Turnovers, Poor Third Quarter Cost Phoenix Suns
Need one word to describe the Suns efforts in last nights game? Pathetic.
Trailing from the start, a poor third quarter in which they were outscored by 14 in 12 minutes helped put the Suns away for good. Denver would go on to win 116-97. Fortunately for Phoenix, Denver took some mercy on the Suns in the fourth quarter. A 19-point difference was no indication how much of a blowout this game was. (more…)
Game Preview: Mavs at Suns
The Mavericks and Suns will face one another later tonight in the last game on the NBA schedule before the start of the All-Star break this weekend in Los Angeles. Phoenix will be looking to get that much closer to the eighth seed for the playoffs. They currently stand just two games out. (more…)
Hill out tonight against Denver
Grant Hill won’t play tonight against the Nuggets after he injured his right knee and ankle in a fall against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night. This will be the first game that the veteran has missed this season and only his second the last three years. That is quite a change from all the games that he missed during the middle stretch of his career.
Josh Childress will replace Hill in the starting lineup. Childress last played when he started on Friday night against the Knicks. In 11 minutes, he had three points and five rebounds. This will be a perfect opportunity for Childress to show Alvin Gentry what he can do considering that he has been receiving inconsistent minutes for the past month now. (more…)
Poor first quarter too much for Suns to overcome in Denver
Jason Richardson and Steve Nash were brilliant, but they weren't enough to beat the Nuggets. (Photo Courtesy: Yardbarker.com)
Despite being down 16 going into the fourth quarter, the Suns made a game of it late, but ran out of time in their 138-133 loss to the Nuggets on Sunday night. Denver was without their superstar forward Carmelo Anthony for nearly the entire game due to flu-like symptoms, but they had a few guys step up in his absence. (more…)
Suns hold on despite poor shooting
Basketball can be a strange game at times. Just a day after it seemed where they couldn’t miss a shot, the Suns couldn’t buy a shot at times on Monday night against the Denver Nuggets, but still managed to hold for a 100-94 victory at U.S. Airways Center. (more…)
