December 21st, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in The Phoenix Suns lost their preseason opener in Denver last night to the Nuggets, 127-110. Unfortunately, they also experienced a big blow to their frontcourt, as Marcin Gortat came away with a hairline fracture in his right thumb. The 6-foot-11, 240-pound center tallied a team-high 14 points in the loss to Denver. To find out [...]
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Kings Extend Win Streak to Four, Edge Suns 116-113
These days in Sacramento, the major talk isn’t so much about the Kings and how they are enjoying a three-game winning streak prior to their game against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night at Power Balance Pavilion. The conversation has been more along the lines of the inevitable move from California’s state capitol to presumably [...]
Budinger Free Throw Helps Rockets Edge Suns 95-93
The Houston Rockets are in the fight of their season, struggline to keep up in the Western Conference playoff hunt. The Phoenix Suns are in such a struggle themselves, as well. Both teams got together at Toyota Center in a matchup that would affect both teams’ quest to catch up to Memphis, the #8 seed [...]
Magic Eclipse Suns 111-88, Howard Reaches Milestone
December 18, 2010. That was the date that saw the Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic consummate a trade which sent Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark from the Suns to the Magic for Vince Carter, Mickael Pietrus and Marcin Gortat. It just so happened that Sunday, March 12, 2011 was a date these two [...]
Frye Jumper At Horn Boosts Suns Over Pacers 110-108 In OT
The Phoenix Suns and Indiana Pacers are in very similar situations in terms of their playoff seedings; the Suns are in 10th in the Western Conference playoff chase while the Pacers are tied for 8th with the Charlotte Bobcats in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt. As you can surmise from that, both teams are scratching [...]
Kings End Five-Game Losing Skid, Hold Off Suns 113-108
The Sacramento Kings, like a lot of young teams, are going through growing pains. By growing pains, along with learning to develop chemistry, there are the occasional bouts of immaturity. A bout of immaturity took place after the Kings’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday night when DeMarcus Cousins got into an altercation with Donte Greene. [...]
Cold-Shooting Bucks Scorched By Suns 92-77
It is common knowledge that the Milwaukee Bucks are the lowest scoring team in the National Basketball Association, averaging around 91 points per contest. During Wednesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center, the Bucks once again showed their true colors. They managed to shoot a frigid 31 percent while the Suns [...]
Suns Survive Late Hornets Rally, Win 104-102
One of the more competititve games on the NBA schedule took place Sunday at US Airways Center in Phoenix as the Suns hosted the New Orleans Hornets, who are fresh off a loss to the Sacramento Kings Saturday. This matchup paired two teams that are polar opposites of each other; the Hornets don’t score tons of points yet [...]
