day contract, guaranteeing him a spot on the roster as they push toward the playoffs. Barbosa, 31, signed his first 10-day contract with the team on Jan. 8 and […]
Gerald Green has always been known as a great athlete. Since being selected in the first round of the 2005 draft out of high school by the Boston Celtics, the shooting guard has shown flashes of being more, but had yet to really put everything together. But aside from winning the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest […]
Are you aware the Phoenix Suns are one-half game behind the media darlings of last year? Did you know the Suns would be the third seed in the Eastern conference playoffs? How about this numbers conversion: Since the conversation between Markieff Morris and Coach Jeff Hornacek, Morris is averaging almost a rebound and a half […]
Energy and accuracy. The first is easy for a basketball team to put forth, but it can often lead to an inverse effect on shooting percentages. That wasn’t the case Monday night in Philadelphia, as the Phoenix Suns hit the ground running and sank shots from all over the floor with great efficiency. The Suns […]
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. Over the weekend, we asked what word best describes the first half of the Phoenix Suns’ season. A total of 812 votes […]
Last season, it took the Phoenix Suns 81 games to earn victory number 25. They only needed 43 games to reach that mark this season. Going into the season, the Vegas odds had the Suns winning fewer than 20 games total, so it’s understandable that they are considered to be the biggest surprise in the […]
The Phoenix Suns went to the locker room Sunday down 61-43 against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena, but the Suns came out of the halftime break firing on all cylinders, taking the lead before the fourth quarter even started. Phoenix held on to its lead for a 99-90 final, setting a couple of […]
The Phoenix Suns registered their second biggest road comeback of the season Sunday night, erasing a 20-point deficit en route to a 99-90 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. And it all started at the defensive end. Trailing by 18 after 24 minutes of play, the Suns came out of the locker room and stifled the […]
The names of some of Phoenix Suns first round draft picks over the last decade can keep a fan up at night, including Zarko Cabarkapa, Alando Tucker and Kendall Marshall, to name a few. In fact, the Suns had better luck with seeing a first round pick succeed in the NBA when they immediately traded […]
On getaway day, the Suns gave it away. They handed – literally, in most cases — the Wizards a 101-95 win before 16,198 at US Airways Center Friday. After averaging just 11.1 turnovers in their previous 11 games, the Suns committed 21 — two more than in their past two games combined, leading to 24 […]
Washington Wizards' Marcin Gortat, right, of Poland, gets the balled stripped by Phoenix Suns' Goran Dragic (1), of Slovenia, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
PHOENIX — When Marcin Gortat was summoned into the office on the Friday before the start of the regular season, he knew why. “The first question when I walked into the room, I started smiling and laughing. I’m like, ‘OK, where am I going,'” he said looking back on the day he was traded, Oct. […]
Like all teams, the Phoenix Suns had goals coming into the 2013-14 season. By most accounts, they’ve already reached or surpassed even the most modest of hopes, winning 24 of their first 41 games and nearly equaling the win total the team had all of last season. But while the wins are nice, head coach […]
The biggest surprise and one of the best stories of the 2013-14 NBA season has been the unexpected resurgence of the Phoenix Suns. Led by first-year head coach Jeff Hornacek, the Suns put a big cherry on the delicious sundae that was the season’s first half by routing the league’s best team, the Indiana Pacers, […]
PHOENIX — Throw together a new general manager, a new head coach and 10 new faces and what do you get? You get an NBA team that is one of the bigger surprises of 2013-14. That team, the Phoenix Suns, has hit the midway point of its season with 24 wins, a total many predicted […]
It’s safe to say the Phoenix Suns came to play Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers. Indiana came into the game with the league’s best record and the game was being aired on ESPN, so the stage was bright. The Suns stepped up with a dominant 124-100 victory. Phoenix shot 54.2 percent from the field […]
The 41st game of the Phoenix Suns’ 2012-13 season was a 98-94 loss that, in part, led to the team’s decision to fire head coach Alvin Gentry. At the time, the Suns were a dismal 13-28 and heading nowhere. It was a bad time for the organization, and it was only going to get worse. […]
Since being selected with the 13th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, Markieff Morris has slowly, steadily improved as a pro. Primarily coming off the bench for the Phoenix Suns, Morris has played well enough to earn regular minutes, but has not been good enough to be thought of as someone who could be a […]