Suns ready to take on Spurs in first round
Published 4/18/2008 at FOXSports.com News for NBA
The Phoenix Suns studied film of the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday.
They probably didn't need to. The Suns are almost too familiar with the Spurs, who have eliminated them in three of their last four postseason appearances.
The sixth-seeded Suns and third-seeded Spurs will renew their rivalry in Game 1 in San Antonio on Saturday afternoon. Game 2 is set for Tuesday, and the best-of-seven series shifts to the desert on April 25.
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