Suns can't keep pace with Warriors
5 HRS AGO - The Suns saw a 12-point, second-quarter lead turn into a 106-87 blowout loss at the hands of the Expand
5 HRS AGO - The Suns saw a 12-point, second-quarter lead turn into a 106-87 blowout loss at the hands of the West's best, Golden State.
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Suns handle close finishes better than thought
7 HRS AGO - Suns notebook: The Suns have handled tight finishes better overall than it appeared, especially Expand
7 HRS AGO - Suns notebook: The Suns have handled tight finishes better overall than it appeared, especially recently.
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Game-day Orange Slices for Suns-Warriors
14 HRS AGO - Preview of a Suns game at Golden State, where the West's best is on a 2-game skid. The Suns last Expand
14 HRS AGO - Preview of a Suns game at Golden State, where the West's best is on a 2-game skid. The Suns last played away on Jan. 11.
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Phoenix Suns Locker Room Report: What the coach, players said of win over Chicago Bulls
20 HRS AGO - This young Phoenix Suns team (28-20) has played great on national television over the last couple Expand
20 HRS AGO - This young Phoenix Suns team (28-20) has played great on national television over the last couple of years, now rising to 5-0 in such settings after beating the Chicago Bulls (30-19) at home on Friday night.
The arena was full for only the second time all season, aided by a large host of Bulls fans who cheered as loudly on Bulls makes as the Suns fans cheered on great home team plays. Even the opening lineup announcements were met with loud ovations for each team.
But this phenomenon is (a) not uncommon for a transient city everyone wants to move to and (b) no surprise given that it's a Chicago team. Visiting Chicago teams to the Phoenix area have always generated extra ticket sales at Diamondback games, Cardinals games and Suns games.... Collapse
Brandan Wright postgame interview vs. Chicago
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1 DAY AGO - Suns power forward Brandan Wright talks about a home win against Chicago.
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Final Score: Phoenix Suns beat Chicago Bulls, 99-93, to finish 6-2 home stand
1 DAY AGO - Stop me if you've read this script before. The Phoenix Suns jumped out to a 15-point first half Expand
1 DAY AGO - Stop me if you've read this script before. The Phoenix Suns jumped out to a 15-point first half lead, allowed the opponent (Chicago Bulls) to come all the way back, and then closed out the win with a strong fourth quarter finish mostly behind Markieff Morris' shotmaking and P.J. Tuckers rebounds.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
The Suns overcame a Bulls comeback in the third quarter to post a big win to finish their home stand at 6-2 with one game left in a 10-4 month of January.
The whole game was guarded affair.
The three guards of Chicago - Aaron Brooks, Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler - combined for 66 of their team's 93 points.
The three guards of Phoenix - Goran Dragic, Eric Bledsoe and Isaiah Thomas - combined for 56 of the Suns 99 points.
The Bulls big men - Pau Gasol (19) and Joakim Noah (11) - combined for 30 rebounds. The Suns big men - Markieff Morris (14), P.J. Tucker (7) and Alex Len (8) - combined for 26 rebounds.
Gerald Green did not play in the game. No news as to why, yet.
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Suns Pregame Notes: Tempo Key Against Bulls
1 DAY AGO - For the second straight game, the Phoenix Suns will be facing an opponent with a strong frontcourt Expand
1 DAY AGO - For the second straight game, the Phoenix Suns will be facing an opponent with a strong frontcourt that’s playing through tired legs. And for the second straight game, the Suns will need to push the tempo to close out the home stand strong. After falling to the Los Angeles Lakers in double overtime last night, […]
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Phoenix Suns to look to close out the homestand with a victory over the Bulls
1 DAY AGO - Coming into the eight-game home stretch, the Phoenix Suns were 22-18, having dropped back-to-back Expand
1 DAY AGO - Coming into the eight-game home stretch, the Phoenix Suns were 22-18, having dropped back-to-back games against the Spurs and Grizzlies; they had gone just 4-4 over their last eight games. It wasn’t quite time to panic, but something needed to change, especially with games against the Cavaliers (with LeBron), Trail Blazers, Rockets, Clippers, Wizards and Bulls […]
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Thomas, Green form NBA's top scoring bench duo
2 DAYS AGO - Suns reserve guards Isaiah Thomas and Gerald Green are combining for 28.8 points per Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Suns reserve guards Isaiah Thomas and Gerald Green are combining for 28.8 points per game.
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Recap: Suns lose to the Warriors 106-87
5 HRS AGO - Who knew something close to the predicted score could be such a disappointment? The Suns lost to Expand
5 HRS AGO - Who knew something close to the predicted score could be such a disappointment? The Suns lost to the Warriors 106-87, The Splash Brothers would go for 47 combined, while the Slash Brothers would only have 26 combined.
The strangest thing about this game was the first quarter. The Warriors came out with whatever energy they had in their two previous losses and the Suns took advantage. They were hitting their shots, but most importantly playing very solid defense. It wasn't even anything that spectacular, but it was good enough to earn them the advantage in the quarter.
Believe it or not, the turning point came from a technical foul off of the bench. Marcus Morris got it on a foul call on Draymond Green, something that still doesn't make sense to me. After that, a rough block attempt that got a lot of ball from his brother Markieff Morris gave the crowd and the Warriors a ton of energy that they flat out did not have before.
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Suns Preview: Dreaming On An Outlier
17 HRS AGO - Recent history is against the Phoenix Suns coming out of Oakland with a win on Saturday. After Expand
17 HRS AGO - Recent history is against the Phoenix Suns coming out of Oakland with a win on Saturday. After falling to the Chicago Bulls in dramatic fashion and inexplicably losing to the Utah Jazz, Golden State is facing the prospect of a three-game losing streak. The occurrence would not just be Golden State’s first this season, but […]
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Paul Coro's 24-second shot clock: Chicago
1 DAY AGO - Suns insider Paul Coro wraps up a Suns home win against Chicago in 24 Expand
1 DAY AGO - Suns insider Paul Coro wraps up a Suns home win against Chicago in 24 seconds.
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Jeff Hornacek postgame interview vs. Chicago
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1 DAY AGO - Suns coach Jeff Hornacek talks about a home win against Chicago.
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Suns Recap: Phoenix Survives Another Late Scare Against Bulls
1 DAY AGO - The good news? Phoenix Suns fans will have nerves of steel by the end of this season. The bad Expand
1 DAY AGO - The good news? Phoenix Suns fans will have nerves of steel by the end of this season. The bad news? They might not make it there after the latest Suns-induced heart-attack. After watching the Helter Skelter Suns build double-digit first half leads only for them to steadily shrink over the last few weeks, Phoenix doing […]
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Game-day Orange Slices for Suns-Bulls
1 DAY AGO - A preview of the Suns' home game against Chicago, which has won 5 in a row in Phoenix but lost Expand
1 DAY AGO - A preview of the Suns' home game against Chicago, which has won 5 in a row in Phoenix but lost Thursday in Los Angeles.
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BS of the Sun Podcast: The Phoenix Suns are still besieged by technical fouls and buzzer beaters
1 DAY AGO - The eyes of the sports world are on the Phoenix metro area, but not on the Suns... who might get Expand
1 DAY AGO - The eyes of the sports world are on the Phoenix metro area, but not on the Suns... who might get shut out of All-Star weekend. Plus, another week goes by and buzzer beaters and technical fouls continue to plague the Phoenix Suns.
Dave king joins the show as the Super Bowl descends upon the city of Phoenix (Glendale). The Suns had a fairly rough week and a mind-boggling third buzzer beater loss in a 23 game stretch. The Suns have been struggling against the top heavy Western Conference (2-9 in their last 11 against the top 10 teams), while coach Hornacek has been struggling to implement effective discipline to curtail the team's rampant technical foul problem. The Morris brothers, who have been on the wrong end of a lot of those technicals, also had an off-court incident. Continuing with the struggling theme, the Suns might get shut out of representation at the All-Star game... and Marc Stein apparently hates the Suns.
Despite all of this, we try to keep it positive.
Enjoy.
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Suns Practice Report: Thomas shooting 3-ball well
2 DAYS AGO - Phoenix- Isaiah Thomas is like a microwave in a way. He is one of those rare players, Gerald Green Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Phoenix- Isaiah Thomas is like a microwave in a way. He is one of those rare players, Gerald Green being another, that can come into a NBA game at any moment and score the basketball at will. Those two have given the Phoenix Suns (27-20) an advantage no other team in the NBA has, and […]
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Curry, Warriors snap losing skid against Phoenix
5 HRS AGO - The Thunder lost… The Spurs lost… The Rockets lost… The Trail Blazers lost. As Expand
5 HRS AGO - The Thunder lost… The Spurs lost… The Rockets lost… The Trail Blazers lost. As the Phoenix Suns headed to the half against the Golden State Warriors, they were playing with house money. Outside of Dallas beating Orlando, every single matchup had gone the Suns’ way, so as far as the team was concerned, there was just one thing left to […]
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Suns Player of the Week: Marcus Morris?
13 HRS AGO - He may not be getting the minutes to post stellar stats, but Marcus Morris has been churning out Expand
13 HRS AGO - He may not be getting the minutes to post stellar stats, but Marcus Morris has been churning out some nice performances for the Suns. Over the past week the younger Morris twin averaged 10.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game on 46% shooting from deep. That's 18.2 points and 6.5 boards per 36 minutes.
Statistically speaking, player of the week should probably go to either Goran Dragic or Eric Bledsoe.
Against the Clippers, Wizards and Bulls, the Dragon put up 17 points and 4.7 assists per game on 46% shooting from the field. And then there's Bledsoe, who posted averages of 16 points and 6.3 assists on 47% shooting over the past week.
But for the Slash Brothers, that's just another week at the office. And it's almost a guarantee that they will have numerous other opportunities to be player of the week by dominating the competition.
So instead, I'm dedicating this week to one of the only main rotation players who we have yet to speak about.
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Suns vs. Warriors Preview
18 HRS AGO - The Phoenix Suns finished 6-2 on their homestand, but the real road to the playoffs starts tonight Expand
18 HRS AGO - The Phoenix Suns finished 6-2 on their homestand, but the real road to the playoffs starts tonight against the Golden State Warriors. 25 of the last 34 games on the Suns schedule will be against teams fighting for playoff position. It doesn't get much more difficult than the top dog in the West.
The Warriors
To put it simply, the Warriors are the last team anyone wants to play out West. They are 31-8, 21-2 at home, and are riding a recent hot streak of Klay Thompson.
Besides his record setting 37 points in the 3rd quarter against the Kings, Thompson has scored at least 27 points in 4 of his last 5 games. He's shooting 51% from three in January. It doesn't seem fair that he's alongside Stephen Curry.
If there was any good news about playing the Warriors recently it was Andrew Bogut missing time with injury, but he was back against the Jazz last night.
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Goran Dragic postgame interview vs. Chicago
1 DAY AGO - Suns guard Goran Dragic talks after a Suns home win against Expand
1 DAY AGO - Suns guard Goran Dragic talks after a Suns home win against Chicago.
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Suns edge Bulls to finish homestand 6-2
1 DAY AGO - The Suns win at home against Chicago for the first time since Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Suns win at home against Chicago for the first time since 2007.
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Suns need to stay fast even as game slows
1 DAY AGO - Suns notebook: The NBA's second-fastest team has to stay fast in typically slow Expand
1 DAY AGO - Suns notebook: The NBA's second-fastest team has to stay fast in typically slow situations.
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Suns vs. Bulls Game Preview: The test continues
1 DAY AGO - The Phoenix Suns head into another gauntlet of games, starting with a showdown in Phoenix against Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Phoenix Suns head into another gauntlet of games, starting with a showdown in Phoenix against the Chicago Bulls followed immediately by the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.
The Bulls (30-18) just lost in double overtime on Thursday night to the Los Angeles Lakers in what Suns fans might call the best night of the week. Not only did the Lakers solidify their hold on the 4th-worst record with their 13th win (their pick is only Top-5 Protected), they did so against the Bulls who played four of their top players 42+ minutes each in the losing effort. Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol should be good and tired for tonight's breakneck pace against the Suns.
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What: Phoenix Suns vs. Chicago Bulls
Where: US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
When: 8:30 PM
TV: ESPN, FoxSports Arizona
Radio: ArizonaSports 98.7 FM
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Phantasy Phix
Your Suns get the first of two matchups against the Bulls this season before hitting the road for the second of four against the Warriors. Last season Phoenix was 0-2 against Chicago and split four with Golden State. We know what happened the first time with GSW this season, though. Let's get some more of that.
Who loves the Bulls?
Goran Dragic. No Sun played especially well in both games against the Bulls last season, but Dragic shined in the second. The Dragon shot 9 of 15 from the field for 24 points to go with 7 assists.
Who hates the Bulls?
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